Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, APRIL 5 – OPENING DAY Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens today and runs through Friday, April 26. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 26, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Mondays and Tuesdays....

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Rice kicks off Big A spring meet in style; El Grande O chasing Derby points in G2 Wood Memorial Mott holds strong hand with Resilience, Elysian Meadows for G2 Wood Memorial Deposition relishes nine-furlong G2 Wood Memorial...

D. Wayne Lukas, CDI, and April 6th Derby Preps By Bob Hill, TSV Writer —- Gulfstream Photo Last weekend D. Wayne Lukas gave Churchill Downs Inc. a less-than-subtle, well-deserved poke in the eye. After the Bob Baffert trained three-year-old colt Muth impressively won the...

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release The luck of the Irish came a bit late for owner/trainer John Haran. Haran, 13 days after St. Patrick’s Day, pulled maybe the biggest stakes upset of the 2023-2024 Oaklawn meeting when American Band captured Saturday’s six-furlong...

By Mary Eddy —- Deterministic leads 13-horse field for competitive renewal of G2 Wood Memorial OZONE PARK, N.Y. – St. Elias Stables, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable’s Grade 3 Gotham-winner Deterministic vies to lock in his spot in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 26. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 26, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Mondays and Tuesdays. *************************...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2024 Tapalo; Benoit GI SANTA ANITA DERBY: TAPALO RETURNS TO DIRT FOR SADLER COMPETITIVE CARDS KICK OFF 4-DAY DERBY WEEK DERBY DAY: 5 STAKES, INFIELD CARNIVAL, BEER FESTIVAL AND MORE GI SANTA ANITA DERBY: TAPALO RETURNS TO DIRT FOR...

By Pat McKenna —- NYRA announces John Imbriale’s retirement OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that John Imbriale has retired as NYRA’s track announcer, bringing to an end a distinguished 44-year career at NYRA in which he called...

By David Joseph —- Drifaros-Imonra Clash in Royal Palm Meet Opening Day Feature Saffie Joseph Jr. Seeks 10th Consecutive Gulfstream Park Title HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 2024 Royal Palm Meet at Gulfstream Park will get underway Thursday with a graded-stakes quality optional...