Belmont-loving Firenze Fire defends title in True North
Firenze Fire’s love of Belmont Park proved too much for his competitors to overcome as the six-year-old turned in a successful title defense of the $300,000 True North S. […]
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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. […]
Belmont Stakes Report: Playing speed in final jewel of Triple Crown
Saturday’s 153rd running of the $1.5 million Belmont S. appears competitive, with little separating the top five runners on the morning line based upon performance numbers, but the final leg of the Triple Crown will […]
Colonel Liam, Domestic Spending evenly matched entering Manhattan
Manhattan S. (G1) — Race 10 (5:38 p.m. ET) The $750,000 Manhattan S. (G1) over 1 1/4 miles on turf at Belmont Park on Saturday has the look of a potential race-off between Colonel Liam […]
Knicks Go tops Metropolitan; Letruska, Shedaresthedevil head deep Ogden Phipps
A pair of Grade 1 events, the $1 million Metropolitan H. and $500,000 Ogden Phipps S., highlight a trio of graded stakes on the main track for older horses on Saturday’s Belmont Stakes Day undercard. […]
Search Results tops loaded Acorn; Jackie’s Warrior, Dream Shake rivalry resumes in Woody Stephens
Acorn S. (G1) — Race 5 (2:01 p.m. ET) Search Results, narrowly second in the April 30 Kentucky Oaks (G1) to the best three-year-old filly in the land in Malathaat, will look to get back […]
153rd Belmont Stakes field and ML
After a troubled fourth as the Kentucky Derby favorite, Essential Quality has been established as the 2-1 morning line choice for Saturday’s 153rd running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. The once-beaten colt will face seven challengers in the final jewel of the Triple Crown. […]
Mean Mary defends title in talent-filled New York; Baron Samedi invades for Gold Cup
Mean Mary defends title in talent-filled New York; Baron Samedi invades for Gold Cup at Belmont Park for Belmont Stakes week. […]
Firenze Fire, Flagstaff clash in True North
Firenze Fire will break from the rail in his title defense of Friday’s $300,000 True North S. (G2), a 6 1/2-furlong dash that counts as one of six victories the Grade 1-winning six-year-old has made to the winner’s circle in nine outings over the Belmont Park strip. The Kelly Breen charge prepped for this with a 3 1/4-length score in the May 8 Runhappy (G3). […]
Jouster faces distance test in competitive Wonder Again
Wonder Again S., Intercontinental S. and Astoria S. highlight Thursday racing at Belmont Park for Belmont Stakes week! […]