“That was a great ride by Joel.” Thus trainer Mark Casse aptly summed up the role played by jockey Joel Rosario in Sir Winston’s Belmont S. (G1) upset. Engineering a ground-saving trip most of the […]
In a Triple Crown season that many described as “chaos,” the one constant was trainer Mark Casse, who completed the Preakness/Belmont Stakes (G1) double when Tracy Farmer’s homebred Sir Winston won the “Test of the […]
Don’t expect a fast pace in the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes. In a 10-horse field lacking quality front runners, early fractions will be tepid and that puts an emphasis on tactical speed. The […]
It has been incredible to watch the pace of the Belmont Stakes change just in the time I’ve been covering horse racing. As the graphic above shows, the Belmont Stakes winner has progressively gotten faster […]
151ST BELMONT STAKES PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1 Joevia Greg Sacco Jose Lezcano 30-1 2 Everfast Dale Romans Luis Saez 12-1 3 Master Fencer Koichi Tsunoda Julien Leparoux 8-1 4 Tax Danny Gargan Irad […]
Fountain of Youth (G2) runner-up Bourbon War will join the cast for the June 8 Belmont S. (G1), trainer Mark Hennig revealed Friday, and Hall of Famer Mike Smith will pick up the mount. Eighth […]
American Pharoah and Justify dominated as odds-on favorites in recent years but the potential always exists for an upset in the Belmont Stakes (G1). Post-time favorites have not fared well in the final jewel of […]
At this time a year ago, as Justify was on the verge of an historic Triple Crown sweep in the Belmont (G1), it did not occur to me that would be the last time we […]
***UPDATED with post positions and morning-line odds After an historic first disqualification of a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner for interference and a riderless horse in the Preakness (G1), what unforeseeable spectacle awaits in the June […]
The 2019 Triple Crown plot took a satisfying turn in the Preakness (G1) as War of Will gained compensation for his Kentucky Derby (G1) woes. Two weeks after his athleticism averted catastrophe when Maximum Security […]
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