Before you finalize your Belmont Stakes odds selections and build your tickets for Saturday night, there is one more variable worth sitting with. It has nothing to do with speed figures, connections, or post position. It is the sky above Saratoga Springs, and right now it is worth watching closely. ...
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 of The Jockey Club...
The $500,000 Jaipur Stakes (G1) is one of the more prestigious turf sprints and is typically at 6 furlongs, but will run at 5½ furlongs on Saratoga’s turf course Saturday due to Belmont Park renovations. Additionally, it offers a “Win and You’re In” berth to the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint ...
The $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) will be run at Saratoga Race Course at 1 ¼ miles for the third year in a row. The 2027 Belmont, the 159th edition, will be back at a rebuilt Belmont Park and run again at its traditional 1 ½-mile distance. Notes and Nuggets from the Belmont Stakes Record [&hellip...
Saturday's Belmont Stakes is less than 24 hours away, and the board is already telling a story. Nine horses. Post time 7:04 PM EDT at Saratoga. A nine-figure handle almost certain. And a pace scenario that is shaping up to be one of the most genuinely interesting in recent memory. Friday is the day ...
Will Walden and Miguel Clement have a lot in common. Each has a father who trained a Belmont Stakes winner that derailed a Triple Crown bid. Elliott Walden denied Real Quiet with Victory Gallop in 1998, and the late Christophe Clement upset California Chrome with Tonalist in 2014. Their sons have ma...
For the past quarter-century, whenever the Belmont Stakes rolls around, it’s virtually certain Todd Pletcher will be saddling up a 3-year-old. Or two. Or more! In Saturday’s $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, Pletcher sends out 2-1 morning-favorite Renegade and 12-1 longshot...
We handicappers often find ourselves in the grip of an ancient malady: paralysis by analysis. Sometimes we overthink the obvious, looking for some hidden angle. It often pays to simply go with the flow and take what’s right in front of you. That is usually the case in the Belmont Stakes (G1) comin...
Thursday, June 4, 2026 | US Racing Sports Desk The gate draw is done. The morning line is posted. And just like that, the Belmont Stakes picture shifted before a single horse had broken from the gate at Saratoga. The 158th running of the classic over a mile and a quarter now has a shape […]...
Nysos at 9-5 is the deserving favorite in the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga. The Met Mile, as the race is commonly known, is part of the stakes-laden card leading up to the Belmont Stakes (G1). For many horse racing fans, the Met Mile takes a back seat to a few [&hell...
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