Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Team Hanley’s Captain Bombastic ran down a game 38-1 longshot Listentoyourheart in the final furlong, overtaking him from the outside and holding on for a 1 1/4-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Mike Lee for New York-bred...

By Darren Rogers —- Photos courtesy of Churchill Downs ADMISSION OFFICE EDGES ARKLOW IN GRADE III LOUISVILLE THRILLER; $163,012 LATE PICK 5 CARRYOVER SUNDAY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 13, 2020) – Amerman Racing Stables’ homebred Admission Office...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – She’s a Julie added a second Grade 1 victory to her ledger, when displaying a powerful kick at the top of the stretch before running down Ollie’s Candy to the inside of Point of Honor to win the 52nd running of the Grade 1,...

By Ed Golden —- STREAK OF LUCK IN A POSSIBLY PERFECT SPOT A $3.65 MILLION BUY, CEZZANE OFF TO GOOD START SANTA ANITA’S FIRST POST TIME IS NOW AT 1 P.M. MILLER HOLDS EDGE IN RACE FOR TOP TRAINER STREAK OF LUCK WELL SPOTTED FOR FIRST STAKES WIN Streak of Luck, an old gray...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 13, 2020) – Hall of Fame horseman Steve Asmussen surpassed South Louisville native Dale Romans as the all-time leading trainer in Churchill Downs history when 4-year-old filly Drop Dead Gorgeous cruised to a 8 ½-length...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Newspaperofrecord, Instilled Regard eye Grade 1 glory at Belmont G1 Runhappy Metropolitan and G1 Whitney are options for Code of Honor Vekoma could return in G1 Runhappy Metropolitan Endorsed in good order following runner-up effort in G3 Westchester...

By Ed Golden —- HONOR A.P. CAN SMELL THE ROSES HIRSCH AWAITS HARD NOT TO LOVE PRAT HAS BIG LEAD IN JOCKS’ RACE NEW SHERRIFF IN TOWN ON DERBY TRAIL There’s a new sheriff in town on the Kentucky Derby trail, and his name is John, as in John Shirreffs, best known as...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Chester and Mary Broman’s Mr. Buff – winner of his last three races and six of his last eight starts – will return off a near four-month respite in headlining a nine-horse field of New York-breds 3-years-old and up in...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 7, 2020) – When veteran trainer Merrill Scherer planned his return to Kentucky this spring from New Orleans, he was going to help his son, Eric, and daughter-in-law, Marianne, with their small string of horses at Churchill...