Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Brian W. Spencer —- EFFORT TOPPED FOUR-STAKES FAIR GROUNDS OPENING DAY NEW ORLEANS (November 18, 2017) – Town and Country Racing’s Al Stall Jr.-trained My Miss Chiff was all class in victory in the $50,000 Happy Ticket Stakes for Louisiana-bred sprint fillies and mares...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- MILLER SEEKS GRANT THREE-PEAT WITH SOLID WAGER PLUS TWO Trainer Peter Miller is quite sure that he has never before won the same stakes race with the same horse three years in a row. “I don’t think I’ve ever won three games of tic-tac-toe...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Chublicious Could Chow Down in Thanksgiving • Geroux Geared Up for Riding Title Defense • Jenda’s Agenda Back in Training • Yockey’s Warrior After a Second Helping in Thanksgiving CHUBLICIOUS COULD CHOW DOWN IN THANKSGIVING Graded stakes-winning...

By Don Stevens —- – UNDEFEATED COLT WINS STAKES DEBUT WITH GUTSY FRONT-RUNNING EFFORT – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs closed out its fifth week of racing on Saturday night with the $150,000 Louisiana Legacy serving as the featured event. The one-mile test for...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Six talented two-year-old fillies, all but one of whom have maiden victories to their credit, will be tested over seven furlongs Saturday in the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes, feature of a nine-race program at Del Mar. Post time for the...

By Mike Willman —- MATT DINERMAN NAMED NEW GOLDEN GATE FIELDS ANNOUNCER; AT AGE 25, CALIFORNIA NATIVE BRINGS ENTHUSIASM & DYNAMIC TALENT TO ICONIC FACILITY BEGINNING OPENING DAY, DEC. 26 ‘A HOME RUN FOR GOLDEN GATE FIELDS AND CALIFORNIA RACING’ ARCADIA, Calif. (Nov....

By Darren Rogers —- LANDEROS HOPES TO FOLLOW ‘ROAD TO KENTUCKY DERBY’ TRAIL WITH IMPROVING JUVENILE GOTTA GO LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 17, 2017) – Jockey Chris Landeros, who has ridden more than 450 races for his father-in-law, trainer Ian Wilkes, hopes Lothenbach...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- BALTAS HAS TWO TO TANGO IN DESI ARNAZ STAKES Mathematically, trainer Richard Baltas has a 40 percent chance of winning Saturday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes. He’ll saddle Ms Bad Behavior and Secret Spice in the seven-furlong sprint for...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Stall Stacked on Opening Day • Casse Beefing Up Fair Grounds Presence • Tapwrit Half-Brother Tops Salty Opening Day 2yo Maiden STALL STACKED ON OPENING DAY Trainer Al Stall Jr. has arguably the hottest hand of all heading into Fair Grounds Race...