Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Don Stevens —- – KARL BROBERG TRAINEE EXTENDS WINS STREAK TO FOUR IN A ROW – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted the first of two stakes races this weekend on Friday night and it was Dale’s Lil Sis who proved best in the $70,000 Lookout Stakes for Louisiana-bred...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced, as of January 1, Aqueduct Racetrack will be open to the public Wednesday through Sunday. With on-track simulcasting closed on Monday and Tuesday at the Big A, racing...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Five years can seem like an eternity in horse racing. But when owner-trainer Tim Padilla traveled to Purcell, Okla., early this year to pick up former stable star Merango Tango, it seemed like 2014 all over again, and he devised a plan to get...

By Grant LaGrange —- Full gate on program for two-turn turf test for 3yo’s; two other stakes on the Saturday docket Tracey Farmer’s homebred Sir Winston, who won the Belmont Stakes (G1) over 1 ½ miles of dirt in June, is set to make his first start since in Saturday’s...

By David Joseph —- Stronach 5: Three Tracks, Two on the Turf, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The popular Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature races Friday from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a...

By Grant LaGrange —- The day after Christmas hangover was cured for trainer Brendan P. Walsh and team as their 4-year old filly Saracosa got up in time to win the Bob Fortus Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds Racecourse by three quarters of a length in a final time of 1:43.09...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Sets Weekday Handle Record for December $1.25 Million Guaranteed Pool for Friday’s Rainbow 6 Saez Rides Five Winners, Navarro Has the Hat Trick HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s total handle Thursday of $12.303 million was a record for a...

By Grant LaGrange —- Bob Fortus; Lou Hodges Photography New Orleans (December 13, 2019) – Headlined by Jerry Marks Stable LLC’s 7/5 morning line favorite Moonlit Garden, a field of eight has been programmed for Thursday’s post-Christmas feature, the $75,000 Bob Fortus...

By Ed Golden —-