Bob Hill – Handicapping

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2024 HERNANDEZ RIDES AT SANTA ANITA SATURDAY AFTER MUTH SCRATCH 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES SQUARE OFF IN FRIDAY ALLOWANCE $5 MILLION 1/ST GRAND 3 PICK ‘EM CHALLENGE STARTS SATURDAY JOCKEY’S RACE IS TIGHT ENTERING WEEK 5 OF HOLLYWOOD MEET...

By David Joseph —- Maryland Racing May 16, 2024 McPeek ‘Going to Enjoy’ Mystik Dan’s Preakness Run Saturday McPeek, Lukas Entertain at Thursday’s Alibi Breakfast Baffert: Imagination ‘Will Be Tough’ in $2 Million Preakness Cox Seeks Career Triple Crown Sweep in 149th...

By David Joseph Maryland Racing —- Coady Photography Mystik Dan Revised Morning-Line Favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Kentucky Derby Winner Set at 8-5 for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown BALTIMORE – Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Mystik Dan has been installed as the 8-5 favorite on...

David Joseph Maryland Racing —- Family Ties Link Maryland’s Shaffer to First Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Winner Great-Grandfather Guy Bedwell Trained 1919 Pimlico Oaks Heroine Milkmaid BALTIMORE – On any given day, Clark Bedwell Shaffer Jr. is easy to pick out at the racetrack....

By Tom Luicci —- MIA’S CRUSADE LOOKING FOR FAST START TO 2024 CAMPAIGN IN SATURDAY’S SPRUCE FIR HANDICAP AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Mia’s Crusade will look to pick up where she left off seven months ago in Saturday’s featured $85,000 Spruce Fir Handicap for...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The 149th Preakness Stakes on May 18 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore drew only three contenders from the Kentucky Derby. Mystik Dan, Catching Freedom and Just Steel were the only ones to sign up the the...

David Joseph —- Maryland Racing May 15, 2024 Benoit Photo Muth Declared Out of Saturday’s Preakness (G1) BALTIMORE – Preakness (G1) morning line favorite Muth has been declared out of Saturday’s race after spiking a temperature after arriving at Pimlico late Tuesday night....

David Joseph Maryland Racing —- Md Racing Photo Witty Chasing Seventh Stakes Victory in $100,000 Jim McKay Five-Furlong Turf Sprint Automatic Qualifier for Newmarket G1 Motion Making Title Defense with Naptown in $100,000 James Murphy BALTIMORE – Witty, a multiple stakes...

David Joseph —- Apple Picker; Barbara Fritchie, Md Racing Photo G3 Winner Apple Picker Seeks Rebound in $100,000 Skipat Among Nine Stakes Worth $3.3 Million on Preakness (G1) Card BALTIMORE – Already a graded-stakes winner that also owns a victory over the track, Michael...