Bob Hill – Handicapping

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, DEC. 22, 2024 WORKS: DERBY WINNER MYSTIK DAN GOES 3F in 37.4 FOR GI MALIBU GI LA BREA: BUDDING STAR ACCURACY GETS INITIAL STAKES TEST MAIDEN WATCH: MLB’S BUEHLER, BREGMAN PARTNER ON COLT OPENING DAY: FIRST POST THURSDAY IS 11 A.M FOR 11-RACE...

Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates Quietside, one of the country’s leading 2-year-old fillies, will make her 3-year-old debut in the $300,000 Martha Washington Stakes at 1 1/16 miles Jan. 25 at Oaklawn, trainer John Ortiz said Sunday morning. The Martha Washington is...

By David Joseph —- Major Dude; Ryan Thompson Photo Major Dude Thrilling Winner of $215,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2) 4YO Colt Becomes Millionaire, Punches Ticket to Pegasus Turf (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Spendthrift Farm’s Major Dude rediscovered his graded-stakes winning form...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Her Laugh Uncatchable in the Untapable, Earns 10 Points Towards 151st Kentucky Oaks Recaps for Tenacious, Buddy Diliberto, and Richard R. Scherer New Orleans, La (Dec. 21, 2024) – Stretching out to 1 mile 70 yards after debuting a winner at 6 furlongs,...

By Mike Henry —- SHIVAREE REKINDLES NOT-SO-DISTANT MEMORIES; MENESES RIDES 3 WINNERS OLDSMAR, FL. – Shivaree’s best days on the track are behind him. But at the start of each day, owner-trainer Juan Arriagada senses the 7-year-old gelding’s passion and desire and enthusiasm...

by Robert Yates Spirit Wind; McCarlee Perkins Photo HOT SPRINGS, AR – The best horse on paper proved it. Grade 2 winner Spirit Wind justified her 7-5 favoritism with a victory in the $150,000 Poinsettia Stakes Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn. Spirit Wind finished three-quarters of...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Built; Hodges Photography Built Piles it On the Gun Runner Field, Earns Ten Points Towards Kentucky Derby 151 Recaps for Sugar Bowl, Letellier, and Blushing K.D. New Orleans, La (Dec. 21, 2024) – To the lead and with plenty left in the tanks, Eclipse...

By David Joseph —- Soul of an Angel, Power Squeeze Face Off in $140,000 Rampart Grade 1 Winners Top Field of Eight in One-Mile Test Dec. 26 Filles & Mares to Line Up in $140,000 Via Borghese on Turf HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – C2 Racing Stable, Agave Racing Stable and Ken...

Mystic Dan; Zoe Metz STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 2024 DERBY WINNER MYSTIK DAN GETS ACQUAINTED WITH SANTA ANITA WORKS: CITIZEN BULL, BEVY OF OPENING DAY STARTERS DRILL NATION’S TOP JOCKEYS CONVERGE ON SANTA ANITA OPENING DAY OPENING DAY: FIRST POST THURSDAY IS 11...