Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2016-17 WINTER MEET STAKES SCHEDULE; GRADE I MALIBU & GRADE I LA BREA HEAD OPENER DEC. 26; PRESTIGIOUS GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS TO BE RUN DEC. 31 A TOTAL OF 58 STAKES, INCLUDING NINE GRADE I EVENTS, TO BE OFFERED THROUGH SANTA...

By Robert Mieszerski —- STARLET, LOS ALAMITOS CASHCALL FUTURITY TO BE RUN DEC. 10; CALIFORNIA CHROME LIKELY FOR WINTER CHALLENGE DEC. 17 CYPRESS, Calif. —The third and final Thoroughbred meet of 2016 at Los Alamitos will begin Thursday, Dec. 8. The eight-day Winter...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Bobby the Brain Gives Stidham Win 100 • Sunbean Set for Champions Day • Work Tab Mike Stidham; CD/File Photo BOBBY THE BRAIN GIVES STIDHAM WIN 100 Stallionaire Enterprises’ Bobby the Brain made his debut a winning one for trainer Mike Stidham,...

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s total handle on Saturday’s Opening Day program for the Championship Meet, highlighted by the 18th edition of the Claiming Crown, was a record $11.115 million. The previous record Claiming Crown...

DMTC— From the Wire $89,411 Carryover, Mandatory Payout in Del Mar Pick Six Sunday Lightly-raced Annals of Time, under a brilliant ride by East Coast star Javier Castellano, darted through a narrow opening in midstretch and overhauled stablemate Beach Patrol nearing the...

By Brian Bohl —- Chester and Mary Broman’s homebred Highway Star overtook Wonder Gal in deep stretch to win her graded stakes debut by a nose in the 77th running of the Grade 3, $250,000 Go for Wand for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up on Saturday at Aqueduct...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – From the time he arrived here about a month ago, trainer Gerald Bennett has told everyone within listening distance his 2-year-old colt Chance of Luck has the potential to be a contender for the Grade II, $350,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay...

By Michael Adolphson —- Fair Grounds Barn Notes Wentworth Brochu’s local favorite Chocolate Ride, a victor in all three graded turf stakes for older horses at the Fair Grounds over the course of the last two seasons, put in his final work before his 2016-17 debut at the New...

By Rick Francis —- The Grade 2 Bayakoa Handicap and the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby headline the final Saturday of the Bing Crosby meet from beautiful Del Mar; let’s have a look at today’s starters. RACE 6) 1 Mile. Bayakoa H. Grade II. Purse $200,000 FOR FILLIES AND MARES,...