Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty has already posted a workout in preparation for the $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on June 7. Preakness Stakes winner Journalism heads to Saratoga this week after his remarkable victory on Saturday and is possible for the Belmont in what could be ...
Churchill Downs Suspends Racing; Moves to Ellis Park By US Racing Team Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby (G1), is suspending racing operations beginning Wednesday (June 7) out of “an abundance of caution” and moving the rest of its spring meet to CDI-owned Ellis Park. The move was reco...
By US Racing Team Hall of Fame trainers Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert trimmed their rosters for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1), with four-time winner Pletcher set with two top contenders and three-time winner Baffert ready to go with Preakness (G1) champion National Treasure. Pletcher, seeking...
By US Racing Team Belmont Stakes Field There has never been a “walkover” or a race with a single participant in Belmont Stakes history. There have been five two-horse fields (1887, 1888, 1892, 1910, 1920). Unlike the Kentucky Derby, where it’s a challenge to limit participation to just 20, the...
By US Racing Team 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 Yorker who made his fortune as a stock speculator. He was also part of the founding ...
By US Racing Team The fastest Belmont Stakes in history at the classic 1 ½-mile distance was the 2:24 that the great Triple Crown winner Secretariat clocked when he won the 1973 renewal and became horse racing’s ninth Triple Crown winner. The son of Bold Ruler also holds the fastest splits for a ...
By US Racing Team Prior to the 2016 running, bay horses had the most Belmont Stakes victories with 56. Chestnuts are close behind with 54 wins, followed by 33 dark bay or brown. Only three gray/roan horses had won the Belmont prior (Belmar in 1895, Native Dancer in 1953 and High Echelon in...
National Treasure, the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes winner, is preparing for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets. However, Reincarnate, a fellow stablemate, will not participate in the "Test of the Champion" event. Instead, Reincarnate's primary goal is to compete in the G1, ...
National Treasure, the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes winner, is preparing for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets. However, Reincarnate, a fellow stablemate, will not participate in the "Test of the Champion" event. Instead, Reincarnate's primary goal is to compete in the G1, ...
By US Racing Team 2023 Belmont Stakes Horses Bob Baffert is back. So is Forte. And so is Tom Durkin. Champion trainer, champion horse, and champion race-caller are all probables for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 10, the final leg of the Triple Crown. Hall of Famer Baffert, winner of a...
By US Racing Team 2023 Belmont Stakes Favorites and Possibles The favorite for the 155th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 10 looks like it could be a 3-year-old who was scratched the morning of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and then declared ineligible for the Preakness Stakes (G1) ...
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