Bob Hill – Handicapping

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Epicharis; Coglianese Photos/Susie Raisher I’m going to start this off by admitting I don’t have clue on handicapping this race. Most of the horses in here are eligible for non-winners of whatever and Irish War Cry has become...

By Darren Rogers —- BELIEVE IN BERTIE SEEKS FIRST GRADED STAKES VICTORY IN GRADE III OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP ‘CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 8, 2017) – Klein Racing’s Believe in Bertie, a narrow runner-up in the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Presented by Longines (GII)...

NYRA RELEASE —- • G1 Belmont favorite Irish War Cry gets first look at main track Thursday • Epicharis scheduled to resume training on Friday • G3 winner Multiplier to wear blinkers in Saturday’s Belmont • Gormley gallops 1 ½ miles Thursday morning for Belmont • G1...

By John Heims —- O’CONNELL BRINGS TRIO INTO SATURDAY’S CRANK IT UP Trainer Kathleen O’Connell will send three to the starting gate for Saturday’s $60,000 Crank It Up Stakes, going five furlongs on the Monmouth Park turf: Lu Lu Laura, Stormy Embrace and Who’s the Lady....

By Matthew Pappis TSV Staff Writer —- Race 8) 6 Furlongs True North S. Grade II. Purse $250,000 FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD Post Time: ( 4:42)/ 3:42/ 2:42/ 1:42 Stallwalkin Dude (4): This 7-year-old had no trouble winning first back from Dubai over a track he loves. There...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 7, 2017) – Six alumni of Keeneland’s 2015 September Yearling Sale, including Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) runner-up Lookin At Lee, are among the 12 horses entered today in the 149th running of the $1.5 million Belmont (G1)...

NYRA UPDATE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Isabelle de Tomaso’s homebred Irish War Cry, the 7-2 program favorite for Saturday’s 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, joined his rivals on the Belmont Park backstretch early...

By Darren Rogers —- BELIEVE IN BERTIE HEADLINES GRADE III OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP ’CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, June 7, 2017) – Klein Racing’s homebred Believe in Bertie, first or second in 10 of her 12 starts and game runner-up in the $300,000 Churchill Distaff Turf...

NYRA Release —- Mor Spirit one to catch in G1 Mohegan Sun Metropolitan ELMONT, N.Y. – Led by Michael Lund Petersen’s Grade 1 winner Mor Spirit, nine graded-stakes winners are among a dozen older horses set to contest a competitive edition of the Grade 1, $1.2...