Firenze Fire blazes to Dwyer victory
by Teresa Genaro On the first tolerably pleasant day in New York after a week-long heat wave, Firenze Fire brought the sizzle to the $300,000 Dwyer Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park. With plenty of other […]
Dwyer Stakes
Hoppertunity, Dr. Dorr top Suburban; Mendelssohn returns for Dwyer
One likes to come from off the pace and the other likes to race closer to the front, and both entries for trainer Bob Baffert in Saturday’s $700,000 Suburban (G2) at Belmont Park figure to […]
Tapwrit, Diversify work for Suburban showdown; Mendelssohn still in Dwyer mix
Although Stars and Stripes Day has a turf-centric feel with the $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) and $1 million Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) the most lucrative stakes on the Saturday card, the three dirt […]
Stars & Stripes winners/runners exit races in good order
Keen Ice exited his first win since upsetting Triple Crown hero American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers Stakes (G1) in good order, trainer Todd Pletcher reported Sunday. Keen Ice recorded a three-length victory in Saturday’s […]
Practical Joke returns to winner’s circle in Dwyer
by Teresa Genaro Making his first start since the Kentucky Derby (G1) and back in New York, where he is undefeated, Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Practical Joke easily dispatched four rivals in the 100th […]
The Dwyer Brothers
by Teresa Genaro For thirty years and more there was hardly a great race run in which one of their horses did not figure conspicuously. They were a city-bred pair, but they possessed an instinctive […]
Shaman Ghost heads Suburban; Mind Your Biscuits returns in Belmont Sprint
Shaman Ghost appears to be getting very good for trainer Jimmy Jerkens, posting victories in the Santa Anita H. (G1) and Pimlico Special (G3), and figures to be an overwhelming favorite among six rivals in […]
Always Dreaming, Patch breeze for Pletcher; Cloud Computing, Practical Joke work for Brown
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming recorded his first official move on Saturday since capturing the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1), breezing a half-mile over Belmont Park’s fast training track in :49.96 under exercise rider […]