Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Rick Francis —- Tampa Bay Downs 41st Festival Preview Day undercard features a pair of Grade 3’s along with a pricey stakes contest. The Grade 3 Lambholm South Endeavour showcases turf fillies and mares and two races earlier the G3 Tampa Bay Stakes will do the same...

By Rick Francis —- The eyes of the sporting world will be focused on the Tampa Florida area this weekend as Super Bowl LV takes place Sunday but one earlier Tampa Bay Downs will host it’s 41st Festival Preview Day highlighted by the running of the Sam F. Davis Stakes...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021) – Grade 2 winner Flagstaff is the 8-5 program favorite for the $150,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the King Cotton, the eighth of nine races, is 4:40 p.m....

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.4.21 Friday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $850,000 Thoroughbred, Steeplechase Jockey Hobales, 91, Passes Away HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $850,000 Friday at Gulfstream Park....

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Nova Rags, who won the Pasco Stakes here on Jan. 16, and Candy Man Rocket, a runaway winner of a maiden special weight sprint on Jan. 9 at Gulfstream, give Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott a formidable pair of contenders in Saturday’s Grade...

By Robert Yates —- Hidden Scroll Preparing for Next Start Hidden Scroll emerged in good order physically from his Jan. 24 victory at Oaklawn, trainer Brad Cox said, and is galloping daily in preparation for his yet-to-be determined next start. The third-level allowance...

By Ryan Martin —- Todd Pletcher; Eclipse Sportswire Photo OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The Road to the Kentucky Derby in the Empire State resumes on Saturday when a field of nine sophomores assemble for the 147th running of the Grade 3, $250,000 Withers at Aqueduct Racetrack. The...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Florida-bred 3-year-old filly Special Princess has spent much of her brief career proving the naysayers wrong. Her next opportunity to confound the experts comes in Saturday’s $150,000 Suncoast Stakes, part of a lucrative Festival Preview Day...

By David Joseph —- La Signare Back for More in Saturday’s G3 Suwanee River HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – La Signare is slated for a return to Gulfstream Park for Saturday’s $100,000 Suwannee River (G3), and trainer Brendan Walsh couldn’t be more pleased to bring the well-traveled...