Bob Hill – Handicapping

NYRA —- Talented field of nine set for G2 New York ELMONT, N.Y. – Already a stakes winner in France, the British-bred Esquisse looks to notch her first such stateside victory in Friday’s Grade 2, $600,000 New York presented by NYRA Bets at Belmont Park, one of...

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** • Following Justify’s work, ‘all seems good’ ahead of Triple Crown bid • Haggas barn hoping...

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Photos provided by Churchill Downs JUSTIFY BREEZES FIVE FURLONGS IN 1:01.40 FOR BELMONT STAKES; SCHEUDLED TO DEPART BARN 33 FOR NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY AT 8 A.M. ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, June 4, 2018) – Under sunny skies and a comfortable 63...

NYRA Preview —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Curragh Stable’s Heavenly Score will make her graded stakes debut at Belmont Park as part of a field of 10 set to go postward in the Grade 3, $200,000 Intercontinental for fillies and mares on Thursday, the first day of the...

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y . – Trainer Wesley Ward, a name to be feared in the entry box for juvenile races across the globe, will send out a potent one-two punch in Thursday’s 107th running of the $150,000, 5 ½-furlong Astoria for 2-year-old fillies at Belmont...

By Ed Golden —- • FREY SEEKS TO REMAIN PERFECT AT BELMONT • MISS SIENNA MAKES U.S. DEBUT IN HONEYMOON • PEREIRA ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN MISHAP • GEROUX TO RIDE BOLT D’ORO IN THE MET MILE FREY OUT TO MAKE HIS MARK IN BELMONT STAKES Kyle Frey has a chance to make his mark...

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Centennial Farms’ Rocketry, a popular and decisive allowance winner last out,will get a test of both class and endurance as he makes his return to graded-stakes competition in the Grade 2, $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational...

By John Heims —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Bonita Bianca took advantage of the class relief for her 2018 debut by running down leader Starship Reina at the sixteenth pole and going on to a 2¼-length victory in Sunday’s $40,000 featured allowance at Monmouth Park. After running only...

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – It’s been a while, about 20 months, since Joking was seen in the winner’s circle after the Grade 1 Vosburgh, which punched his ticket to the 2016 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint for owner-trainer Charlton Baker. Joking...