Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Lynne Snierson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Miss Sky Warrior looks for her fifth straight win, fourth consecutive stakes score and third Grade 2 victory in a row when she takes on eight other promising 3-year-old fillies in the 122nd running of the $300,000 Gazelle Stakes...

By Mike Willman —- ILIAD Zoe Metz Photography ILIAD, GORMLEY, REACH THE WORLD & AMERICAN ANTHEM ALL PROMINENT AMONG FIELD OF 13 IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY O’NEILL ENTERS FOUR WHILE BAFFERT HAS THREE IN PREMIER SHOWDOWN; TOTAL OF 170 KENTUCKY...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 5, 2017) – College Scholarship Day, tailgating on The Hill, Sunrise Trackside, an appearance by the Budweiser Clydesdales and Military Day at the Races Presented by Marathon are among the popular special events scheduled for Keeneland’s...

By Ed Golden —- • BAFFERT ENTERS THREE IN SANTA ANITA DERBY • O’NEILL HAS FOUR FOR THE MONEY SATURDAY • HOLLENDORFER EYES FIRST SA DERBY VICTORY • IT TIZ WELL, ABEL TASMAN HEAD GRADE I OAKS • RECORD $16 MILLION FOR PEGASUS WORLD CUP • PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $135,546 INTO...

NYRA RELEASE —- The 93rd RUNNING OF THE WOOD MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS Grade 2 TOTAL: $750,000 Distance – 1 1/8 miles Winner: $400,000 Track Record – Riva Ridge (1973) 1:47; stakes record – Bellamy Road (2005) 1:47.16 Second: $140,000 Last...

By Mike Willman —- CLASSY HARMONIZE HEADS GRADE II, $200,000 ROYAL HEROINE STAKES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA; PRETTY GIRL, SWEET CHARITY & LADY VALEUR ALL IN GOOD FORM AS FIELD OF EIGHT OLDER DISTAFFERS GO ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (April 5, 2017)—Trainer Bi...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Winning Move Stable’s Tu Brutus will make his first start on North American soil as part of a field of seven 4-year-olds and up in the Grade 3, $150,000 Excelsior on Saturday, Wood Memorial Day, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Tu...

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and concludes Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. **********...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Classic Empire Works towards Arkansas Derby Eclipse Award winner Classic Empire remains on course to make his next start in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 15 at Oaklawn, trainer Mark Casse said Tuesday afternoon. Classic Empire, under regular...