Tags ‘Belmont Stakes’

Belmont Stakes 2021: Pletcher works Known Agenda, Bourbonic, and Overtook

DRF | 3 years ago
Todd Pletcher liked what he saw from Known Agenda on Friday morning when the Florida Derby winner went five furlongs in 1:02.53 over the Belmont main track in preparation for the Belmont Stakes. Pletcher also worked Bourbonic, the Wood Memorial winner,... Read More...

With Belmont Stakes off the table, Mandaloun targets Haskell as summer goal

DRF | 3 years ago
While everyone waits for the Medina Spirit controversy to play itself out, Brad Cox is going about everyday business at Churchill Downs with Mandaloun, the 2021 Derby runner-up who would become the official winner if Medina Spirit ultimately is disqual... Read More...

Belmont Stakes 2021: Prat likely to ride Hot Rod Charlie, not Rombauer

DRF | 3 years ago
Flavien Prat is a man in demand. He won the Preakness aboard Rombauer, but he also rides Hot Rod Charlie, who crossed the wire third in the Kentucky Derby, and there is the strong likelihood he will be on Hot Rod Charlie if, as currently planned, both ... Read More...

Belmont Stakes 2021: Prat likely to ride Hot Rod Charlie, not Rombauer

DRF | 3 years ago
Flavien Prat is a man in demand. He won the Preakness aboard Rombauer, but he also rides Hot Rod Charlie, who crossed the wire third in the Kentucky Derby, and there is the strong likelihood he will be on Hot Rod Charlie if, as currently planned, both ... Read More...

Baffert banned from entering, stabling horses at NYRA tracks

DRF | 3 years ago
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will be barred from entering and stabling horses at New York Racing Association tracks indefinitely, the company announced Monday afternoon. Read More...

Baffert banned from entering, stabling horses at NYRA tracks

DRF | 3 years ago
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will be barred from entering and stabling horses at New York Racing Association tracks indefinitely, the company announced Monday afternoon. Read More...

Rock Your World has first work since the Derby; Belmont Stakes possible

DRF | 3 years ago
Rock Your World, the Santa Anita Derby winner who was 17th in the Kentucky Derby on May 1, worked five furlongs in 1:01 on Friday at Santa Anita for a potential start in the Belmont Stakes on June 5 at Belmont Park. Read More...

Pletcher’s Peter Pan duo have complementary running styles

DRF | 3 years ago
Promise Keeper and Overtook give trainer Todd Pletcher a complementary one-two punch in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park, the local stepping-stone to the Belmont Stakes to be run here June 5. Read More...

Rock Your World possible for Belmont Stakes

DRF | 3 years ago
Rock Your World, the winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 3 but a troubled 17th in the Kentucky Derby last Saturday, is a candidate for the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 5, depending on how he trains in coming weeks. Read More...

Tickets for Belmont Stakes Racing Festival go on sale Thursday

DRF | 3 years ago
A limited number of tickets for the June 5 Belmont Stakes will go on sale to the public beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com, the New York Racing Association announced in a press release Tuesday. Read More...

Pletcher to monitor Derby runners with an eye to Belmont Stakes

DRF | 3 years ago
Todd Pletcher's quartet of starters from the Kentucky Derby as well as his Kentucky Oaks winner Malathaat were all expected to arrive at Belmont Park Monday afternoon. Pletcher will monitor their training over the next week and talk with connections to see if any – or more likely how many – may show up in the Belmont Stakes on June 5. Read More...

NYRA reinstates $1 million bonus to Japan-based Belmont Stakes winner

DRF | 3 years ago
If a horse based in Japan wins the Belmont Stakes, the horse’s connections will earn a $1 million bonus, the New York Racing Association announced Thursday. Read More...

Belmont Stakes broadcast draws 4 million viewers

DRF | 4 years ago
A broadcast of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday on NBC drew 4 million viewers at its peak, when Tiz the Law won the race, according to network officials. Read More...

Tagg’s attention to detail, horsemanship paid off with Belmont victory

DRF | 4 years ago
After Tiz the Law drew away from his nine rivals to win Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes by 3 3/4 lengths, trainer Barclay Tagg and his assistant Robin Smullen quietly left the box seats from where they had watched and walked down to the winner's circle. There were no high-fives or fist bumps, just a few congratulatory pats on the back. Read More...

Tagg’s attention to detail, horsemanship paid off with Belmont victory

DRF | 4 years ago
After Tiz the Law drew away from his nine rivals to win Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes by 3 3/4 lengths, trainer Barclay Tagg and his assistant Robin Smullen quietly left the box seats from where they had watched and walked down to the winner's circle. There were no high-fives or fist bumps, just a few congratulatory pats on the back. Read More...

Gamine a part of Ruffian’s extended family

DRF | 4 years ago
While Gamine has a long way to go before being mentioned in the same breath as Ruffian and other greats, she does share a blood link with that champion as she is inbred to her speedy half-brother Icecapade. Read More...

