Bob Hill – Handicapping

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 7 THREE FROM BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT RETURN FOR BING CROSBY The first, fourth and fifth-place finishers from the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint last November are back at Del Mar as part of a deeply talented field of 11 for Saturday’s $300,000...

By David Joseph —- She Takes Heart Seeks a Little Fun in Saturday’s Added Elegance Archer Road Targets Co-Featured Copingaway Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – She Takes Heart was claimed for $62,500 by Ron Paolucci May 10, a couple months before the colorful operator of Loooch...

By Brian Bohl —- Hi Happy looks to strike in Saturday’s G2 Bowling Green – La Providencia’s Hi Happy will look to add a third graded stakes win in the current campaign when he makes his Saratoga Race Course debut Saturday, headlining a field of nine in the...

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A field of five 3-year-olds will be sent from the gate in Saturday’s Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy presented by NYRA Bets. The 55th running of the 1 1/8-mile route will be broadcast on Saratoga Live from 6-7 p.m....

NYRA RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Raymond Mamone’s Grade 2 True North winner Imperial Hint will shoulder the 124-pound high weight as he makes his first start at Saratoga Race Course against a field of seven in the Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt...

By Rick Francis —- New York-breds continue the stakes action when a field of eight load for the running of the John Morrissey Stakes. Race 9) John Morrissey Stake 3yo & up NY-Bred 6&1/2 Furlongs Post Time 5:40 EDT 7) Gold for the King – 4-year-old has posted...

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 6 JUSTIFY RETIRED; WILL PARADE FOR FANS HERE SATURDAY Bob Baffert was by himself in a second-floor grandstand box when approached by two writers around 7:30 Wednesday morning. Naturally, the first subject was Justify. “We’ve been doing therapy...

By Tom Luicci —- GRADE 3 WINNER GOLDEN BROWN ADDED TO HASKELL LINEUP BRINGING FIELD TO 7 FOR SUNDAY’S $1 MILLION RACE OCEANPORT, N.J. – The betfaircom Haskell Invitational added a little more Jersey flavor to Sunday’s 51st edition of Monmouth Park’s signature race, with...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- NTRA STATEMENT: UNDEFEATED TRIPLE CROWN WINNER JUSTIFY RETIRED FROM RACING “Justify’s extraordinary racing career – from maiden to Triple Crown winner in less than four months – was as brilliant as any our sport has seen. We can’t wait to have his...