Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Set to make her first start since finishing fourth in the Grade 3 Comely on November 23, Split Time will look to pick up her fourth stakes win of the year headlining a competitive field of nine in the $100,000 Bay Ridge for...

By Mike Willman —- MCKINZIE Benoit Photo BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE ROMPS BY 4 ¾ LENGTHS IN GRADE I, $300,000 MALIBU STAKES; WELL BEATEN IN BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC, HE REBOUNDS TO GET SEVEN FURLONGS IN 1:22.48 UNDER SMITH OPENING DAY CROWD OF 41,373 USHER IN 82ND SANTA ANITA WINTER...

By Ryan Martin —- Grade I Pegasus World Cup a Possibility for Tom’s d’Etat • Colonel E. R. Bradley Next for Great Wide Open (Ire.) • Classy John Heads Colts and Geldings Division of Louisiana Futurity GRADE I PEGASUS WORLD CUP A POSSIBILITY FOR TOM’S D’ETAT While lightly...

By David Joseph —- Santa Anita Turf Anchors National Pick 5, Two on the Turf from Gulfstream 67 Entered for Stronach 5 at Golden Gate, Santa Anita & Gulfstream Free Past Performances Link LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 returns Friday with a $50,000 guaranteed pool, three...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Antonio Gallardo joined the exclusive club of Grade I-winning jockeys in June when he won the United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park aboard the 4-year-old colt Funtastic for trainer Chad Brown. The four-time Tampa Bay Downs champion jockey...

By David Joseph —- Graded-Stakes Winner Faces 13 in 2-Mile Feature Jerkens Highlights Program with Six Turf Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sierra Farm’s Nessy made late surges to finish second and third in his two graded-stakes starts at Gulfstream Park last season, but the...

By Ed Golden —- • WORLD CLASS RIDERS WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT SANTA ANITA • BRISK MORNING PROVIDES CLASSIC SETTING FOR OPENER • OPENING DAY ICE SKATING OFFERED IN SANTA ANITA INFIELD WORLD-CLASS RIDERS AT SANTA ANITA OPENING WEEKEND Five of the nation’s top six jockeys in...

By David Joseph —- Three Carryovers Thursday at Gulfstream Late Pick 5 $103,991, Rainbow 6 $143,865 Jockey Angel Rodriguez Lights Up Toteboard Again HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – There will be three carryovers at Gulfstream Park on Thursday’s 10 race program. First race post is...

By Mike Willman —- SPICED PERFECTION Benoit Photo CALIFORNIA-BRED SPICED PERFECTION RALLIES TO WIN GRADE I, $300,000 LA BREA STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS AS PRAT & KORINER TEAM FOR SEVEN FURLONG TALLY IN 1:23.54 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2018)—Unimpeded while four-wide...