Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Henry —- CAMACHO IS FIRST MOTHER’S JOCKEY OF THE MONTH WINNER OLDSMAR, FL. – Samy Camacho received a text Friday morning from Claude “Shug” McGaughey, III offering valuable advice on how to win the ninth race at Tampa Bay Downs aboard the Hall of Fame trainer’s...

By Robert Yates —- Just Steel and Lemon Muffin, among Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas’ most prominent runners, are training at Oaklawn in advance of the 2024-2025 meeting that begins Friday. Just Steel was the only horse to go through Oaklawn’s four-race series of...

By Pat McKenna, Mark Bardack —- Saratoga to host expanded Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and July 4th Racing Festival in 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to include five days, June 4 to 8 Special July 4th Racing Festival to span four-day holiday weekend SARATOGA SPRINGS,...

By Kevin Kilroy —- New Orleans, La (Dec. 3, 2024) – Nominations closed for the stakes action on the Louisiana Champions Day program scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. With $750,000 in purse money on the line across seven stakes for...

By Keith McCalmont Post Time takes on four G1 winners in Saturday’s stacked G2 Cigar Mile presented by TwinSpires OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Hillwood Stable’s dual graded stakes-winning Maryland-bred millionaire Post Time tops a loaded 11-horse field for Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 12.01.24 British Apprentice Mia Nicholls Giving It a Go at Gulfstream Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $125,000 Castellano, Gaffalione Return to Action Thursday at Gulfstream HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – British apprentice jockey...

Muhimma steps up to graded ranks in G2 Demoiselle By Mary Eddy —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Shadwell Stable’s undefeated Muhimma will make her graded stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle, a nine-furlong route for juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The...

By David Joseph —- My Denysse Graduates in Style in $100,000 My Dear Girl 2YO Filly Springs 50-1 Upset Over Favored Shipper Stunner HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Just For Fun Stable, Inc.’s My Denysse, bred, owned and trained by Ruben Sierra, broke her maiden in spectacular...

By David Joseph —- Ryan Thompson Photo Undefeated Rated by Merit Sweeps to Victory in $300,000 In Reality St. Elias Stable’s Homebred Completes Sweep of Florida Sire Stakes Series Jockey Jesus Rios Rides Winners of Both $300,000 FSS Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. Elias...