Bob Hill – Handicapping

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...

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes • Mott feeling ‘very pleased’ following Hofburg’s breeze...

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Coady Photography JUSTIFY SET FOR FINAL BELMONT BREEZE MONDAY MORNING; FREE DROP BILLY WORKS FIVE FURLONGS IN :59.20 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 3, 2018) – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing’s...

By Mike Willman —- TAKE THE ONE O ONE Benoit Photo TAKE THE ONE O ONE RALLIES TO WIN $200,000 SNOW CHIEF STAKES UNDER TALAMO; TRAINED BY KORINER, HE GETS 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF IN 1:49.37 RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE GOLDEN STATE SERIES FOR CALIFORNIA-BRED OR SIRED HORSES...

By Bailey Gallison —- S. D. BRILIE SWEEP STATE-BRED STAKES WITH DEVILEYE IN ADDISON CAMMACK MEMORIAL, PUNTSVILLE IN ISAAC MURPHY ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (June 2, 2018) – It was a banner day at Arlington International Racecourse for the local stable of S. D. Brilie as they...