There is a school of handicappers reluctant to give Nitrogen her due as a main-track runner. She gets another opportunity to win over the skeptics Friday in the $500,000 Odgen Phipps (G1) at Saratoga. The Phipps is one of the major undercard events during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at the Sp...
Growth Equity: The Basics at a Glance Growth Equity – 2026 Belmont Stakes Contender Profile Is Growth Equity Worth the Investment? Seth Klarman names most of his horses using financial, business, and economic terms. In the Belmont Stakes, the billionaire investor who runs The Baupost Group (which ...
Golden Tempo: The Basics at a Glance Golden Tempo – 2026 Belmont Stakes Contender Profile Golden Tempo Ready to Pick Up the Pace in Belmont After finishing third in a pair of Grade 2 races prior to the Kentucky Derby, Golden Tempo wasn’t garnering much attention as Cherie DeVaux prepped the colt...
Vitruvian Man: The Basics at a Glance Vitruvian Man – 2026 Belmont Stakes Profile Will Celebrity Connections Translate to a Belmont Win? For the entirety of his career up until this week, Vitruvian Man was what most people would describe as an ordinary racehorse. A homebred from trainer Doug O’N...
Powershift: The Basics at a Glance Powershift – 2026 Belmont Stakes Contender Profile Does Powershift Possess a Winning Gear for the Belmont? Stepping up seemingly out of nowhere, Powershift offers bettors a 12-1 longshot option from Todd Pletcher. The trainer who also sends out 2-1 favorite Reneg...
Emerging Market: The Basics at a Glance Emerging Market – 2026 Belmont Stakes Contender Profile Emerging Market: Lightly Raced but Packs a Punch Not many horses tackle a classic race in their third career start, but Emerging Market did, and while he didn’t win, splitting the field to finish 10th...
Chief Wallabee: The Basics at a Glance Chief Wallabee – 2026 Belmont Stakes Contender Profile Chief Wallabee a Serious Upset Belmont Stakes Contender Bill Mott made an unusual move for the Kentucky Derby, equipping the inexperienced Chief Wallabee with first-time blinkers. Mott thought they would ...
In many ways, Friday's $750,000 New York Stakes (G1) at Saratoga is a typical New York stakes on the turf. Chad Brown trains four of the nine fillies and mares in a 1 3/16-mile race he's won five times. And he'd have five runners if owner Peter Brant hadn't recently transferred Gezora to Bill Mott. ...
Ottinho: The Basics at a Glance Ottinho: 2026 Belmont Stakes Contender Profile Ottinho Taking on Too Much to be a Factor? When you have a close relative in the Hall of Fame, that's an awful lot for a 3-year-old colt to live up to. Super sire Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year, is […]...
Commandment: The Basics at a Glance Commandment: 2026 Belmont Stakes Profile Is Commandment Primed for a Winning Rebound? Commandment entered the Kentucky Derby on a four-race winning streak, the last two in graded stakes. He had shown the ability to adjust to various pace setups and the courage to ...
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