Bob Hill – Handicapping

From Joan Lawrence —- ARROGATE RECEIVES All-FIRST PLACE VOTES IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, January 30, 2017) – As the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” gets underway, the top ten in week one of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top...

By David Joseph —- Classic Empire Continues Parade of Champions in Saturday’s G2 Holy Bull Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $339,874 for Wednesday’s Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Classic Empire, recently named 2-year-old champion at the 2016 Eclipse Awards Dinner, is...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Eclipse Award winners Classic Empire and Tepin, both trained by Mark Casse, headline a list of 142 Thoroughbreds nominated to the lucrative Festival Preview Day Presented by Lambholm South stakes program on Feb. 11 at Tampa Bay Downs....

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Ivan Fallunovalot Works Toward King Cotton Multiple stakes winner Ivan Fallunovalot worked an easy half-mile Sunday morning at Oaklawn in preparation for his scheduled 7-year-old debut in Saturday’s $125,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters. Ivan...

By David Joseph —- Arrogate; Gulfstream File Photo California Chrome Exits Race with Swollen Knee, Leaves Sunday for Stud Duty HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – It was still dark and a misty rain had yet to begin falling Sunday morning when Jimmy Barnes, assistant to Hall of Fame...

By Ed Golden —- • PEGASUS UNFURLS BITTERSWEET STORYLINE • CHAMP CHAMPAGNE ROOM VS. UNIQUE BELLA • SHEER FLATTERY WORKS FOR GRADE III LEWIS • GRAZEN WINNERS AMONG STRING OF CHALK • VAN DYKE IS RECOVERING FROM BROKEN ARM ARROGATE REIGNS SUPREME AFTER PEGASUS VICTORY If there...

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Nearly four weeks to the day after breaking her maiden, Joemar Racing Stable’s homebred Dublin Girl added a stakes victory to her resume with a one-length score in the second running of the $100,000 Maddie May for...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Although only five of Lighthouse Sound’s 78 lifetime starts have been for Jamie Ness, the owner/trainer possesses tremendous admiration for the 10-year-old gelding’s unquenchable spirit and determination. Ness, who saw Lighthouse Sound...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Petrov Works Toward Southwest Stakes Petrov had his first work since a runner-up finish in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 16 at Oaklawn, breezing a half-mile in :48 just after the track opened Saturday morning for co-owner/trainer...