Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Keith McCalmont —- Gin Gin looks to double up on stakes scores in $200K Busher OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Calumet Farm’s Kentucky homebred Gin Gin will look to add to her 26 Kentucky Oaks points in Saturday’s Listed $200,000 Busher, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The one-turn mile for...

By Mike Willman —- GRADE I SANTA ANITA HANDICAP & THREE OTHER GRADED STAKES SHIFTED FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IN FORECAST SUNNY SKIES LIKELY FOR BOTH THE 87th RUNNING OF THE BIG CAP PRESENTED BY YAAMAVA’ RESORT & CASINO AS WELL AS THE $300,000 DK...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 Benoit Photo MANDELLA AIMS FOR 4th BIG CAP, STAKES HAT TRICK SUNDAY WORK TAB: OAKS PROSPECTS KOPION, NOTHING LIKE YOU TUNE-UP HALL OF FAME FINALISTS: SANTA ANITA WELL-REPRESENTED SANTA ANITA HANDICAP CARD MOVED TO SUNDAY...

Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release The truth will finally come out Saturday at Oaklawn. Lightly raced Time for Truth will make his first start around two turns – a week later than originally scheduled – in the eighth race, an 8 ½-furlong,...

By David Joseph —- Lynch Seeks to Spoil Maker’s Mac Diarmida Party with Anglophile Maker Bids for Fifth Success in G2 Turf Route with 3 Entrants HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Brian Lynch will saddle Michael Thomas Paradis’ Anglophile for a start in Saturday’s $200,000 Mac Diarmida...

By Mike Henry —- MARCH 9 FESTIVAL DAY DRAWS 157 NOMINATIONS FOR FIVE STAKES RACES OLDSMAR, FL. – The top two finishers in the Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes, No More Time and Agate Road, and two of the top-10 horses in the Daily Racing Form “Derby Watch” rankings are among...

By David Joseph —- Walkathon Continues Comeback in Honey Fox (G3) Gulfstream Park Park Photo HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Back in the spring of 2022, a filly named Walkathon was going places. It seemed like she could do no wrong as she ripped off three consecutive wins, including...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Today 02.28.24 Junior Alvarado; Photo provided by Gulfstream Park Alvarado Still ‘On Cloud 9’ Back in Action at Gulfstream Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $750,000 Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Scheduled for Sunday HALLANDALE BEACH,...

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release Oaklawn-based jockey Cristian Torres has never ridden in the Kentucky Derby. He’s never had a better opportunity in his young career than this year. Of the country’s 22 Kentucky Derby points races to date...