Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Victor Ryan —- BULLARD AND BARNES SET FOR 7-FURLONG CLASH IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, SAN VICENTE STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 30, 2024)—Bullard and Barnes, a pair of highly promising colts with Kentucky Derby aspirations, will square-off for the...

Old Friends Welcomes Six Graded-Stakes Winners for Retirement The six thoroughbreds are Count Again, Delaunay, Mission Impazible, Normandy Invasion, Rainbow Heir, and Warrior’s Reward   GEORGETOWN, KY. – Dec. 30, 2024 – Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2024 BARNES (Outside) & RODRIGUEZ Ernie Belmonte Photo STAKES NOMS: GII SAN VICENTE, SANTA YNEZ GO NEXT WEEK MOTORIOUS WILL GET BREAK AFTER GII JOE HERNANDEZ WIN JOCKEY RODRIGUEZ WINS WITH FIRST-EVER SANTA ANITA MOUNT SPECIAL...

Phileas Fogg dominant in $150K Queens County victory By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Jupiter Stable’s Phileas Fogg made his return to stakes company a winning one with a pacesetting romp in Sunday’s Listed $150,000 Queens County, a nine-furlong route for 3-year-olds and up, at...

by Robert Yates Jenkin; Andrew Stauffer Photo For Immediate Release HOT SPRINGS, AR – Arkansas lumberman John Ed Anthony now has two horses on the Kentucky Oaks trail following Jenkin’s three-quarter length victory in the $175,000 Year’s End Stakes for 2-year-old fillies Sunday...

By Mike Henry —– Samy Camacho; TB Photo FESTIVUS WINNER WILL REMEMBER $91 HORSE; CAMACHO WINS THREE OLDSMAR, FL. – Ross Gallo found himself facing the possibility of early elimination from the 10 Days of Festivus Challenge Handicapping Contest after he “kind ...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Smoken Wicked, Secret Faith Add Louisiana Futurity to Stakes Resume New Orleans, La (Dec. 29, 2024) – Louisiana-bred juveniles took centerstage on Sunday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots as two editions of the 6-furlong $100,000 Louisiana Futurity...

By David Joseph —- Just a Care Wins for New Ownership in $115,000 Abundantia Stakes Irish-bred filly notches first stakes triumph in 5-furlong turf stakes Jerry the Nipper Goes All the Way in $100,000 St. Augustine Gulfstream’s Race 1 Declared ‘No Contest’ HALLANDALE BEACH,...

Compiled by Robert Yates It’s an opportunity for a polite bounce back. Yes Ma’am, a half-sister to 2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, is scheduled to make her career debut in Sunday’s seventh race at Oaklawn, a six-furlong maiden allowance event that is among the highlights...