Bob Hill – Handicapping

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Point of Honor on track for G1 Personal Ensign Max Player puts in third breeze since earning Belmont Stakes blacktype heading into G1 Runhappy Travers Funny Guy points to $85K John Morrissey Handicap Mott barn gearing up for Saratoga graded stakes...

By David Joseph —- Timing is Everything for Galleon Mast in Saturday’s Mecke Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $750,000 Multi-Stakes Winner Lenzi’s Lucky Lady Returns in Thursday Feature HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Timing will be everything for Anne D. Scott’s...

NTRA Communications —- NY TRAFFIC CRACKS TOP TEN OF NTRA THREE-YEAR OLD POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 20, 2020) – Authentic’s victory in the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes allowed him to hold his ground on the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Three-Year-Old...

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Champion Turf Mare Sistercharlie will kick off her 2020 campaign in the 32nd running of Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Ballston Spa for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles over the Mellon turf at Saratoga Race...

Monmouth Park Media —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – It took a little longer than jockey Jorge A. Vargas Jr. wanted it to or hoped it would, but the 25-year-old finally made the impact at Monmouth Park he expected when he moved his tack from the Maryland circuit this summer. His timing...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Authentic may have won the Haskell on July 18 at Monmouth Park, but I’ll go out on a big limb and say he’s no Kentucky Derby horse. He may be by Into Mischief but he’s going to have trouble getting 10 furlongs, even in...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Country Grammer possible for G1 Runhappy Travers Rookie Report: Gargan to debut first Runhappy offspring to race at Saratoga Undefeated juvenile Dayoutoftheoffice likely to make another Saratoga start after winning G3 Schuylerville Palace Avenger puts...

By Bob Hill Tracksideview Feature Writer —- Saturday Picks for Saratoga July 18th As though we need a reminder, the opening couple of days at the SPA demonstrate once again that playing favorites there is a quick path to an empty wallet. Hopefully, we can make some...

MONMOUTH PARK MEDIA —- OCEANPORT, N.J. — Authentic, the 4-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, is ready to roll. That’s the word from Jimmy Barnes, the top assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert,...