Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Brian Bohl —- Code of Honor; Chelsea Durand/NYRA Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Shug McGaughey won his first Travers in 21 years and joined a select group of Hall of Fame conditioners with his fourth “Mid-Summer Derby” triumph when Code of Honor...

By Rick Francis —- SARATOGA Race 9) Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes Post Time 4:12 EDT 3) She’s a Julie (Asmussen/Santana); 4-year-old filly has finished behind a couple of these in her last two starts, including a last out third in the G3 Shuvee; a sneaky quick work...

By Rick Francis —- SARATOGA Race 5) Grade 1 Forego Stakes Post Time 1:48 EDT 5) Bon Raison (Martin/Ortiz, J.); rallied from the rear to win the Tale of the Cat here earlier this month, his second straight strong closing effort. 4-year-old out of Raison d’Etat owns a...

DMTC News from the Wire —- FUENTES KEEPS HIS CAREER PATH MOVING UPWARD HERE The annual earnings numbers provided by Equibase for jockey Ruben Fuentes show a steadily upward trend: $179,087 in 2016, $739,102 in 2017, $1,571,604 last year and $2,170,054 approaching the...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith looking for a fifth Travers win on long shot Chess Chief Not That Brady to try to emulate dam Lisa’s Booby Trap in Albany Preservationist works Thursday for G1 Woodward; stablemate gets ‘Green Light’ for...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019) – The official “Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve” will begin Saturday, Sept. 14 at the home of America’s greatest race as Churchill Downs stages the $200,000 Iroquois (Grade III) for...

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $793,147 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 27th consecutive racing day Thursday at Gulfstream Park, producing a carryover jackpot of $793,147.53 for Friday’s 2 p.m. twilight...

By Matt Pappis Tracksideview Staff Writer —- SARATOGA Race 7) Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens 3yo 7 Furlongs Post Time 2:59 EDT Shancelot (1): Might be the favorite if he went vs the older in the Forego, this is the fastest horse in the country and maybe for a very long time....

By Najja Thompson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Entering off an impressive optional claiming allowance win on July 24, Klaravich Stables’ and William Lawrence’s Annals of Time will make his first graded-stakes start since winning the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby...