Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Declan Cannon; Coady Photography Jockey Declan Cannon Giving Oaklawn a Try Among the newcomers to the Oaklawn riding colony for the 2017 season that begins Jan. 13 is Declan Cannon, who won 11 races at the Churchill Downs fall meet to tie for sixth in...

By Matt Pappis, Staff Writer —- GULFSTREAM PARK Race 7) 7 Furlongs. OC 62500n2x Purse $49,000 $1 Daily Double / $1 Exacta / $.50 Trifecta / $.10 Superfecta / $1 Super Hi 5 / $1 Bet 3 (Races 7-8-9) / $.50 Pick 5 (Races 7-8-9-10-11) Post Time: ( 3:01)/ 2:01/ 1:01/12:01 Yellow...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Stakes-winning mare Lots o’ Lex, the third-place finisher in the 2015 Lambholm South Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, heads a field of 10 fillies and mares entered in Sunday’s Endeavour Prep, an allowance/$100,000 optional claiming event...

By Ed Golden —- • SHAM STAKES LURES TRIPLE CROWN HOPEFULS • RING WEEKEND HOLDS FORM FOR SAN GABRIEL • TVG’S ‘THE STARTING GATE’ TO DEBUT SATURDAY • SANTA YNEZ HAS A GRADE I QUALITY: BAFFERT • MIDNIGHT STORM LIKELY TO WAIT FOR BIG ’CAP • CHAMP SONGBIRD DUE AT SANTA ANITA...

By Jim Mulvihill —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Thursday, January 5, 2017) – Led by Horse of the Year candidates Arrogate, California Chrome and Songbird, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Running Mate Bullets for Lecomte • Track Record Setter Blarp Tops Salty Friday Feature • Amoss-Geroux Combination Proving Tough • I’m a Chatterbox Lively in Wednesday Work • Work Tab RUNNING MATE BULLETS FOR LECOMTE Bret Jones’ homebred Running...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 5, 2017) – Keeneland’s 59th January Horses of All Ages Sale begins Monday, Jan. 9. A total of 1,893 horses – including broodmares and broodmare prospects, yearlings by leading North American sires and horses of racing age – were cataloged...

NYRA RELEASE —- Highway Star seeks second consecutive stakes win in Saturday’s Ladies Handicap; Yorkiepoo Princess leads Sunday’s Ruthless OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Fresh off an impressive victory in her graded stakes debut, Chester and Mary Broman’s...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Ortiz Excited About First Oaklawn Meet as Head Trainer John Ortiz already has plenty to talk about in his training career, but he doesn’t mind discussing his private life, either. Both blossomed in 2016. Married last summer, Ortiz, a former assistant to...