Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Jim Miller —- Illinois Derby Returns to Hawthorne STICKNEY, IL – After a six-year hiatus, the Illinois Derby, Presented by 1/ST BET returns to Hawthorne Race Course with the 60th running. The 1 1/8 miles event on the main track carries a $200,000 purse and will go as...

Wednesday, April 18, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release The math is simple. If Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen averages one victory over the final nine days of racing, he will set Oaklawn’s single-season record for trainers. Asmussen recorded his meet-high 63rd...

By David Joseph —- April 17, 2024 Thursday’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 Pool Estimated at $250,000 Bonus Move Makes Anticipated Return in Turf Feature Gulfstream Will Host Kentucky Derby Watch Party May 4 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 Pool is expected to grow to an...

By Mike Henry —- DERBY DAY PROMISES FUN GALORE; ALVARADO RETURNS TO WINNER’S CIRCLE OLDSMAR, FL. – Whether you’re new to Thoroughbred racing or you’ve been coming to the racetrack since the days of Secretariat, Forego, Ruffian and Affirmed, it’s hard to pass up a chance to...

NTRA Communications —- Adare Manor and jockey Juan Hernandez cruise to a 5 ½ length win in the G1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park for owner Michael Lund Petersen and trainer Bob Baffert. Photo credit: Coady Photography/Andrew Stauffacher NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – April 15,...

By David Joseph —- Grand Mo the First; Gulfstream Photo April 14, 2024 On the Derby Bubble, Grand Mo the First Breezes at Gulfstream No More Time Out of Derby with Condylar Fracture HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Granpollo Stable’s Grand Mo the First, who finished a distant third...

By Mike Henry —- CAMACHO HAS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TITLE IN SIGHT; O’CONNELL WINS THREE OLDSMAR, FL. – No one could have expected leading Tampa Bay Downs jockey Samy Camacho to duplicate his performance of last season, when his 114 victories were more than double the number...

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release After emerging in good order from his latest scintillating victory, Skelly will climb the class ladder this summer and fall, Steve Asmussen, the gelding’s Hall of Fame trainer said Sunday morning. Skelly received a preliminary Beyer...

By Amy Owens —- SUNDAY, APRIL 14 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 26. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 26, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Mondays and Tuesdays. JENNY WILEY BEAT GOES ON FOR TRAINER CHAD...