Vino Rosso – 2019 Champion Older Dirt Male
Vino Rosso showed promise early in his career when on the Triple Crown trail, but the classy chestnut horse did not put it all together until his 4-year-old season. After finishing first in three Grade […]
Jockey Club Gold Cup
Historical Cameo – Round Table
Originally appearing March 11, 2006 Round Table — 1958 Horse of the Year With the renewal of the prestigious Santa Anita H. (G1) last weekend, we salute Round Table, a legend of our sport who […]
Code of Honor placed first in Jockey Club Gold Cup on DQ of Vino Rosso
A major stakes with implications on the champion three-year-old race was once again decided in the stewards’ room on Saturday and the beneficiary was Code of Honor, who was elevated to first on the disqualification […]
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 […]
Discreet Lover upsets Jockey Club Gold Cup
by Teresa Genaro Amanda and Jeré St. Lewis could barely speak for laughing, for crying, yelling, for taking deep, deep breaths at what their family had just accomplished. In April at Aqueduct, Discreet Lover gave […]
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 […]
Diversify provides emotional win in Jockey Club Gold Cup
by TERESA GENARO As Diversify rounded the final sweeping turn at Belmont Park in Saturday’s $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), Rodney Paine, perched on a platform above the finish line, started yelling. “Come on, […]
Keen Ice leads Pletcher trio in seven-horse Jockey Club Gold Cup
Keen Ice can enhance his Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) credentials in Saturday’s 99th running of the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park. The 1 ¼-mile race serves as a “Win & You’re […]
Keen Ice, Destin breeze in company for Jockey Club Gold Cup
Grade 1 winner Keen Ice and and Grade 2 victor Destin breezed in company on Saturday over the fast dirt training track at Belmont Park. The Todd Pletcher-trained duo clocked a half-mile in :48.60, with […]