Gufo clash with War Like Goddess in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic highlights busy Aqueduct card
There’s something for everyone taking place on Saturday at Belmont at the Big A, including a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series qualifier and a Grade 1 event. […]
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2020 Breeders’ Cup: early look at landscape ahead of final preps
With the Breeders’ Cup prep action going into overdrive for the next couple of weeks, it’s helpful to get the lay of the land – how the various divisions are shaping up, and the main […]
Imperial Hint fights back to secure Vosburgh repeat
Imperial Hint on Saturday became the fifth horse in history to successfully defend his title in the $282,000 Vosburgh (G1), but it wasn’t easy. The 1-5 favorite sprinted out to a 1 1/2-length lead through […]
Code of Honor controls own destiny in Jockey Club Gold Cup; Imperial Hint seeks Vosburgh repeat
Code of Honor will control his own destiny when he faces four others in Saturday’s $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park. With Maximum Security unlikely to race again this season and with […]
Pace dynamics, course condition key to analyzing Breeders’ Cup implications from Belmont Park
Belmont Park staged five graded stakes over the weekend, three of them “Win and You’re In” races, but all loaded with Breeders’ Cup implications. If a couple of the winners have strong claims, others capitalized […]
Imperial Hint headed to Breeders’ Cup Sprint off Vosburgh romp
by Teresa Genaro It’s a story that Raymond Mamone seems to enjoy the more he tells it, and he told it, again, in the winner’s circle at Belmont Park after his Imperial Hint won his […]
Diversify favored in Gold Cup repeat; Turf Classic, Vosburgh other Breeders’ Cup WAYI preps
A trend in the past decade of repeat winners and an impeccable 8-6-2-0 mark at Belmont Park are among the factors in Diversify‘s favor in his title defense of the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup […]
Beach Patrol, other Saturday runners, exit Belmont stakes in good order
Beach Patrol and Fanciful Angel, one-two finishers in a Grade 1 for the second time in a row on Saturday, exited Belmont Park’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) in good order, according to trainer Chad […]
Takaful closes Deal in Vosburgh, gains Breeders’ Cup Sprint berth
by TERESA GENARO The connections of Takaful have always thought that he’s a graded stakes horse, and in the Vosburgh (G1) at Belmont Park on Saturday, he proved them right with a breakthrough victory. The […]
El Deal faces swift sophomores in Vosburgh; Elate tops Beldame
El Deal and Mr. Crow lit up the Saratoga main track a collective three times over the summer. On Saturday, the two speedballs will vie for an automatic Breeders’ Cup entry in the $350,000 Vosburgh […]