Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, March 6, 2019) – In an unprecedented move, the Oaklawn Jockey Club announced today that it stands ready to split the $1 million Rebel Stakes on Saturday, March 16. The announcement came just hours after Santa Anita racetrack...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Wonder Gadot Returns Friday Fans can see Wonder Woman Friday at Oaklawn. Gary Barber’s Wonder Gadot, a finalist for a Sovereign Award as Canada’s champion 3-year-old filly of 2018, is scheduled to make her seasonal debut in Friday’s eighth race, a 1-mile...

Mike Willman/Tiffani Steer —- SANTA ANITA PARK CANCELS RACING AND TRAINING Grade I Santa Anita Handicap To Be Rescheduled Arcadia, CA – March 5, 2019 – The Stronach Group announced the closure of Santa Anita Park for live racing and training effective immediately while the...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (March 5, 2019) – Gary Broad’s Student Body ($24.80, $14.40 and $10.20) broke sharp from the starting gate and never looked back in Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ Fat Tuesday feature – the $75,000 Mardi Gras Stakes over the Stall-Wilson...

By Darren Rogers —- Kentucky Oaks Future Wager Runs Concurrently, Betting Menu Includes Oaks/Derby Future Double LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, March. 5, 2019) – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s Grade I-winning duo of Game Winner and Improbable along with last weekend’s...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Announces $3.775 Million Summer Stakes Schedule Millions in Florida-Bred Incentives Princess Rooney (G2), Smile Sprint (G3) June 29 $1.4 Million FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Series Kicks off August 3 10 FHBPA Stakes Worth $1 Million $1 Million in...

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 4, 2019) – Code of Honor’s breakout triumph in the Grade 2 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes on March 2 allowed the son of Noble Mission to leapfrog into the top five of this week’s National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA)...

By David Joseph —- Code of Honor; Photos provided by Gulfstream Park HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – W.S. Farish’s Code of Honor rebounded from a disappointing effort in his 2019 debut to capture Saturday’s $400,000 Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park and stamp...

By Rick Francis —- Race 11) Grade 3 Honey Fox Stakes F&M 1 Mile Turf Post Time 4:30 EST 1) Precieuse – making her North American debut last August at Saratoga, Irish-bred 5-year-old engaged in a deep stretch duel only to come up a neck short; rested’s for...