Bob Hill – Handicapping

By David Joseph —- Grade 2 Stakes-Placed Filly to Meet Seven in $75,000 Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bluestone Thoroughbreds’ Brahms Cat is slated to return to action in Saturday’s $75,000 Game Face Stakes at Gulfstream Park after holding her own against the country’s...

By Ed Golden —- • TEXAS RYANO MAKES HIS DIRT DEBUT SATURDAY • D’AMATO HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN SAN JUAN • MIZDIRECTION IS WIDE OPEN WITH A FIELD OF 10 • LA TIMES COVERAGE NO LAUGHING MATTER TO MEL BROOKS TEXAS RYANO TRIES DIRT FOR FIRST TIME IN CALIFORNIAN Saturday will...

By Najja Thompson / Brian Bohl —- Bavaro looks to close Big A campaign strong in Times Square OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The curtain closes on the Aqueduct spring meet on Sunday with a pair of stakes, including the $100,000 Memories of Silver, carded as Race 4, for 3-year-old...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Daniel Centeno took another big step toward nailing down a record sixth Tampa Bay Downs jockeys title today by riding three winners. The 45-year-old Venezuelan took advantage of the absence of his closest pursuer in the standings, Edwin...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET • ITSINTHEPOST (FR) HEADS FIELD OF 11 FOR SATURDAY’S DIXIANA ELKHORN • WICKED LICK IN HOLDING...

By: Brian Bohl / Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Green Lantern Stables’ Frostmourne will look to make a strong 2017 debut in Saturday’s third running of the $100,000 Woodhaven for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Aqueduct Racetrack. Carded...

By Mike Willman —- FOLLOW ME CREV, COLLECTED, CUPID & PROSPECT PARK ALL PROMINENT IN GRADE II, $200,000 CALIFORNIAN AT 1 1/8 MILES ON SATURDAY CALIFORNIAN IS TRADITIONAL STEPPINGSTONE TO GRADE I GOLD CUP ON MAY 27 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 19, 2017)—Trainer Vladim...

By Jim Miller —- STICKNEY, IL – After a one year hiatus, the Grade 3, $250,000 Illinois Derby, Presented by Xpressbet, returns to Hawthorne Race Course on Saturday. The 1 1/8 mile Illinois Derby will be joined by a pair of Illinois-bred stakes, the Robert S. Molaro...

By Darren Rogers —- McCraken Breezes; Coady Photography McCRAKEN BREEZES HALF-MILE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, April 18, 2017) – Janis Whitham’s Blue Grass (Grade II) third-place finisher McCraken breezed a half-mile in :47.80 Tuesday morning at Churchill...