Bob Hill – Handicapping

Del Mar’s backstretch area has provided safe haven for more than 800 horses escaping a wind-blown, fast-moving fire that ripped through the North County area of San Diego Thursday. The first group of horses arrived at the Del Mar Fairgrounds late Thursday afternoon and vans...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Stand Him Up Goes for Hat Trick in LA Champions Day Sprint • Mr. Al’s Gal Seeks First Stakes Victory on Turf STALL SENDS OUT THREE STAR GUITAR BABIES FOR LA CHAMPIONS DAY Trainer Al Stall, Jr. has a “natural sense of pride” when it comes to...

By Bob Mieszerski —- IMPRESSIVE MAIDEN WINNER MCKINZIE GOES LONG IN CASHCALL FUTURITY; UNDEFEATED DREAM TREE HEADLINES FIELD IN GRADE I STARLET CYPRESS, Calif. – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has a chance to make history Saturday in the $300,000 Los Alamitos CashCall...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – With almost 4,200 career winners and 26 graded stakes triumphs, including the Grade I Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga in 2000 on Stormy Pick, Jose Ferrer is used to riding in exclusive company. But the 53-year athlete reached another level today...

By Brian W. Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (December 6, 2017) – Scrivener Stables’ Trust Factor appears to be the standout in a field of nine Louisiana-breds in the 27th running of the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf, which will be run on Saturday Dec. 9 at a distance of 1...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A rematch of the first-and-second place finishers in the Iroquois on Empire Showcase Day will highlight the 32nd running of the $100,000 Garland of Roses for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack....

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA PARK ANNOUNCES 2018 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD FINALISTS, WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY BIRZER, CASTELLANO, FERRER, PRESCOTT & TALAMO TO FACE NATIONWIDE VOTE OF THEIR PEERS ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 6, 2017)—Five finalists for...

By Brian W. Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (December 6, 2017) – Defending Louisiana Champions Day Classic winner Mobile Bay leads a field of eight Louisiana-breds in the 27th running of the $150,000 event on Saturday, Dec. 9 where he will break from post three, but the 5-year old...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017) – Charles J. Cella, a leading figure in American Thoroughbred racing for over a half century and longtime President and Chairman of the Board of the Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas, has died of...