Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Kevin Kilroy —- Run Down in the Risen Star, Track Phantom Aims to Hold Off Eleven in the Louisiana Derby Tarifa, Intricate Rematch in Fair Grounds Oaks 100-50-25-15-10 qualifying Derby and Oaks Points are on the line at Fair Grounds on Saturday, March 23 New Orleans, La...

No. 1 Sierra Leone’s Connections Have Eyes on Blue Grass Stakes (G1) for Next Start. Photo credit: Hodges Photography By NTRA Communications NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – March 18, 2024 Week 8 of the 2024 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing...

By Mike Henry —- EVERDOIT, VILLA-GOMEZ DISPLAY RESILIENCE IN VICTORY OLDSMAR, FL. – Today’s lesson on bouncing back from adversity comes from 3-year-old Florida-bred gelding Everdoit, his trainer Kevin Rice and jockey Huber Villa-Gomez. Everdoit, a homebred gray son of Gary...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2024 The Chosen Vron; Benoit THE CHOSEN VRON EARNS 101 BEYER; STAY HOT DOING WELL NEWGATE, HOPKINS, TWO RIVERS OVER HEADED TO DUBAI 3-YEAR-OLDS IMAGINATION, MUTH AMONG NOTABLE WORKERS NEW SYNTHETIC TRAINING TRACK OPENS FOR GALLOPERS...

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release Lightly raced Time for Truth will make his next start in the $1.5 million G1-Arkansas Derby March 30 at Oaklawn, trainer Ron Moquett said Sunday morning. A son of 2019 Arkansas Derby winner Omaha Beach, Time for Truth will be making...

By Mike Henry —- VILA IS BOOT BARN TRAINER OF MONTH OLDSMAR, FL. – Thoroughbred trainer Juan Carlos Avila typed three words in Spanish on his smartphone Thursday to describe his feelings when he and owner Victor Martinez, the retired all-star baseball slugger, discovered...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024 Stay Hot; Benoit EURTON LOOKS TO ‘STAY HOT’ IN SATURDAY’S PASADENA STAKES SATURDAY’S $1 COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 BEGINS AT 2:36 P.M. PT SANTA ANITA SQUAD HAS LUCRATIVE WEDNESDAY AT TURF PARADISE IRISH O’BRIEN STAKES ON TAP FOR ST....

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release Stakes Preview Whitmore & Purple Martin Thursday’s first race at Oaklawn was all about family when trainer Andres Cambray saddled his first career winner, Bump in the Night, according to Equibase. Ridden by Lindsey Hebert, Bump...

By David Joseph —- Ryan Thompson Photo Champion Fierceness ‘Impressive’ in 5F Breeze Friday Morning Pletcher Star Slated to Return in G1 Florida Derby March 30 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Repole Stable’s Fierceness breezed five furlongs Friday morning at Palm Beach Downs in...