DRF | 2 years ago
After Mo Donegal earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 98 winning the Belmont Stakes, some readers looked at the data for the day and questioned whether that number should be higher.
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Differing pace scenarios necessitated second look at Beyer Figures for Belmont, Brooklyn
DRF | 2 years ago
After Mo Donegal earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 98 winning the Belmont Stakes, some readers looked at the data for the day and questioned whether that number should be higher.
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Mo Donegal’s Belmont Stakes victory continues Uncle Mo’s trajectory of success
DRF | 2 years ago
In just a decade as a stallion, Uncle Mo has consistently delivered success for those associated with him. Since entering stud in 2012 at Coolmore's Ashford Stud, he has sired a pair of American classic winners – 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and 2022 Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal.
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Mo Donegal points to Travers, Nest targets Alabama
DRF | 2 years ago
The blanket of carnations draped over the railing by the parking spot marked for trainer Todd Pletcher at his barn Sunday morning told the story of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. On Sunday morning, they were decoration, but on Saturday, they were laid...
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Mo Donegal points to Travers, Nest targets Alabama
DRF | 2 years ago
The blanket of carnations draped over the railing by the parking spot marked for trainer Todd Pletcher at his barn Sunday morning told the story of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. On Sunday morning, they were decoration, but on Saturday, they were laid...
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Total handle on Belmont Stakes declines 16.5 perecent
DRF | 2 years ago
Total handle on the Belmont Stakes on Saturday was down 16.5 percent compared to betting on the race last year, according to charts of the races.
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Total handle on Belmont Stakes declines 16.5 perecent
DRF | 2 years ago
Total handle on the Belmont Stakes on Saturday was down 16.5 percent compared to betting on the race last year, according to charts of the races.
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Belmont Stakes: Mo Donegal leads Pletcher one-two finish
DRF | 2 years ago
Mo Donegal, getting a perfect ride from Irad Ortiz Jr., won the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes by three lengths over Nest, giving trainer Todd Pletcher a one-two finish and his fourth win in the Belmont.
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Belmont Stakes 2022: Free picks and analysis from Daily Racing Form handicappers
DRF | 2 years ago
Belmont Stakes picks and analysis from Daily Racing Form handicappers across the United States.
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Belmont Stakes 2022: Plenty of stamina in these pedigrees
DRF | 2 years ago
The demanding 1 1/2 miles of the Belmont Stakes calls on a Thoroughbred to use everything they are built upon – and that includes pedigree. This year’s cast appears particularly well-suited to the task.
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Belmont Stakes 2022 results and payouts
DRF | 2 years ago
Results and payouts from the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 11, 2022, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
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Belmont Stakes 2022 results and payouts
DRF | 2 years ago
Results and payouts from the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 11, 2022, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., won by Mo Donegal.
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Sonny Leon knows Rich Strike like nobody else
DRF | 2 years ago
Sonny Leon was already riding high when he went postward in his first Kentucky Derby last month aboard longshot Rich Strike. The jockey, who was seeking his first graded stakes victory in the classic, was coming off a career-best season in 2021.
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Belmont Stakes: Rich Strike’s Kentucky Derby win brightens rough couple of decades for Reed
DRF | 2 years ago
Eric Reed is a folk hero – and it took an 80-1 winner of the Kentucky Derby to finally bring that fact to light. Only after Rich Strike became the second-longest-priced winner in race history with his $163.60 mutuel in the May 7 Derby has it become kno...
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Belmont Stakes: We the People not your typical Belmont favorite
DRF | 2 years ago
A month ago, it hardly seemed likely that a horse with We the People's résumé would wind up being the morning-line favorite in the final leg of the Triple Crown, the 154th Belmont Stakes, to be run Saturday here at Belmont Park. Yet a combination of several things has made him the 2-1 favorite on the line of David Aragona of Belmont Park.
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Belmont Stakes: Brisset’s knack with difficult horses has helped We the People flourish
DRF | 2 years ago
A behind-the-scenes player for many noteworthy horses over the last 15 years or so, trainer Rodolphe Brisset has stepped into the spotlight with We the People, the morning-line favorite for Saturday's 154th Belmont Stakes.
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Nest, Aloha West keep Eclipse Thoroughbreds on the big stage
DRF | 2 years ago
In its 10 years of existence, the racehorse partnership Eclipse Thoroughbreds has had 16 different Grade 1-winning racehorses, captured two Breeders' Cup races, a Triple Crown race, the Australian Oaks, and a stakes at Royal Ascot. Pretty heady stuff. But this coming week has the potential to be one of the most significant in the organization's history.
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Belmont Stakes: Exotic wagers galore on Friday and Saturday cards
DRF | 2 years ago
There are a bevy of multiple-race, multiple-day wagers on Friday and Saturday at Belmont Park, including a pick-6 with a minimum 20-cent wager that will include races run over two days.
