Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Jennifer Hoyt — HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021) – Due to the predicted winter weather expected in Hot Springs over the next few days, Oaklawn is canceling its extended Presidents’ Day weekend, Saturday, Feb. 13 – Monday, Feb. 15, and is rescheduling the three...

By Darren Rogers —- Pool 3 Opens Friday and Concludes Sunday at 6 p.m. EDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021) – Godolphin’s Eclipse Award-winning colt Essential Quality and CHC Inc and WinStar Farm’s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes (Grade III) winner Life Is Good were...

By Brian Nadeau —– Eclipse Award Winning Trainer Has Strong Rachel Alexandra Favorite New Orleans (February 8, 2021) – In horse racing, it’s never too early to look ahead. Trainer Brad Cox started doing just that shortly after Travel Column’s eye-catching November 28...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, who sent out 1-2 finishers Candy Man Rocket and Nova Rags in Saturday’s Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, said he hopes to return to Tampa Bay Downs with at least one of the 3-year-old colts on March 6...

By Brian Nadeau —- Springboard Mile Winner takes on Lecomte Top-4 in Loaded Risen Star New Orleans (February 8, 2021) – It’s 712 miles from Remington Park in Oklahoma City to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans. Trainer Todd Fincher always wanted to make...

By Brian Nadeau —- Talented Risen Star Contender Finally Brings the Foley Family & West Point Together New Orleans (February 6, 2021) – Jeff Lifson, the executive vice president of West Point Thoroughbreds, always knew when the young and up and coming horseman Travis...

By Ed Golden —- FREEDOM FIGHTER RETURNS IN THE SAN VICENTE MORAZ SET FOR STAKES DEBUT IN LAS VIRGENES BALTAS DOUBLE-TEAMS HIS SAN MARCOS RIVALS HIT THE ROAD IS A NATURAL FOR THUNDER ROAD VETERAN TRAINER CANANI DEAD AT 83 $5 MILLION JACKPOT POOL POSSIBLE SATURDAY BAFFERT...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – An all-star cast of jockeys and trainers will take a backseat to 12 talented but inexperienced 3-year-olds Saturday in the 41st running of the Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, the first of two “Road to the Kentucky Derby” points races...

By Robert Yates —- Promising 3-Year-Old Upstriker in Training at Oaklawn Photo credit: Coady Photography Whitmore wasn’t the only horse for trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs to arrive at Oaklawn Dec. 29 following a break in Kentucky. Upstriker, Moquett’s promising...