Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Yorkiepoo Princess will go for a third consecutive stakes win in leading a field of 10 in the 38th running of the $150,000 Busher for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles on the inner dirt track on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack...

By Michael Adolphson —- Mo Tom takes the 2016 Grade 3 Lecomte; Hodges Photography MO TOM RETURNS IN SALTY MINESHAFT; MAKER GOES FOUR-DEEP IN FG HCP AS PART OF ALL-GRADED STAKES PICK-4 NEW ORLEANS (February 23, 2017) – G M B Racing’s Tom Amoss-trained Mo Tom makes his...

By Mike Willman —- BETTYS BAMBINO, COMEBACKING AMBITIOUS BREW & RICHARD’S BOY HEAD SATURDAY’S $100,000 SENSATIONAL STAR STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE GOLDEN STATE SERIES FOR CALIFORNIA-BRED OR SIRED HORSES ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 22,...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Uncontested Likely to Skip Rebel and Wait for Arkansas Derby Uncontested will likely make his next start in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 15 at Oaklawn, co-owner Harry Rosenblum of Little Rock, Ark, said Wednesday morning. Rosenblum said he...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Thoroughbred trainer Kathleen O’Connell believes her success with young horses results, to a great degree, from letting them dictate their own rate of learning. “I’ve worked with kids at summer camps, and they all progress at a different...

By John Heims —- BETFAIR.COM HASKELL TOPS 2017 MONMOUTH PARK STAKES SCHEDULE; RACING SEASON SET FOR MAY 13 OPENER Oceanport, N.J. – With the $1 million, Grade 1 betfair.com Haskell Invitational leading the way, Monmouth Park will offer a $3,725,000 stakes schedule for the...

By David Joseph —- Practical Joke; Chelsea Durand Photo *G1 Winner Practical Joke Tops 40 Nominees for G2 Fountain of Youth *Multiple Stakes Winners Irish War Cry, Gunnevera, Three Rules Also Nominated *$400,000 Stakes Serves as Final Prep for $1 Million Florida Derby (G2)...

By Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS – The Grade II $200,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes has become a vital prep for not only the Grade II $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks five weeks later over the same Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots main track and 1 1/16-miles distance, but...

By Darren Rogers —- CHAMP CLASSIC EMPIRE, UNBEATEN McCRAKEN ARE INDIVIDUAL FAVORITES, BUT ‘ALL OTHERS’ IS THE EXPECTED BETTING CHOICE IN DERBY FUTURES POOL 3 Stakes Winners One Liner, Royal Mo Top Seven Newcomers in Feb. 24-26 Betting Pool LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Feb. 21,...