DRF | 2 years ago
This Saturday, the Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath will take on the boys in the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. In three weeks, Kentucky Oaks runner-up Nest may take on the boys in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes.
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We the People makes statement with authoritative Peter Pan vicotry
DRF | 2 years ago
Following a disappointing result in the Arkansas Derby last month when nothing went his way, We the People had everything his own way Saturday at Belmont Park as he galloped to a 10 1/4-length victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes, a result...
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We the People makes statement with authoritative Peter Pan victory
DRF | 2 years ago
Following a disappointing result in the Arkansas Derby last month when nothing went his way, We the People had everything his own way Saturday at Belmont Park as he galloped to a 10 1/4-length victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes, a result...
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Mandella believes maiden winner Set Sail is ready for Peter Pan
DRF | 2 years ago
Trainer Richard Mandella will have just his third starter at Belmont Park in the last 21 years on Saturday when he sends out Set Sail in a seemingly wide-open renewal of the Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes for 3-year-olds.
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Silver State, after winning Met Mile, may stretch out for Whitney in next start
DRF | 3 years ago
Given his success in races run from seven furlongs to 1 1/8 miles, Silver State gives his connections multiple options. As of Sunday morning, Steve Asmussen, Silver State's trainer, was of the mindset of stretching him out to 1 1/8 miles in the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney at Saratoga on Aug. 8.
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Silver State, after winning Met Mile, may stretch out for Whitney in next start
DRF | 3 years ago
Given his success in races run from seven furlongs to 1 1/8 miles, Silver State gives his connections multiple options. As of Sunday morning, Steve Asmussen, Silver State's trainer, was of the mindset of stretching him out to 1 1/8 miles in the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney at Saratoga on Aug. 8.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Essential Quality, Hot Rod Charlie look ready to go again, trainers say
DRF | 3 years ago
The trainers of Essential Quality and Hot Rod Charlie were pleasantly surprised by how well their 3-year-olds looked Sunday morning after their knockdown, drag-out stretch battle in Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes won by Essential Quality.
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Brown has great Belmont Stakes Day on turf and dirt
DRF | 3 years ago
Turf and dirt, Belmont Stakes Day turned out well for trainer Chad Brown. Three-year-old filly Search Results won the Grade 1 Acorn over one mile on dirt, while Brown ran one-two in the Grade 1 Manhattan as Domestic Spending assumed a clear position as...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Hot Rod Charlie trainer O’Neill ‘as proud as ever’
DRF | 3 years ago
Trainer Doug O’Neill was probably a lot less surprised than most to see Hot Rod Charlie on the lead from the outset of Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. In the paddock prior to the race, he and jockey Flavien Prat had discussed the possibility of sending “Cha...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Hot Rod Charlie trainer O’Neill ‘as proud as ever’
DRF | 3 years ago
Trainer Doug O’Neill was probably a lot less surprised than most to see Hot Rod Charlie on the lead from the outset of Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. In the paddock prior to the race, he and jockey Flavien Prat had discussed the possibility of sending “Cha...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Total handle down slightly from 2019
DRF | 3 years ago
Total betting on the Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon was $50.67 million, a 4.8 percent drop from the last time the race was held in its traditional place on the Triple Crown calendar in 2019, according to charts of the races.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Total handle up 13.6% compared to 2019
DRF | 3 years ago
Total betting on the Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon was $60.46 million, a 13.6 percent increase over handle the last time the race was held in its traditional place on the Triple Crown calendar in 2019, according to the New York Racing Association.
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Belmont Stakes 2021 post-race analysis
DRF | 3 years ago
A compromised start and wide trip sent Essential Quality to his first defeat in the Kentucky Derby five weeks ago, but he benefitted from a gorgeous trip and advantageous pace Saturday to re-establish his position as the best 3-year-old male in the lan...
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Belmont Stakes 2021 post-race analysis
DRF | 3 years ago
A compromised start and wide trip sent Essential Quality to his first defeat in the Kentucky Derby five weeks ago, but he benefitted from a gorgeous trip and advantageous pace Saturday to re-establish his position as the best 3-year-old male in the lan...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Essential Quality bounces back from Derby, outgames Hot Rod Charlie
DRF | 3 years ago
Essential Quality, like he was in the Kentucky Derby, was wide around the far turn, giving up ground to a sharp, front-running rival hugging the rail. The ground loss cost him at Churchill Downs, but Saturday at Belmont Park, Essential Quality wore dow...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Essential Quality bounces back from Derby, outgames Hot Rod Charlie
DRF | 3 years ago
Rebounding from the first loss of his career in the Derby, Essential Quality outfought a game pacesetting Hot Rod Charlie to win Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths before a crowd of 11,238 at sun-soaked Belmont Park. Hot Rod Charli...
