Belmont’s Thursday stakes offering, the $80,000 Tiller for turf veterans, and a preceding dirt allowance for well-regarded 3-year-olds didn’t appear to have much in common on paper. But both went to front runners who upstaged […]
Monday’s $202,000 Knickerbocker (G2) pitted the back class of even-money comebacker Catholic Boy versus the upward trajectory of 3-2 second choice Lucullan, and current form prevailed as the Godolphin homebred scored his first graded victory. […]
If Saratoga Special (G2) winner Green Light Go can follow up in Monday’s $350,000 Hopeful (G1), the unbeaten juvenile would become the first since City Zip (2000) to turn the double. Six rivals are set […]
As the winner of the inaugural Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1), Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Bricks and Mortar was bet down to 1-5 favoritism in Saturday’s $291,000 Mervin Muniz Memorial (G2) at Fair […]
Stylishly rebounding from a disappointing Breeders’ Cup try in last month’s Rachel Alexandra (G2), Serengeti Empress figures to go off favored again in Saturday’s $400,000 TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2). The 1 1/16-mile heat, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
Listed winner GRONKOWSKI made his belated U.S. debut on Saturday in the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, and the dark bay colt gave fans something to cheer for as he […]
CLICK FOR THE 2018 BELMONT STAKES POST-RACE TRANSCRIPT TRAINER/JOCKEY QUOTES FROM THE 150TH RUNNING OF THE BELMONT STAKES Saturday, June 9, 2018 Bob Baffert, trainer of Justify (No. 1, winner) and Restoring Hope (No. 5, […]
by Teresa A. Genaro Not that long ago, observers of Thoroughbred racing thought that, given changes in breeding and the way horses are campaigned, the Triple Crown couldn’t be won. Major figures in the sport […]
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