Belmont Gold Cup hero Siskany hopes to retain title at Saratoga
The four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival opens Thursday at its temporary home of Saratoga, with the Belmont Gold Cup (G2) anchoring a quartet of stakes on the card. […]
Belmont Stakes Racing Festival
Seventh heaven for Bleecker Street in New York; Caravel sails in Intercontinental
Bleecker Street extended her record to 7-for-7 in Friday’s New York (G1) and Caravel led throughout in the Intercontinental (G3). […]
Rougir, Bleecker Street lead Brown brigade in New York; Euros loom large in Belmont Gold Cup
Friday’s segment of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival features three terrific turf stakes – the New York (G1), Belmont Gold Cup (G2), and Intercontinental (G3). […]
Domestic Spending pours it on late in Manhattan
Klaravich Stables’ Domestic Spending had to share the spoils with Colonel Liam in the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, but their rematch in Saturday’s $750,000 Manhattan S. (G1) on Belmont Day wasn’t close. […]
Althiqa collars Summer Romance, tops Godolphin exacta in Just a Game
Hours after upsetting the Epsom Derby (G1) with 16-1 shot Adayar and placing third with Hurricane Lane, Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby dominated Saturday’s $500,000 Just a Game S. (G1) at Belmont Park. Homebred Althiqa rallied up the rail to defeat frontrunning stablemate Summer Romance and garner her first Grade 1 laurel. […]
Casa Creed books Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint spot in Jaipur
A useful performer in the turf mile division, Casa Creed reached a new level when shortening up to six furlongs in Saturday’s $400,000 Jaipur S. (G1) at Belmont Park. […]
Mean Mary hangs on in New York; Baron Samedi rules Belmont Gold Cup
Trainer Joseph O’Brien dispatched two Irish shippers for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, and nearly pulled a double in his Friday targets at Belmont Park. After Thundering Nights just missed in a photo with Mean […]
Con Lima pounces in Wonder Again; Happy Soul romps in Astoria
The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival opened Thursday with a trio of black-type events. While Con Lima rolled at 8.30-1 in the Wonder Again S. (G3), Change of Control went off at a much shorter 1.45-1 in the Intercontinental S. (G3), and Happy Soul aired as a prohibitive odds-on favorite in the Astoria S. […]
Sistercharlie versus Holy Helena in New York; The Queen’s Call to Mind seeks Belmont Gold Cup
Two of the nation’s most captivating turf distaffers, Sistercharlie and Holy Helena, will clash in Friday’s $600,000 New York S. (G2) on day two of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. Sistercharlie, from the well-stocked barn […]
Significant Form tops Brown trio in Wonder Again on Belmont Stakes Racing Festival opener
Trainer Chad Brown has won two of four editions of the $200,000 Wonder Again (G3), a stat that may be enhanced after Thursday’s renewal on opening day of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. He’s entered […]