Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – It’s a place where trainers devise strategy that is liable to fly out the window when a race starts and agents hustle assignments for their baby-faced jockey who may or may not have won 20 races at an unsanctioned bush track. It’s where...

By Ryan Martin —- * Recent Retiree Torres to Focus On New Career • Beschizza Gets Off To A Hot Start • Bullards Alley Works; Next Stop Gulfstream RECENT RETIREE TORRES TO BEGIN FOCUSING ON NEW CAREER Former jockey Francisco Torres, whose retirement ceremony took place in...

By Ed Golden —- • DABSTER BREEZES FOR GRADE I MALIBU ON OPENING DAY • SAN ANTONIO COULD PROVE A PEGASUS STEPPINGSTONE • BONDE OUT TO DOUBLE HIS PLEASURE IN GRADE I LA BREA • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE TO FANS ON OPENING DAY BAFFERT WORKS DABSTER, WEST COAST, MASOCHISTIC Bob...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, Ark., (Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017) – Louis A. Cella, whose family founded the Oaklawn Jockey Club in 1904, has been named President of the Hot Springs, AR racetrack and gaming facility as well as Southwestern Enterprises, Inc., the parent...

By Julie Fogel —- NINE CONTENDERS CONFIRMED TO COMPETE FOR THE $16 MILLION USD PEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL ON JANUARY 27, 2018 The World’s Richest Horse Race Returns to South Florida for the Second Year with the Best in Horse Racing and Entertainment HALLANDALE BEACH, FL...

By Mike Henry —- Mike Stdham OLDSMAR, FL. – With more than 100 victories in each of the last two years and a coveted 2015-2016 title at Fair Grounds to his credit, trainer Michael Stidham’s Thoroughbred operation has flirted with peak efficiency. But with an 80-horse stable...

By Kathryn Parrish —- CHURCHILL DOWNS RACETRACK BREAKS GROUND AT LOUISVILLE HISTORICAL RACING MACHINE FACILITY, UNVEILS NAME AND BRANDING FOR “DERBY CITY GAMING” Derby City Gaming brings innovation to strengthen Kentucky’s horse racing industry, create new jobs LOUISVILLE,...

By Ed Golden —- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017 • COLLECTED AND DABSTER EYE OPENERS FOR BAFFERT • ECLIPSE KING CASTELLANO RIDES HERE ON OPENING DAY • BOLT D’ORO TO RETURN IN GRADE II SAN VICENTE FEB. 10 • UNIQUE BELLA DRILLS THURSDAY FOR GRADE I LA BREA COLLECTED IN SHARP WORK...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Trainer Norm McKnight Arrives for First Meet at Oaklawn Trainer Norm McKnight, the newly minted leading trainer at Woodbine, arrived in Hot Springs along with 24 horses Dec. 16 for his first meet at Oaklawn; Stakes winner Smack Smack will resume training...