Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Jim Miller —- As the five month summer harness meet has concluded at Hawthorne, the track conversion to a thoroughbred surface is complete with the fall racing season kicking off on Friday afternoon. A renewed interest from horsemen this fall at Hawthorne is shown in an...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- OAKLAWN NAMES HAL WIGGINS INTEGRITY OFFICER FOR 2018 SEASON HOT SPRINGS, Ark., (Oct. 5, 2017) – Oaklawn Jockey Club has named Hal Wiggins, one of the most respected horsemen and racing officials in the Midwest, to the newly created position of Racing...

By Amy Owens —- TUESDAY, OCT. 3 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet opens Friday and concludes Saturday, Oct. 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** · LIMOUSINE LIBERAL, WHITMORE TOP FIELD OF 11 FOR STOLL...

DATE TRACK RACE NAME WINNER RACE CHART DIVISION 1/7/17 KEN Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes Bella-Bella (SAF) n/a Filly & Mare Turf 1/7/17 KEN L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Legal Eagle (SAF) n/a Mile 2/19/17 JRA February Stakes Gold Dream n/a Classic 4/1/17 RAN The...

By David Joseph —- Racing Shifts to Gulfstream West Wednesday, Oct. 4 MIAMI GARDENS, FL – Live racing in South Florida moves eight miles west Wednesday, from Gulfstream Park to Gulfstream Park West for the Fall Turf Festival. First race post for Wednesday’s eight-race...

Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Remains in First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll (receives 35 out of 40 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, October 2, 2017) – Week 36 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll for...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet opens Friday and concludes Saturday, Oct. 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. Friday begins Fall Stars Weekend, which features nine graded stakes, including five...

By Rick Francis —- A field of eight head to the starting gate in the running of the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes, a “Win and You’re In” contest and a guaranteed berth in 2017’s Breeders’ Cup Classic run at Del Mar Turf Club on Saturday November...

By Ed Golden —- PETER EURTON TRAINEE HAS ‘GIANT’ EXPECTATIONS MAJESTIC HEAT SET FOR WIN AND YOU’RE IN RODEO DRIVE FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO SANTA ANITA STARTS TODAY LOS ANGELES TIMES NEWSLETTER DEBUTS STARTING TODAY JOHN MORRIS GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL BENEFIT THE PDJF GIANT...