Bob Hill – Handicapping

2025.02.13 Oaklawn Racing Updates —- Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 Just Steel’s 2024-2025 Oaklawn resume doesn’t include a race, but D. Wayne Lukas, the colt’s Hall of Fame trainer, said that will change. Unraced since finishing fifth in last May’s Preakness, Just Steel is...

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By Rick Francis —- The “Road to the Kentucky Derby” heads to New Orleans Fair Grounds Saturday with the seasons first 105 points contest as the 53rd running of the Grade 2 Risen Star headlines a fourteen race card; let’s have a look at the selections. Race...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Recent Claim Vamos Carlitos to Class Up in Risen Star Warrior Johny Adds Blinkers Ahead of Mineshaft $1 Million Estimated All Stakes Pick 5 Pool on “Louisiana Derby Preview Day” New Orleans, La (Feb. 12, 2025) – Claimed for $40,000 on Nov. 22 at Churchill...

By Mike Henry —- TURF SPRINT SHOWCASE NOMS RELEASED; “HEARTS REACHING OUT” IS MARCH 3 OLDSMAR, FL. – Nominations have been released for the $125,000 Turf Dash Stakes and the $125,000 Lightning City Stakes, a pair of 5-furlong grass events highlighting Turf Sprint Showcase...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Gigante Looks to Stay Hot in Grade Three Fair Grounds Stakes Trio of Turf Stakes carded for “Louisiana Champions Preview Day” New Orleans, La (Feb. 11, 2025) – With over $1.1 million in career earnings, Gigante enters the $175,000 Fair Grounds Stakes...

By Jasmine Torrez/ Victor Ryan —- GRADED WINNERS BIG CITY LIGHTS, ANARCHIST CLASH IN SATURDAY’S GIII, $100,000 PALOS VERDES STAKES GOING 6 FURLONGS AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 10, 2025)—Big City Lights, winner of last year’s GIII, $100,000 Palos Verdes, will look to...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Hodges Photgraph Reigning Louisiana Derby Champion Catching Freedom Returns in the Mineshaft New Orleans, La (Feb. 11, 2025) – The 2024 Louisiana Derby champion Catching Freedom returns to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on Saturday as the 3-1...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, FEB. 9, 2025 WORKS: JOURNALISM, BULLARD, LOOK FORWARD DRILL PICK 6 CARRYOVER OF $53K FOR SUNDAY’S 9-RACE CARD SPECIAL PRESIDENTS’ DAY CARD PART OF 4-DAY RACE WEEK SUNDAY’S COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 STARTS AT 12:49 P.M. PT WORKS: JOURNALISM,...