Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Robert Yates —- Court Three Wins Away from 700 Oaklawn Victories The ageless Jon Court continues to make math simple. The next equation goes like this: 3 + 697 = 700. That’s because Court entered Sunday needing three victories to become just the sixth jockey in Oaklawn...

By Amy Owens Click https://www.keeneland.com/racing/horsemen/2021-spring-meet-stakes-schedulehttps://www.keeneland.com/racing/horsemen/2021-spring-meet-stakes-schedule”>here for the Keeneland Spring Meet stakes schedule, which includes links to stakes nominees and their...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The 2020-2021 Tampa Bay Downs stakes schedule wraps up Sunday, March 28 with the 18th annual Florida Cup, a six-race celebration of the Sunshine State’s excellence in breeding, raising and racing champion Thoroughbreds. The Florida Cup is for...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 22, 2021) – Hot Rod Charlie’s front running victory in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 20 was enough to elevate the son of Oxbow in this week’s National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The biggest development on this year’s Kentucky Derby trail is Life Is Good is no longer under consideration for the 147th renewal of the race after sustaining a hind-end injury following a six-furlong work on March 20 at...

By Rick Francis —- SANTA ANITA Race 7) 1½ Mile. (Turf) SanLsRy-G3 San Luis Rey S. Grade III. Purse $100,000 DOWNHILL TURF FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD Post Time: 7:25/ 6:25/ 5:25/( 4:25) ADVANCED FORECAST: Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny, High 66, Low 45. 2) Masteroffoxhounds...

By Rick Francis – AQUEDUCT Race 3) 6 Furlongs. Cicada S. Purse $100,000 FOR FILLIES THREE YEARS OLD. Post Time: ( 2:20)/ 1:20/12:20/11:20 1) Exogen (Penaloza/Franco); Dialed In filly’s form is on the upswing, placing two back and besting Parx OC’s last out. 2)...

By Rick Francis —- FAIR GROUNDS Race 1) 1m70yds. Crescent City Oaks Purse $100,000 FOR FILLIES THREE YEARS OLD, ACCREDITED LOUISIANA BRED. Post Time: 12:20/(11:20)/10:20/ 9:20 2) Australasia – winner of 3 straight for top barn. 1) Big Time – sprinter stretches...

By Mike Willman —- COMEBACKING UNITED SQUARES OFF WITH SHARP RECENT WINNER MASTEROFFOXHOUNDS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 SAN LUIS REY STAKES AT MILE AND ONE HALF ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (March 17, 2021)—Richard Mandella’s classy multiple stakes winning United, idle...