Bob Hill – Handicapping

By David Joseph —- $100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Free Past Performances                                     LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12 percent takeout, free past performances and a $100,000 guaranteed pool, will be highlighted by the $250,000...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Maximum Security, whose popularity has soared since he was disqualified from first place in the Kentucky Derby, will make a public appearance for racing fans on Saturday at Monmouth Park when he schools in the paddock. The Jason...

David Joseph —- Improbable Favored in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes Morning Line Baffert Shooting for Record 8th Win in Middle Jewel of Triple Crown BALTIMORE, MD – WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International and Starlight Racing, principles in the ownership group of...

TSV POST —- The full draw with morning-line odds: (Post, Horse, Jockey, Odds) 1. War of Will, Tyler Gaffalione, 4-1 2. Bourbon War, Irad Ortiz Jr., 12-1 3. Warrior’s Charge, Javier Castellano, 12-1 4. Improbable, Mike Smith, 5-2 5. Owendale, Florent Geroux, 10-1 6....

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y – Feel Glorious will cut back in distance while making her graded stakes debut, headlining an eight-horse field of 3-year-old fillies in the seven-furlong Grade 3, $100,000 Soaring Softly on Saturday, Preakness Day, on the Widener turf at...

By Mike Willman —- ARCADIA, Calif. (May 15, 2019)—Jerry Hollendorfer’s late blooming Danuska’s My Girl seeks her fourth consecutive win and her second straight graded stakes score as she heads Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes at six furlongs on the Santa...

Kevin Kerstein Publicity Manager Churchill Downs Racetrack—- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 15, 2019) – Fern Circle Stables, Stud TNT and Old Friends, Inc.’s Vettori Kin (BRZ) will defend his title in Saturday’s $100,000 Louisville Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs....

By David Joseph —- Improbable Makes the Scene at Pimlico for Saturday’s 144th Preakness Laughing Fox, Owendale, Warrior’s Charge, Bourbon War Also Arrive BALTIMORE, MD – Improbable, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s chance to capture a record-breaking eighth Preakness...

By David Joseph —- Catholic Boy; Chris Rahayel Photo Catholic Boy Back on Turf for Season Debut in Dixie (G2) Multiple G1 Winner Unraced Since Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) BALTIMORE – It has taken more than six months but Catholic Boy, a Grade 1 winner on both dirt and turf,...