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Belmont Stakes 2021 results and payouts
DRF | 3 years ago
Results and payouts from the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on June 5, 2021, at Belmont Park, won by Essential Quality.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Separating the contenders with DRF Formulator
DRF | 3 years ago
By historical standards, the eight-runner field in the Belmont Stakes is already small. It’s even smaller considering three entrants are field-fillers with little more than a prayer.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Separating the contenders with DRF Formulator
DRF | 3 years ago
By historical standards, the eight-runner field in the Belmont Stakes is already small. It’s even smaller considering three entrants are field-fillers with little more than a prayer.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Mike Welsch’s picks and analysis
DRF | 3 years ago
Daily Racing Form handicapper Mike Welsch's picks and analysis for the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Marcus Hersh’s picks and analysis
DRF | 3 years ago
Daily Racing Form handicapper Marcus Hersh's picks and analysis for the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Dan Illman’s picks and analysis
DRF | 3 years ago
Daily Racing Form handicapper Dan Illman's picks and analysis for the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: In a wide-open renewal, confidence coming from all corners
DRF | 3 years ago
In the Preakness, Rombauer inhaled pace prompters Medina Spirt and Midnight Bourbon to win going away. The manner in which he won, and the way in which he's trained has Michael McCarthy, trainer of Rombauer, confident of a performance as good, if not better, in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Cox not lacking in confidence heading into card
DRF | 3 years ago
Brad Cox woke up May 1, 2021, thinking he'd win his first Kentucky Derby later that day. Mandaloun and Essential Quality, Cox's Derby runners, finished second and fourth. Cox didn't win his first Derby. Or maybe he did. He will seek his first Belmont Stakes win on Saturday with morning-line favorite Essential Quality.
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The Kentucky Derby to Belmont path has become the rule rather than the exception
DRF | 3 years ago
In an era in which trainers prefer to give their horses far more time between starts than their predecessors of a half-century ago, the Belmont Stakes was won 10 times between 2000 and 2017 by horses who ran Kentucky Derby weekend and not again until t...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: McCarthy a rookie on paper, but a veteran in reality
DRF | 3 years ago
Rombauer will go down as trainer Michael McCarthy's first winner of a Triple Crown race. As a longtime assistant to trainer Todd Pletcher, however, this trail for McCarthy has not been one less traveled.
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Fradkins rewarded for loyalty with Rombauer’s classic win
DRF | 3 years ago
John Fradkin has gotten plenty lucky with his bets, both as a handicapper, which was his introduction to the sport of racing, and as an owner and breeder with his wife, Diane. Most recently, a series of lucky breaks over the last year led to the Fradki...
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20-cent minimum pick six among two-day wagers
DRF | 3 years ago
In addition to the usual fare of ample wagering opportunities, there is a bevy of two-day wagers being offered this week, including a pick six that ends with the Belmont Stakes.
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Calumet hopes run of longshot winners continues
DRF | 3 years ago
Over the last year, Calumet Farm has won some of the biggest races on the New York Racing Association circuit, and at big prices, to boot. Bourbonic in the Belmont Stakes and Channel Cat in the Manhattan will represent the black and gold of Brad Kelley's Calumet Farm on Saturday in stakes races at Belmont. Calumet also will have Lexitonian in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap.
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Belmont Stakes 2021 clocker report: France Go de Ina breezes, while top contenders go easy
DRF | 3 years ago
The entire lineup for Saturday's Belmont Stakes trained over the main track for the first time on Wednesday, beginning shortly after 5:30 a.m. with likely favorite Essential Quality and ending several hours later with Hot Rod Charlie and Rombauer, two of his chief rivals, going through their paces following the renovation break.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Saez believes Derby bumping incident hindered Essential Quality
DRF | 3 years ago
While there has been a lot of discussion how the start of the Kentucky Derby impacted the performance of expected pacesetter Rock Your World, jockey Luis Saez believes his horse, Essential Quality, was also adversely impacted by the bump between those ...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Essential Quality arrives and is made the 2-1 morning-line favorite
DRF | 3 years ago
Essential Quality arrived at Belmont Park just before 5 a.m. Tuesday morning and about six hours later he drew post 2 and was installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Rebel’s Romance to miss race due to infection
DRF | 3 years ago
Rebel’s Romance, the UAE Derby winner, was not entered in Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes after developing a hind leg infection, trainer Charlie Appleby confirmed Tuesday morning.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Pletcher employs Derby-to-Belmont strategy once again
DRF | 3 years ago
Todd Pletcher employs Derby-to-Belmont strategy once again with the underrated Known Agenda and Bourbonic
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Tapit would tie all-time record with a fourth Belmont Stakes winner
DRF | 3 years ago
Tapit is the most successful sire in the modern history of the Belmont Stakes, with three winners of the oldest and longest American classic. As he continues to build his legacy, he will be represented in this weekend's renewal with Eclipse Award champion juvenile Essential Quality, who was fourth in the Kentucky Derby.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Rock Your World seeks redemption
DRF | 3 years ago
Rock Your World, the 9-2 second choice in the Kentucky Derby who finished 17th, will get a chance to redeem himself Saturday in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park.
