Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Leonard C. Green’s Even Thunder will get back to the site of his most recent stakes score as he takes on four rivals in the 33rd running of the $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield for 3-year-olds at six furlongs on Monday’s...

Churchill Downs News Release —- The 143rd running of the $2 million guaranteed Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) will be run Saturday, May 6, 2017, and for the fifth consecutive year, a tiered point system in select races will determine who qualifies to...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Gun Runner Back for another Year of Racing The winners of last year’s Triple Crown races, Nyquist, Exaggerator and Creator, are off to stud to try and produce classic winners. But, one of the country’s top 3-year-olds from 2016 is still around in Gun...

By Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS (February 18, 2017) – The Grade II $400,000 Risen Star Stakes features a clash between a formidable Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots-based home team and a pair of potent stakes-winning invaders from each side of the country in its...

By Mike Willman —- COMEBACKING SUNDAY RULES HEADS SUNDAY’S $100,000 SPRING FEVER HANDICAP FOR CALIFORNIA-BRED OR SIRED FILLIES & MARES AT SIX FURLONGS STATE-BRED FEATURE TO HIGHLIGHT 10-RACE CARD ON SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 16, 2017)—Idle since July...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The 7-year-old mare You Bought Her will have a chance to join exclusive company when she vies for her third consecutive victory in the $50,000 Minaret Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. But she may have a more important date with destiny within the...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- One Liner arrived early Thursday afternoon at Oaklawn for trainer Todd Pletcher, who is scheduled to start the unbeaten Into Mischief colt in Monday’s $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds. The colt, who is 2 for 2, has been based this winter in...

By Michael Adolphson —- FINAL ISOLATED HORSES CLEAR EHV-1 TESTING PROTOCOLS, RETURN TO GENERAL HORSE POPULATION; QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED NEW ORLEANS (February 17, 2017) – The final horses remaining in the testing protocols for the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) outbreak...

By David Joseph —- Orseno Going for the ‘Green’ in Saturday’s G2 Royal Delta Fawkes Doubles Up for White Pearl Supporting Stakes Delta Prince Set for 2017 Debut following December Turf Romp HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – D J Stable LLC’s Mo’ Green will seek graded-stakes status in...