Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Darren Rogers —- Factor This; Churchill Downs Photo LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 20, 2020) – Gaining Ground Racing LLC’s 5-year-old Factor This collected his third consecutive stakes win with a hard-fought, front-running triumph while holding off a fast-closing...

By Brian Bohl —- Gamine; Elsa Lorieul Photos ELMONT, N.Y. – Michael Lund Petersen’s Gamine took social distancing directives to heart, ensuring none of her six competitors would get anywhere close in the stretch en route to an 18 ¾-length domination of the Grade...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Oleksandra; NYRA/Coglianese Photos ELMONT, N.Y. – Serving as a prelude to the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes one race later, the Grade 1, $250,000 Jaipur presented by America’s Best Racing provided plenty of excitement in advance of the first...

By Brian Bohl —- Tiz the Law; Gulfstream Park File Photo ELMONT, N.Y. – The traditional playing of “New York, New York” is a hallmark of the prelude to the Belmont Stakes. Frank Sinatra’s refrain resonated strongly on Saturday, as Sackatoga...

By Rick Francis —- What was once the final leg of the Triple Crown and run at a distance that tested true champions is now the first jewel of racing’s Triple Crown and contested at a route many have travelled before; it’ been that kind of year. Race 10)...

By Rick Francis —- BELMONT PARK Race 2) 7 Furlongs.G1 Woody Stephens S. Presented by Claiborne Farm PRESENTED BY CLAIBORNE FARM.FOR THREE YEAR OLDS. Post Time: (12:25)/11:25/10:25/ 9:25 Giving the edge to Echo Town (4) in this field of five sophomore speedsters....

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A history-making Saturday will see the 152nd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park serve as the Triple Crown’s first leg for the first time in history. Sackatagoa Stable’s Tiz the Law headlines...

By Mike Willman —- MARGOT’S BOY, INDIAN PEAK & SACRED RIDER ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S $150,000 SNOW CHIEF STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF SPONSORED BY THE CTBA, RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE GOLDEN STATE SERIES ARCADIA, Calif. (June 17, 2020)—A trifecta of homebreds, the...

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Mischevious Alex, who captured the Grade 3 Gotham last out on March 7 at the Big A for trainer John Servis, headlines Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Woody Stephens presented by Claiborne Farm....