Get to know the 2018 Belmont contenders
All eyes will be on Justify as he seeks to complete a Triple Crown sweep in Saturday’s 150th running of the Belmont S. (G1). Can he follow in the hoofsteps of Bob Baffert’s last Kentucky Derby […]
Belmont Park
Cairo Prince sends out first winner at Belmont Park
The Wesley Ward-trained Abyssinian dominated Saturday’s 1ST race at Belmont Park, a $100,000 maiden special weight, to become the first winner for freshman sire Cairo Prince. Runner-up on debut to stablemate Mae Never No, the […]
Hi Happy pounces in Man o’ War; Raving success for Brown in Beaugay
Former Argentinian Horse of the Year Hi Happy, coming off his first U.S. win in the March 31 Pan American (G2) at Gulfstream Park, worked out a similar trip to earn a Grade 1 laurel […]
Blended Citizen on to Belmont Stakes after Peter Pan tally
by TERESA GENARO ELMONT, N.Y. — Last weekend, the connections of Blended Citizen sat in a hotel room in Louisville, a room they’d booked when they thought that the bay colt had a shot at getting […]
Hi Happy enters Man o’ War with momentum
Hi Happy was a star in his native Argentina, and the bandwagon in his adoptive home began filling up after an impressive victory in the Pan American (G2) on Florida Derby Day. On Saturday, the […]
Holy Helena gets up for Sheepshead Bay win; Cloud Computing fourth in Westchester
Stronach Stables’ Holy Helena joined the millionaire’s club on Kentucky Derby Saturday at Belmont Park when rallying for a half-length victory in the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (G2). The Jimmy Jerkens-trained four-year-old bided her time […]
Classic winner Cloud Computing returns in Westchester
Cloud Computing, hero of the 2017 Preakness Stakes (G1), makes his four-year-old bow on Kentucky Derby Saturday at Belmont Park in the $200,000 Westchester Stakes (G3) against five foes. It’s the first start for the […]
Mae Never No becomes first winner for No Nay Never
As his late sire Scat Daddy is in the headlines with four chances in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), led by Justify and Mendelssohn, No Nay Never opened his account as a freshman sire Thursday at […]
Caledonia Road entered in Belmont allowance prep for Acorn
After a viral infection halted her preparation for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) last month, Caledonia Road‘s Plan B swings into action Sunday at Belmont Park when the champion juvenile filly faces four older rivals in […]
NYRA summer stakes schedules focus on big days at Belmont, Saratoga
In keeping with a trend in recent years, the stakes schedules for Belmont Park’s spring/summer meet and the Saratoga season are both weighted toward big events. Belmont Park begins its 54-day run on Friday, April 27, and […]