By Richard Rosenblatt A last-minute switcheroo has Fore Left running in the $1 million Belmont Stakes (G1) on Saturday rather than the $250,000 Woody Stephens on the undercard. After considering a not...
The first Belmont Stakes was contested at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York, in 1866. Jerome Park was named for Leonard Jerome, who was Winston Churchill’s grandfather and a native New Yo...
The Belmont Stakes is known as “The Test of the Champion” and will be contested for the 152nd time this year, but for the first time in over a century it won’t serve the final leg of the America...
The Belmont Stakes is known as “The Test of the Champion” and will be contested for the 152nd time this year, but for the first time in over a century it won’t serve the final leg of the Ameri...
By Richard Rosenblatt As if there were any doubt, potential superstar Tiz the Law is the horse to beat in the $1 million Belmont Stakes after he was made the solid 6-5 morning-line favorite Wednesday ...
By Ray Wallin If two handicappers have the exact same skills, what makes one more successful than the other? Being mentally strong. Can an individual be born mentally strong? Absolutely, yet anyone ca...
By Mike Farrell Thoroughbred racing spent 37 years wandering in the Triple Crown desert, wondering if another horse would ever again sweep all three races. After Affirmed captured the 1978 Crown, 12 h...
By Ed McNamara No Queen Elizabeth, no royal procession, no elegantly attired ladies. No owners, spectators, bookmakers or journalists. Instead of top hat and tails, the fashion statement was a facemas...
Note: One of a series of profiles on contenders for the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes on June 20. Updates will be provided after morning-line odds and post positions are set on Wednesday, June 1...
Note: One of a series of profiles on contenders for the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes on June 20. Updates will be provided after morning-line odds and post positions are set on Wednesday, June 1...