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2022 Belmont Stakes clocker: Rich Strike puts in strong two-mile gallop
DRF | 2 years ago
2022 Belmont Stakes clocker: Rich Strike puts in strong two-mile gallop
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Belmont Stakes: Derby winner Rich Strike draws post 4; We the People is 2-1 morning-line favorite
DRF | 2 years ago
Be it going six furlongs or twice that far, speed, handicappers long have been told, is always dangerous. So even though the Belmont Stakes is a testing 1 1/2 miles, the likelihood that We the People will be loose on the lead Saturday, over a track at ...
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Belmont Stakes Clocker: Golden Glider, Creative Minister have easy final breezes
DRF | 2 years ago
Belmont Stakes training on the local front was limited Sunday and Monday. There were maintenance-like half-mile breezes from Golden Glider and Creative Minister and the now regular sight of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike looking well while putting i...
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Belmont Stakes Clocker: Golden Glider, Creative Minister have easy final breezes
DRF | 2 years ago
Belmont Stakes training on the local front was limited Sunday and Monday. There were maintenance-like half-mile breezes from Golden Glider and Creative Minister and the now regular sight of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike looking well while putting i...
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Belmont Stakes: 20 years later, McPeek hopes Creative Minister can emulate Sarava
DRF | 2 years ago
Twenty years before Rich Strike became the second-longest shot to win the Kentucky Derby at 80-1, Sarava upset the 2002 Belmont Stakes at 70-1. Ken McPeek was the trainer of Sarava, is back in the Belmont Stakes with Creative Minister, the third-place ...
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Belmont Stakes: 20 years later, McPeek hopes Creative Minister can emulate Sarava
DRF | 2 years ago
Twenty years before Rich Strike became the second-longest shot to win the Kentucky Derby at 80-1, Sarava upset the 2002 Belmont Stakes at 70-1. Ken McPeek was the trainer of Sarava, is back in the Belmont Stakes with Creative Minister, the third-place ...
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John Ortiz feeling right at home in first Belmont Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Trainer John Ortiz as a child attended Gotham Avenue School, about a half-mile south of Belmont Park, and years later graduated from Elmont High School. He returns to his childhood home this week to saddle his first runner at Belmont Park – Barber Road...
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Two sons of Tapit have runners in Belmont Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Tapit doesn't have a chance to extend his modern-day record in the Belmont Stakes this year. But what he does have is a chance to extend his legacy. Gainesway Farm kingpin Tapit, sire of four Belmont Stakes winners, is represented by two sons with likely starters in Saturday's edition of the oldest and longest American classic.
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Two sons of Tapit have runners in Belmont Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Tapit doesn't have a chance to extend his modern-day record in the Belmont Stakes this year. But what he does have is a chance to extend his legacy. Gainesway Farm kingpin Tapit, sire of four Belmont Stakes winners, is represented by two sons with likely starters in Saturday's edition of the oldest and longest American classic.
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Belmont Stakes: Rich Strike continues to give off positive vibes
DRF | 2 years ago
Trainer Eric Reed said things have been heavenly with Rich Strike since his 80-1 upset victory in the Kentucky Derby a little less than five weeks ago, and Rich Strike gave off every indication Monday that he's coming up to the Belmont Stakes in good order. He was alert, eager but not uncontrollable, and his chestnut coat glistened.
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Belmont Stakes: Rich Strike continues to give off positive vibes
DRF | 2 years ago
Trainer Eric Reed said things have been heavenly with Rich Strike since his 80-1 upset victory in the Kentucky Derby a little less than five weeks ago, and Rich Strike gave off every indication Monday that he's coming up to the Belmont Stakes in good order. He was alert, eager but not uncontrollable, and his chestnut coat glistened.
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Bobby Flay buys into We the People just in time for Belmont Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Five days before the 2016 Belmont Stakes, Bobby Flay purchased a minority interest in the 3-year-old Creator, who rewarded that investment with a nose victory in the Belmont. Monday, Flay bought a minority interest in the colt We the People, who will make his next start – potentially as the favorite – in Saturday's 154th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
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Belmont Stakes: Ethereal Road will miss race due to quarter crack
DRF | 2 years ago
Ethereal Road, winner of the Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico on the Preakness undercard May 21, will not compete in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday after developing a quarter crack in his right front hoof, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Monday.
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Howling Time will skip Belmont, run in Matt Winn Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Howling Time was withdrawn from Belmont consideration by trainer Dale Romans early Monday, two days after the Not This Time colt breezed a half-mile in 48.80 seconds.
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Golden Glider works half-mile for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Golden Glider, the Peter Pan Stakes runner-up, completed his preparations for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes by working an easy half-mile in 49.94 seconds Sunday morning over Belmont Park’s main track.
