Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Dan Smith —- BALTAS COULD BE WEST COAST’S BIG HOPE IN WEEKEND GRADE I STAKES Southern California racing fans who prefer to be somewhat parochial in their picks will likely be looking to Richard Baltas’ horses as the West Coast hopes against a horde of eastern invaders in...

By David Joseph —- Horsemen Examining Options for $12 Million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Gulfstream Park Hosting World’s Richest Horse Race Jan. 28 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – As Gulfstream Park readies to open its doors Saturday for the 2016-17 Championship Meet, the...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The most lucrative stakes schedule in track history begins Saturday with 2-year-olds of both sexes set to compete in a pair of $100,000, 6-furlong races. The 32nd running of the Inaugural Stakes, for 2-year-old males, is the seventh race on...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Cambodia Wins Like a Good Thing • Mo Tom Returns to Fair Grounds after Freshening • Keep Talking Doing Well • $1.35M Colt Tour De Force Debuts Sunday • Work Tab CAMBODIA WINS LIKE A GOOD THING Winter Quarter Farm’s Cambodia dismantled a field of...

By David Joseph —- Change of Scenery Right Prescription for G3 Winner Doctor J Dub (Video Link) Returning Champion Royal Posse a ‘Jewel’ of Consistency Class and Cash Takes Win Streak into $125,00 Emerald Multiple Stakes Winner Rose Brier Pointed to G2 Ft. Lauderdale...

By Rick Francis —- NYRA Photo Five two-year-old colts and geldings are set to go in the King’s Swan Stakes; it’s carded as race 3, note the early post. Race 3), 6 Furlongs King’s Swan S. Purse $100,000 FOR TWO-YEAR OLDS. Post Time: (...

Dan Smith —- EAST COAST INVASION FOR WEEKEND GRADE I STAKES IS COMPLETE The stakes barn was a bustling place Thursday morning as the result of an influx of horses from New York which arrived Tuesday and, having settled in, are all being prepared for the Grade I events on...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Valadorna to Winter at Fair Grounds • Morley and Family Giving New Orleans a Go • Terra Promessa Tops Work Tab VALADORNA TO WINTER AT FAIR GROUNDS Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Valadorna will winter in New Orleans at Fair Grounds...

By Rick Francis —- RACE 8) 6 Furlongs. OC 40000n2x Post Time: 5:53/( 4:53)/ 3:53/ 2:53 Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta / Daily Double King Bandit (1), Orlando/Hernandez, C; competitive 7-year-old exits a win at Evangeline facing allowance company; has hit the...