Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Willman —- RIVER BOYNE Zoe Metz Photography HEAVILY FAVORED RIVER BOYNE REMAINS UNBEATEN AT SANTA ANITA AS HE TAKES $100,000 RAINBOW STAKES BY 2 ¼ LENGTHS UNDER PRAT; TRAINED BY MULLINS, IRISH-BRED COLT GETS 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF IN 1:49.18 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 16,...

By Bailey Gallison —- Chris Block Chasing Record Breaking Stakes Victory • Jean Elizabeth Risks Perfect Record in Purple Violet Stakes • Moquett Sends Spark Joy for Saturday Maiden Event CHRIS BLOCK CHASING RECORD BREAKING STAKES VICTORY Trainer Chris Block sends out a pair...

By John Heims —- ROAMING UNION GETS ANOTHER CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF IN SUNDAY’S $100,000 PEGASUS STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Kelly Breen knows just how rewarding it can be to get the best out of a talented 3-year-old, having won the 2011 Belmont Stakes...

By Darren Rogers —- WALSH HOPING FOR REDEMPTION WITH HONORABLE DUTY IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $500,000 STEPHEN FOSTER ’CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 15, 2018) – Honorable Duty joined a list of 55 horses that eventual Horse of the Year Gun Runner defeated in 2017 after...

By Ed Golden & Mike Willman —- • LEADING RIDER PRAT SET TO EXPAND HIS PROFILE • TOP TRAINER O’NEILL HAS HORSES BORN TO RUN • HORSE FOR COURSE MUCHOS BESOS WINS AGAIN • FIRST POST WILL BE 12 NOON SATURDAY, JUNE 23 • BAFFERT, SMITH AT DODGER STADIUM ON JUNE 25 PRAT WILL...

By Bailey Gallison —- THE PIZZA MAN, WORK ALL WEEK RETURN TO ARLINGTON BACKSTRETCH Midwest Thoroughbreds’ 2015 Grade I Arlington Million winner The Pizza Man and 2014 Champion Sprinter Work All Week returned to the Arlington International Racecourse backstretch last week to...

By Darren Rogers —- BACKYARD HEAVEN, IRISH WAR CRY CLASH IN SATURDAY NIGHT’S GRADE I, $500,000 STEPHEN FOSTER HANDICAP AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Triple Crown Winner Justify to Parade Before and After Race 3 from 6:45-7:15 p.m. East Coast invaders and recent graded stakes winners...

By John Heims —- TRAINER MIGUEL VERA HAS HIGH HOPES FOR TWO COLTS IN SUNDAY’S $100,000 PEGASUS STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Miguel Vera knew the day was coming when he would find out whether all of the patience and time he invested in two of his promising...

By Bailey Gallison —- SOPHOMORE STATE-BREDS HIGHLIGHT SATURDAY CARD IN SPRINGFIELD, PURPLE VIOLET STAKES ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (June 14, 2018) – Three-year-old Illinois-breds take the spotlight this Saturday in pair of stakes events at Arlington International Racecourse –...