Bob Hill – Handicapping

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...

By David Joseph —- THE WORLD’S RICHEST THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACE COMES BACK TO MIAMI Miami, Florida – Fresh off the heels of the inaugural running of the $12 million USD Pegasus World Cup Invitational, The Stronach Group announced today that the world’s richest...

By Any Owens —- TUESDAY, APRIL 4 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 Amy Owens —- Daddys Lil Darling 5-2 Morning-Line Favorite in Saturday’s Evenly Matched $500,000 Central Bank Ashland LEXINGTON, KY (April 4, 2017) – Normandy Farm’s homebred Daddys Lil Darling was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite in a field of eight 3-year-old fillies...

By Amy Owens —- Undefeated McCraken 7-5 Morning-Line Favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Toyota Blue Grass LEXINGTON, KY (April 4, 2017) – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ undefeated homebred McCraken has been installed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in a field of seven 3-year-olds...

By Amy Owens —- MONDAY, APRIL 3 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. **********...

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- McCRAKEN RETAINS FIRST PLACE, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS UNANIMOUS CHOICE, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 38 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, April 3, 2017) – The running of the G1 Xpressbet.com Florida Derby...