Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Outstanding sprinters of both sexes highlight Saturday’s Thoroughbred action, with the $100,000 Pelican Stakes for males and the $50,000 Minaret Stakes for fillies and mares, both at a distance of 6 furlongs, on tap. The 11-race card begins...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Stakes winner Extinct Charm will look to add another victory to his ledger as part of a field of six in Saturday’s third running of the $100,000 Haynesfield for New York-bred 4-year-olds and up at one mile at Aqueduct...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- OAKLAWN INCREASES OVERNIGHT PURSES FOR 18th STRAIGHT YEAR Hot Springs, Ark. (Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018) – The richest purses in the Midwest just got richer. Effective Saturday, Feb. 17, Oaklawn is increasing all allowance and maiden special weight races...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (February 14, 2018) – A field of eight 3-year-old fillies will face off in the Grade II $200,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes, a mile-and-a-sixteenth event on the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots main track which is the second of three local...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Effective immediately and until further notice any horse that has been at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, AR since Jan. 24 will not be permitted on the grounds at Oaklawn. Oaklawn had previously announced a similar policy for horses at Turfway Park and that...

By Ryan Martin —- COMPELLED OVERCOMES NINE MONTH LAYOFF TO SCORE IN MARDI GRAS STAKES NEW ORLEANS (February 13, 2018) – Glen Hill Farms’ Compelled fired off the bench to take the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ Fat Tuesday feature- the $75,000 Mardi Gras Stakes,...

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- GOOD MAGIC RETAINS FIRST-PLACE ON THE NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL; WEST COAST REMAINS IN FIRST-PLACE FOR OLDER HORSES IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, February 12, 2018) –Week three of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Presidents’ Day Weekend Stakes Coming Together Farrell, Streamline and Terra Promessa are among the early probables for Saturday’s $150,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) for older fillies and mares, Oaklawn co-stakes coordinator Lenny Rera said Sunday morning. The...

By Ryan Martin —- Pletcher Sends Noble Indy To Fair Grounds For Grade II Risen Star • Dance Caller Still Going Strong At Age 12 • Cox Looks Ahead With Maiden Winner Beyond Blame Todd Pletcher; NYRA Photo PLETCHER SENDS NOBLE INDY TO FAIR GROUNDS FOR GRADE II RISEN STAR...