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Belmont Stakes clocker: We the People works a sharp half-mile
DRF | 2 years ago
There are seven likely Belmont Stakes starters currently stabled on the grounds at Belmont Park. Four of them turned in their final works for the final leg of the 2022 Triple Crown on Saturday morning, including We the People, whose “buzz horse” status...
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Belmont Stakes clocker: We the People works a sharp half-mile
DRF | 2 years ago
There are seven likely Belmont Stakes starters currently stabled on the grounds at Belmont Park. Four of them turned in their final works for the final leg of the 2022 Triple Crown on Saturday morning, including We the People, whose “buzz horse” status...
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Belmont Stakes: Nest impresses in team drill with Mo Donegal
DRF | 2 years ago
Fifteen years after he won the Belmont Stakes with a filly, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will try to do it again in the 154th running of the Belmont next Saturday.
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Belmont Stakes 2022: Rich Strike picks up pace in gallop over sloppy track
DRF | 2 years ago
With the two dirt tracks at Belmont Park still pretty wet Friday morning following Thursday's heavy afternoon rains, there was not much serious training going on in preparation for the Belmont Stakes on June 11, although Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike had his second day galloping over a sloppy main track.
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Belmont Stakes: Road warrior Rich Strike shows he has plenty left in the tank
DRF | 2 years ago
Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike made an appearance on the Belmont training track, jogging twice clockwise around the one-mile oval under exercise rider Gabriel Lagunes alongside a pony. Rich Strike, who arrived h...
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Belmont Stakes: Creative Minister, Ethereal Road get back to work
DRF | 2 years ago
Creative Minister, third in the Preakness on May 21, and Ethereal Road, winner of the Sir Barton Stakes on the same day, returned to the work tab Tuesday morning as they prepare for a start in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes here June 11.
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Belmont Stakes: Creative Minister, Ethereal Road get back to work
DRF | 2 years ago
Creative Minister, third in the Preakness on May 21, and Ethereal Road, winner of the Sir Barton Stakes on the same day, returned to the work tab Tuesday morning as they prepare for a start in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes here June 11.
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Rich Strike turns in strong work between races; leaves for Belmont on Tuesday
DRF | 2 years ago
Rich Strike had his second and final workout between the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes when breezing five furlongs in 59 seconds between races Monday at Churchill Downs.
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Forbidden Kingdom back in training
DRF | 2 years ago
Forbidden Kingdom, last of six as the even-money favorite in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 9, recently resumed racetrack training after being sidelined with a swollen throat. The illness was diagnosed after the loss in the Santa Anita Derby, w...
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Forbidden Kingdom back in training
DRF | 2 years ago
Forbidden Kingdom, last of six as the even-money favorite in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 9, recently resumed racetrack training after being sidelined with a swollen throat. The illness was diagnosed after the loss in the Santa Anita Derby, w...
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Casse: Running Golden Glider in Belmont is no-brainer
DRF | 2 years ago
The best part of finishing second in the Peter Pan Stakes was that it earned Golden Glider a fees-paid berth into the June 11 Belmont Stakes. So, to trainer Mark Casse, it makes pointing the horse to the Belmont Stakes a virtual no-brainer.
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Casse: Running Golden Glider in Belmont is no-brainer
DRF | 2 years ago
The best part of finishing second in the Peter Pan Stakes was that it earned Golden Glider a fees-paid berth into the June 11 Belmont Stakes. So, to trainer Mark Casse, it makes pointing the horse to the Belmont Stakes a virtual no-brainer.
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2022 Belmont Stakes: Nest makes her case with show of stamina
DRF | 2 years ago
When it comes to the 154th Belmont Stakes on June 11, the connections of the filly Nest are letting her try to sell them on the idea of running. Friday, after the fog had lifted at Belmont Park, Nest took another step toward making that decision a litt...
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Romans considering Howling Time for Belmont Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Howling Time is being considered for the Belmont Stakes off a resounding recent allowance victory, although trainer Dale Romans cautioned the colt might run back the same weekend in the Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs.
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Reed feels validated in skipping Preakness
DRF | 2 years ago
Eric Reed began this week with 9,115 starts spread among 44 different tracks in his 37-year training career, but zero at Pimlico. And after watching the 147th Preakness from his old Kentucky home Saturday evening, he has no regrets.
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Belmont Stakes field currently stands at 10
DRF | 2 years ago
Headed by Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, who was purposely kept out of the Preakness Stakes last Saturday at Pimlico, a field of 10 is currently under consideration for the June 11 Belmont Stakes, the final leg of what has been an historically unus...
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Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strikes gets back to work for Belmont Stakes
DRF | 2 years ago
Rich Strike was sent through his first breeze since his monumental upset of the Kentucky Derby when going a purposeful half-mile in 47.20 seconds Saturday morning over a fast Churchill Downs surface.
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