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...
The $175,000 Futurity (G3) at Aqueduct on Friday may result in trainer Todd Pletcher having two more contenders for the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar. Mentee had a bumpy start in his first race on turf but took charge in the stretch for a 3 ½-length victory over stablemate Gate to Wire in [...
Mentee and Gate to Wire give trainer Todd Pletcher a versatile pair of sprinters for the $175,000 Futurity Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct on Friday, the first of three days of “Win and You’re In’’ qualifiers for next month’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar. Todd Pletcher seeks a fifth win in the Futur...
Chilean-bred Mufasa made his North American stakes debut a winning one on Saturday at Aqueduct, taking charge at the top of the stretch and going on to post a 4 1/4-length victory over Scotland in the $250,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G3). Two spots for Breeders' Cup weekend secured by Belmont at The Big A ...
On the first Saturday in July, racetracks in three states combined to stage a trio of Derbies for 3-year-olds and a trio of Oaks for 3-year-old fillies. The races cards at Prairie Meadows in Iowa, Horseshoe Indianapolis in Indiana, and Aqueduct in New York hosted Derby-Oaks doubles and while there w...
For his next impression, Forego? Next staged another brilliant performance in winning the $200,000 Brooklyn Stakes (G2) Friday at Aqueduct, joining select company as a two-time winner in 135 editions of the race. Next picked up a second consecutive Brooklyn win A year from now, the striking 6-year-o...
Short fields usually produce small payoffs. And boy, oh boy did the two dirt stakes on the Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) undercard Saturday at Aqueduct ever come up short. The $200,000 Dwyer (G3) at a mile attracted only a quartet of 3-year-olds. The John A. Nerud (G2) for older sprinters at 7 fur...
The final weekend of the Belmont at the Big A meet features two Grade 1 grass stakes, the $750,000 Belmont Derby Invitational for 3-year-olds and the $500,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational for 3-year-old fillies, both at 1 3/16 miles on Aqueduct’s outer turf. Dwyer, John A. Nerud stakes also on the ca...
Fresh off a scintillating 11 ¼-length victory to kick off his 6-year-old campaign, the peripatetic Next returns to New York in search of a second straight win in Friday’s $200,000 Brooklyn (G2), which launched his current four-race winning streak. Next won last year’s marathon, run at 1 ½ mile...
A year ago, Arcangelo won the $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct en route to historic victories in the Belmont Stakes (G1), the Travers Stakes (G1), and then won the Eclipse Award as the top 3-year-old colt. The 1 1/8-mile Peter Pan is Saturday, with Deterministic looking to make amends for ...
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