Bob Hill – Handicapping

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, April 23, 2025 First Mission has a guaranteed spot in the $250,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) May 16 Pimlico, but his team (breeder/owner Godolphin and trainer Brad Cox) has bigger plans for the 5-year-old son of Street...

Santa Anita PressBox —- TIRUPATI, UNCORKED AMONG A DEEP 13-HORSE FIELD SET FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE III ROYAL HEROINE STAKES FOR OLDER FILLIES AND MARES GOING A MILE ON TURF AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (April 21, 2025)— Tirupati, winner of last month’s GIII Wilshire Stakes, will...

By Pat McKenna —- Single-day Saratoga tickets on-sale April 30 Dining reservations accepted beginning Wednesday, April 23 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today reminded fans of the upcoming on-sale dates for single-day reserved seats...

**Correction: Flavien Prat will have the mount on Baeza if he makes the field. STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2025 Baeza; Zoe Metz Photo RODRIGUEZ, BAEZA HAVE FINAL WORKS BEFORE SHIPPING TO KY. JOCKEY GARCIA BACK ON BIG STAGE WITH CITIZEN BULL WORKS: RAGING TORRENT...

By David Joseph —- G3 Winner Antiquarian Successful in Return to Races $3 Million Yearling Vibe Dominant Maiden Winner Saturday Edgard Zayas, Todd Pletcher Register Saturday Hat Tricks Easter Sunday Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $150,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL –...

Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media —- First Mission HOT SPRINGS, AR – First Mission’s latest audition for a first Grade 1 victory was a smashing success. A homebred for famed Godolphin, First Mission took command in the final furlong to post a two-length...

By Mike Henry —- DIAZ SUFFERS DISLOCATED SHOULDER; HOPES TO RETURN BEFORE MEET’S END OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs jockey Hector Rafael Diaz, Jr., suffered a dislocated left shoulder Friday when he was unseated in the stretch run of the seventh race on the turf after his...

By David Joseph —- G3 Winner Antiquarian Launching Comeback Saturday Squire Wins Debut, Continues 2YO Success for Sire Leinster May 10 Royal Palm Juvenile, Qualifier for Ascot, Up Next Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $100,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Centennial...

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, April 18, 2025 American Promise went fast in his penultimate workout for the Kentucky Derby May 3 at Churchill Downs. Really fast. Breezing in company with stablemate Bon Temps, American Promise covered seven furlongs from the...