Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Henry —- MARIN WINS 4, IS MOTHER’S JOCKEY OF MONTH; SPANABEL EARNS DEGREE OLDSMAR, FL. – Samuel Marin is checking a lot of boxes in his quest to be considered one of the top jockeys at Tampa Bay Downs. Some would say the 23-year-old Venezuela product has already...

Wednesday, Dec.18, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates When Kent Sweezey visited Oaklawn in 2016, it was a quick business trip. Sweezey, then working for East Coast-based trainer Jimmy Jerkens, accompanied Grade 1 winner Effinex to Hot Springs for the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) for...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Saudi Crown; Hodges Photograph Saudi Crown Back at Fair Grounds in the Tenacious Six Pack of Supporting Stakes Carded on Saturday’s “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” New Orleans, La (Dec. 16, 2024) – Made the 9-5 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $100,000...

By David Joseph —- Joseph Enters 19 for Pegasus Preview Day Program White Abarrio Works for Dec. 28 Mr. Prospector (G3) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. will have a busy day Saturday when Gulfstream’s leading trainer saddles 19 horses on the 11-race...

by Robert Yates Bo still knows the winner’s circle. Making his first start since April, standout Arkansas-bred sprinter Bohemian Bo scored a front-running three-quarter length victory in Friday’s ninth race at Oaklawn, a $134,000 allowance, under Cristian Torres. It was the fifth...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Magnitude To Begin Road to the Derby in Gun Runner New Orleans, La (Dec. 15 2024) – Entries have been drawn for “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on Saturday, Dec. 21. Slated as Race 7 of 12, the 4th running of the...

Stone Smuggler slips by in time in $500K NYSSS Fifth Avenue By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – NY Final Furlong Racing Stable and SunsetRidge Racing Stable’s Stone Smuggler made all the right moves to notch her second career stakes victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue...

By Mike Henry —- NIC’S STYLE SETS STAKES RECORD IN CITY OF OCALA; BIG MARTINI WINS OLDSMAR, FL. – After Nic’s Style ran second to top sprinter Ways and Means in the Grade II Gallant Bloom Stakes in New York on Sept. 29, trainer Bill Mott decided to tap on the brakes with...

by Robert Yates —- HOT SPRINGS, AR – Indiana-bred star Corningstone recorded her first career stakes victory in open company Saturday at Oaklawn, powering to 4 ¼-length victory over favored Taxed in the one-mile $150,000 Mistletoe for fillies and mares, 3 and up. Making her...