Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Michael Adolphson —- • Improving Wicked Lick Aims to Fair Grounds Oaks • Senior Investment to Louisiana Derby • Forevamo and Jenda’s Agenda Top Tab IMPROVING WICKED LICK AIMS TO FAIR GROUNDS OAKS Lee Mauberret’s Wicked Lick will go on to fight another day, according to...

By Ed Golden —- • UNIQUE BELLA READY FOR SANTA YSABEL • MIDNIGHT STORM IS DEFINITE FOR BIG ’CAP • ECLIPSE CHAMP CASTELLANO RIDES ‘KOBE’ • BLACK CALLS SANTA ANITA TURF ‘BEST EVER’ VERSATILE UNIQUE BELLA ON RAIL FOR SANTA YSABEL Unique Bella will have to overcome two firsts...

NYRA RELEASE —- • O’Neill ‘very excited’ about G3 Gotham contender So Conflated • Lynch sticking with routine for Gotham fave El Areeb • True Timber “doing great” heading into Gotham • Action Everyday steps up for Gotham • Sunday’s card...

By David Joseph —- Practical Joke Ready to Get Serious in $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) Made You Look Aims to Bring Turf Form to Dirt in Fountain of Youth Watershed Set to Make Grass Debut in $200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Winter vacation for Klaravich...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Excitations Takes Next Step in Sunday Allowance • Equation Okay, Future Uncertain • Work Tab RAPID RHYTHM MAY STAY IN TRAINING Robert S. Evans’ Rapid Rhythm has exited her impressive victory in the $75,000 Mardi Gras Stakes in top order, according...

By Jim Miller —- Hawthorne Spring Thoroughbred Meet Opens Friday -Return of Illinois Derby, New Post Time to add exposure March 3 & 4 Opening Weekend Highlights Include Opening of New Beginner’s Luck Lounge, Live Music, Chili Cook-Off to Benefit...

By Mike Willman —- Jerry Hollendorfer; Benoit HOLLENDORFER FILLY FOLLOWING IN FOOTSTEPS OF MULTIPLE ECLIPSE CHAMPION STABLEMATE SONGBIRD GRADE I WINNER ABEL TASMAN WILL HOPE TO RUN WELL FRESH IN HER 3-YEAR-OLD DEBUT ARCADIA, Calif. (March 1, 2017)—Jerry Hollendorfer’s...

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – With a four-race win streak under his belt, M M G Stables’ Grade 3 Withers and Jerome hero El Areeb will look for win No. 5 as he makes his third stop on New York’s Road to the Kentucky Derby, as the 6-5 favorite...

By David Joseph —- Perfect Irish War Cry Favored in $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) Multiple Grade 1 Winner Practical Joke Among Rivals in Competitive Field of 11 Richest of Nine Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $1.5 Million in Purses HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Undefeated through...