Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Aptly Named Big Return Hits Big for O’Neill Big Returns did just that in Sunday’s featured eighth race at Oaklawn, returning a whopping $125.20 to win after a 2 ½-length score in the first-level allowance/optional claiming sprint for 3-year-olds under...

By Darren Rogers —- RACING SUSPENDED AT TURFWAY PARK EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Decision Follows Kentucky Governor’s Health at Home Executive Order LOUISVILLE, KY. (Tuesday, March 25, 2020) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (Nasdaq: CHDN) announced the suspension of racing at...

By Joe Kristufek —- Coady Photo COX ENJOYS BANNER FAIR GROUNDS MEET Season cut shot six racing days due to COVID-19 pandemic New Orleans (March 23, 2020) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots returned to the traditional Thanksgiving Day opening for the start of the 148th...

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- WELLS BAYOU ENTERS TOP TEN OF NTRA 3-YEAR-OLD POLL; BY MY STANDARDS NEW FACE IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 23, 2020) – Wells Bayou capped a huge day for trainer Brad Cox when he captured the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds on...

By Ed Golden / Mike Willman —- REMATCH LOOMS IN SANTA ANITA DERBY HESS HOPES FOR HIT WITH WOUND TIGHT MARATHON MARE IS SET FOR SANTA ANA HONOR A.P. ON COURSE FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY Honor A.P., a leading contender for the Santa Anita Derby, continues to train well for Santa...

By Mike Henry —- EIGHT-RACE CARD WEDNESDAY; ELZEY REMEMBERED BY MARTINEZ, CAMACHO OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs will continue racing without spectators during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis for the foreseeable future. Wednesday’s eight-race program begins at 12:40 p.m.,...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Apprentice Jockey Kelsi Harr Making Most of the Oaklawn Meet Tiny Slovak, Ark., is having a big impact on the jockey standings this year at Oaklawn. Kelsi Harr, raised in the unincorporated Grand Prairie farming community 55 miles east of Little Rock,...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE — Multiple G1-winning millionaire Mind Control among many stars on the Belmont Park work tab Linda Rice updates on Max Player, Montauk Traffic and Nicodemus ELMONT, N.Y. – Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ Mind Control, a dual Grade 1-winner...

By Joe Kristufek —- Wells Bayou; Photos by Hodges Photography In front of an empty grandstand, trainer Brad Cox wins the final three stakes on Louisiana Derby Day New Orleans (March 21, 2020) – As the world is in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fair Grounds’ signature...