As most horseplayers know, the winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) usually comes away with an Eclipse Award as the 2-year-old male champion and earns the role as the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby. It’s played out that way for 33 of the first 41 Breeders’ Cup Juveniles, and the vi...
On a cloudy (but not rainy) opening day at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga, the adage “bet the gray on a cloudy (or rainy) day” was spot on in the $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup (G2). The Grey Wizard proved best in the opening day feature at The Spa The Grey Wizard came through [&helli...
Horseracing is full of mysteries, which makes it such an intriguing puzzle for handicappers. And they have a doozy in front of them Saturday in the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap (G1), the top undercard feature on Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga. Breeders' Cup Classic Winner is the Met Mile Favorit...
Rain or shine, let the festival begin. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course opens Thursday, with a poor weather forecast and an excellent four days of racing featuring 24 stakes worth $10.25 million. Saratoga's First Belmont Stakes Racing Festival gets underway Thursday The 156...
There’s an old adage or saying or cliche in racing about horses known as milers eventually becoming top stallions. Unfortunately no in-depth Google search can come up with exactly who said it first — and when (theories seem to bounce from John Nerud to John Gaines and even Bobby Frankel) — but...
There’s an old adage or saying or cliche in racing about horses known as milers eventually becoming top stallions. Unfortunately no in-depth Google search can come up with exactly who said it first — and when (theories seem to bounce from John Nerud to John Gaines and even Bobby Frankel) — but...
Since her first start in 2023, Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Idiomatic has been nearly flawless. Now 5, the daughter of Curlin has won nine of 10 starts, including four straight Grade 1 wins and the Eclipse Award as racing’s top older filly/mare. Champion Idiomatic has won ten of 13 career starts No...
Book’em Danno, first or second in six career starts, heads a fleet field of a dozen 3-year-old sprinters in the $500,000 Woody Stephens (G1) on Saturday, Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga Race Course. Book'em Danno has never finished worse than second in six career starts The New Jersey-bred gelding ...
As the field of nine 3-year-olds thundered past the quarter-pole for the 136th Belmont Stakes, the ear-splitting roar from the record crowd of 120,139 was rapidly approaching rocket launch status. Triple Crown hopeful Smarty Jones had shaken clear of Rock Hard Ten and Eddington, who had dogged the p...
Mystik Dan has a chance to join a rare group of Kentucky Derby (G1) winners who also won the Belmont Stakes (G1). The colt trained by Kenny McPeek won the Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, and ran second to Seize the Grey in the Preakness (G1) at Pimlico Race Course on May 18. […]...
The field for the 156th Belmont Stakes is set: 10 3-year-olds were entered Monday with Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Sierra Leone the 9-5 favorite over Derby winner Mystik Dan and Preakness winner Seize the Grey. Mystik Dan 5-1, Seize the Grey 8-1 in 10-horse field Somewhat surprising, Mindframe was...
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