Bob Hill – Handicapping

NYRA Release —- • Twisted Tom breezes for G1 Belmont Stakes, Cloud Computing out • Clement readies Belmont Stakes Racing Festival contingent • Mohaymen puts in penultimate work ahead of Met Mile • Classic Rock fires a bullet for G2 Woody Stephens • Tu Brutus looks for...

By John Heims —- MONMOUTH-LOVING CHUBLICIOUS RETURNS TO THE JERSEY SHORE MONDAY Monmouth Park regular Chublicious is back at the Jersey Shore to take on nine rivals in Monday’s Memorial Day feature at six furlongs. The $51,200 allowance event for New Jersey breds will see...

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sunday’s Rainbow 6 carryover at Gulfstream Park will be $426,956. First race post for Sunday’s 11-race program will be 1:15 p.m. There was no single winning ticket on Saturday’s Rainbow 6. Multiple winning tickets returned...

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill (May 27, 2017) – What appeared to be an evenly matched heat on paper turned into a romp when Head of Plains Partners’ and Cheyenne Stables’ Cowboy Culture drew away for a 5¾-length victory in Saturday’s 82nd running of the Grade...

By Mike Willman —- Cupid; All Photos by Zoe Metz COMEBACK CUPID MUCH BEST IN GRADE I, $500,000 GOLD CUP AT SANTA ANITA; BAFFERT & BEJARANO TEAM FOR 3 ¼ LENGTH WIN AS TAPIT COLT GETS 1 ¼ MILES IN RAPID 2:00.89 ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2017)—Idle since Sept. 24, Bob...

By Mike Willman —- CLASSY LADY ELI HOLDS OFF GOODYEARFORROSES TO WIN GRADE I, $300,000 GAMELY STAKES BY A HALF LENGTH UNDER ORTIZ, JR.; TRAINED BY BROWN, SHE GETS 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF IN 1:45.29 ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2017)—A tracking second throughout, classy Lady Eli...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 27, 2017) – Albaugh Family Stable’s J Boys Echo, 15th in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), breezed five furlongs in 1:00.80 Saturday morning at Churchill Downs for a possible start in the...

NYRA Release —- • Kentucky Derby runner Tapwrit works to G1 Belmont, Patch possible • G2 Peter Pan runner-up Meantime breezes, ‘on the fence’ for Belmont • True Timber aimed at Belmont, Dickinson returns in G1 Just a Game ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd...

By Mike Willman —- ARCADIA, Calif. Back to Southern California following his second consecutive turf stakes score, French-bred Itsinthepost, along with consistent California-bred Ashleyluvssugar heads a deep and competitive field of 10 three year olds and up in Saturday’s...