Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Rick Francis —- Churchill Downs Race 11) Grade 1 Clark Handicap 3YO & UP 1&1/8th Miles Post Time 5:56 EST Hoppertunity (1), competitive Grade 1 winner disappointed last out finishing a distant second against Santa Anita overnighters; ran a dismal fourth in this...

By Darren Rogers —- Calvin Borel; All photos provided by Coady Photography LONGTIME FRIENDS BOREL, BRADLEY ATTEMPT CLARK TRIUMPH WITH THE PLAYER LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017) – A little more than 16 months ago, then-retired Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel was...

By Brian Bohl/Heather Pettinger —- Rymska rallies from last for Winter Memories score OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Head of Plain Partners and David Jacobson’s Stallwalkin’ Dude overtook Ready for Rye in the stretch and fended off Threefiveindia’s challenge to...

By Darren Rogers —- ARGENTINA-BRED BLUE PRIZE ROMPS IN GRADE II FALLS CITY ’CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017) – Merriebelle Stable LLC’s 4-year-old filly Blue Prize (Arg) took the lead from pacesetter Money’soncharlotte on the far and drew off in the stretch for...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Cedartown Gives Stidham First Godolphin Stake, Aims to FG Series • Change of Equipment for Forevamo • Finley’sluckycharm Back in Calhoun Barn CEDARTOWN GIVES STIDHAM FIRST GODOLPHIN STAKE, AIMS TO FG SERIES When Godolphin began spreading its...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- FRIDAY: CROSS-ENTERED FLAMBOYANT IS TURF CUP FAVORITE Flamboyant, co-owned by California Horse Racing Board Chairman Charles Winner, has been established as the 3-1 favorite in a field of nine on oddsmaker Russ Hudak’s morning line for the...

By Darren Rogers —- GOOD SAMARITAN HOPES FOR STRONG PACE IN CLARK HANDICAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017) – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, SF Racing and Head of Plains Partners’ Good Samaritan enters Friday’s $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton...

By Jim Miller —- STICKNEY, IL – Saturday marks the 80th running of the most historic race on Hawthorne’s calendar as the $150,000, Grade 3 Hawthorne Gold Cup returns. To be contested at 1 ¼ miles over the Hawthorne main track, a field of eight has assembled with...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Fourteen older fillies and mares will be tested at the marathon distance of a mile and three-eighths on the grass as the highlight of an eight-race holiday program of Thoroughbred racing Thanksgiving Thursday in the $100,000 Red Carpet...