Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 14, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire completed his Preakness Stakes preparations at Churchill Downs with a gallop over the main track on Sunday morning. The Kentucky Derby fourth place-finisher is scheduled to depart Barn...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Timeline exits G3 Peter Pan in good order; Take Your Guns possible for G1 Belmont • Unified, Mind Your Biscuits on course for rematch in G2 Belmont Sprint • Highway Star could target G1 Ogden Phipps after G2 Ruffian win in slop • Hawksmoor in good shape...

By Bailey Gallison —- POULOS FEELING GRAND AFTER FIRST GRADED STAKES WIN Even after more than 50 years in the business, Dee Poulos still gets excited when her horses run a good race. That feeling grows and multiplies when it results in a win, but there are few words to...

By John Heims —- OCEANPORT, NJ. – Hope Haskell Jones’s Mello Groove closed with a wide run around the turn before opening up in the lane to post a 3 ¼-length victory in the $40,000 allowance optional claiming feature at Monmouth Park on Sunday. With a Mother’s Day crowd of...

By Ed Golden —- • ROYAL MO, TERM OF ART PREAKNESS BOUND • STELLAR WIND WORKS TOWARDS BEHOLDER • ARISTOCRATIC IN BARRERA FOR CALLAGHAN • TRAINER GIVES ‘EM SOMETHING TO CHEW ON STEVENS HAS FRESH HORSE FOR PREAKNESS Gary Stevens missed an opportunity to win his fourth Kentucky...

By Bob Ehalt —- Secretariat runs on the turf during historic 1973 campaign (photo courtesy of Adam Coglianse). He won the Belmont Stakes by a preposterous 31 lengths and established a new world record time in the process. In the inaugural Marlboro Cup, he dispatched a field...

By Darren Rogers —- Gunnevera; Coady Photography GUNNEVERA POISED FOR REDEMPTION IN PREAKNESS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 12, 2017) – Peacock Racing Stables’ Gunnevera returned to the Churchill Downs surface under Victor O’Farrell on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. (all times...

By Bailey Gallison —- • Trace Creek Looks to Make It a Double • Surgical Strike Takes Aim on Hanshin Cup • Hootenanny Starts Season on Synthetic TRACE CREEK LOOKS TO MAKE IT A DOUBLE Trainer William Van Meter will look to repeat his victory in the Grade III Hanshin Cup with...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Zhukova ready to take on the boys in Saturday’s G1 Man o’ War • Highway Star looks to shine in G2 Ruffian • Practical Joke pointed toward G3 Dwyer; Cloud Computing tentative to work Saturday for Preakness • Bar of Gold back to dirt for Ruffian...