Distorted Humor connection extends to Tiz the Law’s Belmont Stakes win

DRF | 4 years ago
In 2003, Sackatoga Stable and trainer Barclay Tagg made an unlikely run at the Triple Crown with Funny Cide, a New York-bred gelding from the first crop of his sire, Distorted Humor. Seventeen years later, Sackatoga and Tagg completed their personal Tr... Read More...

Belmont Unplugged: Without Fans, The Essence Of The Sport Was Absent

I am proud to say I have covered every Belmont Stakes since 1998. I watched in awe as American Pharoah emphatically ended a 37-year Triple Crown drought and the roar of a Belmont Park crowd capped at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs... Read More...

Tiz the Law finishes the job in Belmont for Tagg, Sackatoga Stables

DRF | 4 years ago
On a Saturday that trainer Barclay Tagg said was unlike “any other Saturday at the track that I’ve ever known,” he completed his own personal Triple Crown by winning the 152nd Belmont Stakes with Tiz the Law, who as the 4-5 favorite dominated the race ... Read More...

Belmont handle takes predictable drop

DRF | 4 years ago
Handle on this year’s Belmont Stakes was nowhere near normal, but there was nothing nearly normal about this year’s Belmont Stakes. Read More...

Tiz the Law much the best in Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
A Triple Crown season like no other in the history of the sport began with a New York-bred, Tiz the Law, drawing off to a popular and totally dominant 3 3/4-length victory over Dr Post in the 1 1/8-mile Belmont Stakes in front of an eerily deserted gra... Read More...

Oleksandra turns on afterburners in the stretch to win Jaipur

DRF | 4 years ago
In less than an hour on Saturday, trainer Neil Drysdale’s year started looking a whole lot brighter. First he sent out the comebacking Toinette to a victory in the Grade 3 Wilshire at Santa Anita, then he settled in and watched Oleksandra rally from la... Read More...

Decorated Invader too much to handle in Pennine Ridge Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
Decorated Invader asserted his class edge in a major way Saturday at Belmont Park, laying closer to the pace than usual, then finding another gear along the inside in the stretch to win the Grade 2, $150,000 Pennine Ridge Stakes. Read More...

No Parole proves he’s Grade 1-worthy in Woody Stephens Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
No Parole easily passed his class and distance test by cruising to a front-running 3 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Woody Stephens Stakes for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park. Read More...

Belmont History: Edward Brown Went From Slave To Jockey To Trainer To Owner In A Lifetime

Our readers here at the Paulick Report seem to love a good lookback at horse racing history. In considering the best subjects for our 2020 Triple Crown coverage, this seemed like a good time to make... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi... Read More...

Sackatoga Stable partners buckling up for another wild ride, this time with Tiz the Law

DRF | 4 years ago
For two of the principal partners in Sackatoga Stable, a global pandemic may keep them apart but it won't keep them from partying while they watch from afar as their New York-bred Tiz the Law competes in Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes, a race to be run without fans or owners in attendance. Read More...

Looking for loopholes in Tiz the Law’s Belmont chances

DRF | 4 years ago
While handicapper Marcus Hersh is not, per sé, against Tiz the Law in the Belmont, he just can't quite get fully behind him at what I expect to be odds-on favoritism. Read More...

Tiz the Law heavily favored off layoff in Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
In the era of COVID-19 where everyday life everywhere has been impacted, Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series certainly has a different look. Two weeks after the Triple Crown would have concluded with the Belmont Stakes at 1 1/2 miles, the series kicks off Saturday with the $1 million Belmont now at a shortened 1 1/8 miles. Instead of being the last leg of a five-week sprint, it's the first leg of a 15-week marathon with the Kentucky Derby rescheduled for Sept. 5 and the Preakness four weeks later on Oct. 3. Read More...

Mischevious Alex ramps back up for Derby in Woody Stephens

DRF | 4 years ago
Trainer John Servis hopes the public won't have to wait until late Saturday afternoon to see a legitimate Kentucky Derby prospect. Read More...

In season of change, Pletcher has his usual strong Belmont Stakes team

DRF | 4 years ago
Pletcher has won the Belmont three times, in each case with a horse who followed the same plan – a gap of five weeks into the 1 1/2-mile race after competing the first weekend of May at Churchill Downs. This year, owing to chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Belmont, though postponed by two weeks, is the first leg of the Triple Crown, and at an abbreviated distance of 1 1/8 miles. That's a lot of change. What hasn't changed is that Pletcher is in with strong chances. Read More...

In season of change, Pletcher has his usual strong Belmont Stakes team

DRF | 4 years ago
Pletcher has won the Belmont three times, in each case with a horse who followed the same plan – a gap of five weeks into the 1 1/2-mile race after competing the first weekend of May at Churchill Downs. This year, owing to chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Belmont, though postponed by two weeks, is the first leg of the Triple Crown, and at an abbreviated distance of 1 1/8 miles. That's a lot of change. What hasn't changed is that Pletcher is in with strong chances. Read More...

Fore Left should keep Tap It to Win honest on lead in Belmont Stakes; Tiz the Law draws post 8

DRF | 4 years ago
Tiz the Law will have nine challengers and a potential pace duel ahead of him when he starts as the heavy favorite in Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes. Tiz the Law drew post 8 and was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in a 10-horse field. Read More...