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Rock Your World will try to give Candy Ride long-sought classic winner in Belmont Stakes
DRF | 3 years ago
Candy Ride, a perennial leading sire represented by multiple Eclipse Award champions, has accomplished much in his stud career. One of the few things he has yet to check off is siring an American classic winner, and he will get another chance this Satu...
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Belmont 2021: Hot Rod Charlie, Rock Your World arrive
DRF | 3 years ago
Hot Rod Charlie and Rock Your World both arrived in New York on Saturday night from California and seemed to be settling in their respective barns on the backstretch at Belmont Park on Sunday morning as they head for a meeting in the $1.5 million Belmo...
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Belmont Stakes: France Go de Ina works half-mile around the dogs
DRF | 3 years ago
At Belmont Park, France Go de Ina, seventh in the Preakness Stakes, blew out over a sloppy main track Saturday morning in advance of a more serious workout scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Essential Quality goes five furlongs in final drill
DRF | 3 years ago
Essential Quality completed his major preparations as one of the favorites for the 153rd Belmont Stakes, drilling five furlongs before daybreak Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Essential Quality goes five furlongs in final drill
DRF | 3 years ago
Essential Quality completed his major preparations as one of the favorites for the 153rd Belmont Stakes, drilling five furlongs before daybreak Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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Belmont Stakes 2021 clocker report: Rombauer, Pletcher trio beat the rain
DRF | 3 years ago
A foreboding local forecast for potentially heavy rain beginning late Friday afternoon and continuing throughout the night forced many a trainer based at Belmont Park to alter their workout schedule for the weekend. That group included Michael McCarthy...
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Belmont Stakes 2021 clocker report: Rombauer, Pletcher trio beat the rain
DRF | 3 years ago
A foreboding local forecast for potentially heavy rain beginning late Friday afternoon and continuing throughout the night forced many a trainer based at Belmont Park to alter their workout schedule for the weekend. That group included Michael McCarthy...
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Velazquez gets acquainted with Rombauer
DRF | 3 years ago
This year's Triple Crown is such that jockey John Velazquez may ultimately learn he no longer was on the Kentucky Derby winner, but heading into next Saturday's $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, he'll find himself on the Preakness winner.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: McCarthy happy with what he sees with Rombauer
DRF | 3 years ago
Rombauer was a sight for Michael McCarthy's bleary eyes Monday morning as the trainer, after taking a red-eye flight from Southern California to New York, watched the colt train for the first time since his Preakness victory on May 15. Rombauer, who arrived at Belmont Park on May 17, had an easy 1 3/8-mile gallop over the main track on Monday as he prepares for a start in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 5.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Midnight Bourbon gets a freshening, to return in Jim Dandy or Haskell
DRF | 3 years ago
At Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., trainer Steve Asmussen confirmed early Monday that Preakness runner-up Midnight Bourbon will not run in the Belmont.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Velazquez will ride Rombauer, trainer McCarthy says
DRF | 3 years ago
John Velazquez has been chosen by trainer Michael McCarthy and owners John and Diane Fradkin to ride Preakness winner Rombauer in the Belmont Stakes on June 5, McCarthy said Saturday night.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Velazquez will ride Rombauer, trainer McCarthy says
DRF | 3 years ago
John Velazquez has been chosen by trainer Michael McCarthy and owners John and Diane Fradkin to ride Preakness winner Rombauer in the Belmont Stakes on June 5, McCarthy said Saturday night.
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Rebel’s Romance works five furlongs
DRF | 3 years ago
Rebel’s Romance, the UAE Derby winner, had his second timed workout in four days, going five furlongs in 1:01.05 over the Belmont Park main track just after 5:30 a.m.
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Rock Your World works five furlongs for Belmont Stakes
DRF | 3 years ago
In the right way, Rock Your World has been a “boring” colt the last few weeks at Santa Anita. Rock Your World rebounded quickly from the loss at Churchill Downs and has been in steady training this month.
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