Diversify, Mr Freeze bolstered by dominant wins
Diversify can get in a groove. The front-running gelding came out of nowhere last year with an impressive three-race win string capped by the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) and has gotten very good in […]
Suburban Stakes
Hoppertunity, Dr. Dorr top Suburban; Mendelssohn returns for Dwyer
One likes to come from off the pace and the other likes to race closer to the front, and both entries for trainer Bob Baffert in Saturday’s $700,000 Suburban (G2) at Belmont Park figure to […]
Tapwrit, Diversify work for Suburban showdown; Mendelssohn still in Dwyer mix
Although Stars and Stripes Day has a turf-centric feel with the $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) and $1 million Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) the most lucrative stakes on the Saturday card, the three dirt […]
Best of Hanson 2017: An Anthology
The end of another year is upon us, thus time to anthologize some of my better (IMHO) takes and features published throughout 2017 at Brisnet.com. (you can find my “Best of” collections for 2015 and […]
Stars & Stripes winners/runners exit races in good order
Keen Ice exited his first win since upsetting Triple Crown hero American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers Stakes (G1) in good order, trainer Todd Pletcher reported Sunday. Keen Ice recorded a three-length victory in Saturday’s […]
Keen Ice kicks clear of Shaman Ghost in Suburban
A tepid pace ultimately proved no hindrance to either of the two Grade 1 winners in the field of five for Saturday’s $695,000 Suburban (G2) at Belmont Park, with 2015 Travers (G1) winner Keen Ice […]
A requiem for the Suburban “Handicap”
One hundred thirty years is a pretty good run for most things, but having something around that long in more or less the same form and it becomes that much harder to look at it […]
Imp and the Suburban
by Teresa Genaro By the eve of the last century, the Suburban Handicap had already been run 15 times, a fixture at the old Sheepshead Bay track in Brooklyn, already established, according to The New […]
Shaman Ghost heads Suburban; Mind Your Biscuits returns in Belmont Sprint
Shaman Ghost appears to be getting very good for trainer Jimmy Jerkens, posting victories in the Santa Anita H. (G1) and Pimlico Special (G3), and figures to be an overwhelming favorite among six rivals in […]