Late jockey change for Belmont Stakes will cost owners of Max Player

DRF | 4 years ago
The owners of Max Player will have to pay a double jockey's fee for the Belmont Stakes after making a late switch from Dylan Davis to Joel Rosario, according to the stewards. Thus, whatever Rosario earns, Davis will also get. Read More...

For Collmus and Imbriale, calling this year’s Belmont Stakes will be a new experience

DRF | 4 years ago
For the past five years, Larry Collmus and John Imbriale have shared the announcer's booth on Belmont Stakes Day. Collmus would call the majority of the races, including the Belmont, while Imbriale would call the races following the Belmont. Saturday, Collmus and Imbriale will be among the few people even allowed on the grounds of Belmont Park, each one calling the race for a different audience. Read More...

A.P. Indy continues influence on Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
Nearly three decades after his own Belmont Stakes victory, A.P. Indy is responsible, via his direct male line, for the sire or broodmare sire of six of the 10 expected starters in this year's renewal. Read More...

Fore Left joins Belmont Stakes field

DRF | 4 years ago
Fore Left, winner of the Group 3 UAE 2000 Guineas in Dubai in his last start, will be re-routed from Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Woody Stephens to the $1 million Belmont Stakes, trainer Doug O’Neill said Tuesday. Read More...

Owners won’t be allowed to attend Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
There were discussions held between the New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Commission about allowing a limited number of owners connected with each Belmont Stakes horse on the grounds Saturday, but it was ultimately determined th... Read More...

Owners won’t be allowed to attend Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
There were discussions held between the New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Commission about allowing a limited number of owners connected with each Belmont Stakes horse on the grounds Saturday, but it was ultimately determined th... Read More...

Lamoreaux: ‘Cripple Crown’ Or Not, There Is Nothing Like The Belmont

Something is glaringly missing in all the conjecture about this year's so-called Triple Crown – the energy and the engrained memories that all you “improvers of the breed” bring to the sport.  When... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit... Read More...

Max Player has shorter route to Belmont Stakes victory

DRF | 4 years ago
In the days following Max Player's victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes on Feb. 1 at Aqueduct, while many were starting to talk Kentucky Derby, trainer Linda Rice seemed more excited about the Belmont Stakes. Read More...

Max Player has shorter route to Belmont Stakes victory

DRF | 4 years ago
In the days following Max Player's victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes on Feb. 1 at Aqueduct, while many were starting to talk Kentucky Derby, trainer Linda Rice seemed more excited about the Belmont Stakes. Read More...

Pletcher’s racetrack stalwarts often convert into top stallions

DRF | 4 years ago
Constitution, Quality Road, and Super Saver, who have contenders for this Saturday's Belmont Stakes, are just three of the many successful stallions whose racetrack careers were under the tutelage of Todd Pletcher. Read More...

Sole Volante a go for Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
After wavering a bit over the weekend, the connections of Sole Volante on Monday confirmed the horse will wheel back in 10 days and run in Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes. Sole Volante could end up the second betting choice behind probable odds-on favorite Tiz the Law in what is shaping up to be an eight- or nine-horse field for the Belmont Read More...

Sharp Sunday workout has Mott rethinking the Belmont for Modernist

DRF | 4 years ago
Trainer Bill Mott had been thinking more about the $500,000 Ohio Derby on June 27 than next Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes for Modernist before he watched him work on Sunday morning at Belmont Park. Read More...

Asmussen to run Pneumatic in Belmont Stakes, reserve Basin for the Blue Grass

DRF | 4 years ago
Trainer Steve Asmussen has juggled his lineup for the Belmont Stakes, electing to run Pneumatic and the longshot Jungle Runner while pointing the Grade 1 winner Basin to the Blue Grass Stakes on July 11 at Keeneland. Read More...

Tiz the Law gets easy final drill for Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
There would be no lightning-fast workout this time. Tiz the Law, the presumptive favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes, completed his serious preparations for the race by working a controlled half-mile in 50.42 seconds early Sunday morning ... Read More...

Max Player on top of his game in final work for Belmont Stakes

DRF | 4 years ago
If Max Player improves as much in the afternoon as he has in the morning, he just might have a chance to pull an upset in next Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes. For the second time in 10 days, Max Player put in a terrific workout over the Belmont P... Read More...

Pure Sensation works for Grade 1 Jaipur

DRF | 4 years ago
Pure Sensation won the Jaipur Stakes in 2016 when it was a Grade 3 stakes. Next Saturday, the now 9-year-old Pure Sensation will attempt to win the Jaipur in its second year as a Grade 1. Read More...

Casual tries to redeem dam’s Acorn loss

DRF | 4 years ago
t's been 17 years, but the 2003 Acorn Stakes where Lady Tak got beat a head by Bird Town still irks trainer Steve Asmussen. Read More...

Asmussen has pair for Woody Stephens

DRF | 4 years ago
While trainer Steve Asmussen was to finalize his plans for the Belmont Stakes over the weekend, he is pretty set on whom he is going to run in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, a seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds on the same card next Saturday. Read More...