The 2025 racing schedule in New York released this week adds another new twist as the renovation of Belmont Park continues: Not only will the $2 million Belmont Stakes be run at Saratoga Race Course again (June 7), the Fourth of July Racing Festival is being moved upstate as well. Who can argue agai...
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Dornoch, the Belmont Stakes winner, that’s who! Not the Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. Not the Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Gray. Not the favorite Sierra Leone. Dornoch is a full brother to last year's Kentucky Derby winner Mage Dornoch pulled off a stunner in ...
Randomized, by a head bob. Champion Idiomatic gave it all she had in the stretch, but a gutty effort by Randomized was enough to win by a head in a thrilling finish to the $500,000 Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) on Saturday at the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga undercard. Randomized finally earned her first c...
National Treasure got the jump on his five rivals coming out of the gate and never looked back as he ran off to a powerhouse 6 ¼-length victory over Post Time in the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap (G1), the preeminent race on the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga undercard Saturday. Undercard winners in...
Thorpedo Anna delivered an overpowering performance in the $500,000 Acorn Stakes (G1) on Friday at Saratoga Race Course, blowing away the field in a 5 ½-length romp over Leslie’s Rose. Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna won the first leg of the filly Triple Tiara The 3-year-old star filly, trained by Kenn...
Handicapping the Manhattan Stakes (G1) brings to mind an old-fashioned wrestling tag-team match. Nine will contest the grassy Manhattan Stakes In one corner is the duo from the Chad Brown barn: I’m Very Busy and Program Trading. Across the ring are trainer Charlie Appleby’s pair of Nations Pride...
Five weeks ago, Thorpedo Anna set the stage for stablemate Mystic Dan’s upset in the Kentucky Derby (G1) when she ran off to a 4 ¾-length win over champion Just F Y I in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), opening the gate for Kenny McPeek and Brian Hernandez, Jr. to become the first trainer-jockey combo to ...
Shortening the distance of the Jaipur Stakes (G1) did not lessen trainers’ and owners’ enthusiasm for the turf sprint Saturday at Saratoga on the Belmont Stakes (G1) undercard. The race attracted an overflow field of 16 with starters limited to 12. That put Grooms All Bizness, Outlaw Kid, Americ...
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...
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