In this controversial Triple Crown horse racing season the record book is complete. It is final victor is Sir Winston, who came in at 10-to-1 odds. Sir Winston took the race with a powerful surge in the last quarter of the race, overtaking Joevia from the outside to notch only its 3rd career win in […]
Tacitus and War of Will were confirmed at 9-5 and 2-1, respectively, as the 2 favorites for the 2019 Belmont in New York. Tacitus, the legendary Senator-historian of the Roman empire’s wars, and War of Will’s handle references exactly that quality that both horses will need when faced with the Belmont Stakes’ towering mile-and-a-half sandy […]
President Trump Champions “the American Dream” US President Donald Trump has “renewed the American dream,” VP Mike Pence said Saturday, and Democrats cannot threaten the nation’s vision, their agenda as voiced by HBO’s Bill Maher is: destroy the American economy, bring on another great recession. “After 8 years of a static economy, stagnant wages and […]
Justify Runs ‘Wire to Wire’ Winning Horse Racing’s Triple Crown On this sunny and dry Saturday afternoon Justify won the 150th Belmont Stakes in Elmont, NT, becoming the 13th horse to win the Triple Crown and the 2nd undefeated Champion to achieve racing’s most prestigious fete. Starting out of the # 1 post, jockey Mike […]
New Money Honey takes the G1 Belmont Oaks Invitational New Money Honey provided trainer Chad Brown with a G1 trifecta when she held off the challenge of stablemate Sistercharlie to win the G1 Belmont Oaks Invitational July 8. It was the second G1 victory for the three-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, who captured the G1 […]
OBS and China Horse Club Big Winners at Belmont China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners LLC, SF Racing LLC et al’s American Anthem surged to the front at the head of the stretch of Belmont’s $500,000 Woody Stephens Stakes (G2), opened a big lead in mid-stretch and coasted home to a 3-1/4 length victory […]
Down the Front Stretch, Tapwrit Wins 2017 Belmont Stakes Jose Ortiz stalked the frontrunner, then caught Irish War Cry on the front stretch. Tapwrit came out of the 2nd spot, chased the leaders close, and ultimately passed Irish War Cry down the front stretch to win the 2017 Belmont Stakes by 2 lengths. Tapwrit had […]
Belmont Stakes Day Selections by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock We have a great card of Grade 1 racing at Belmont on Saturday night, with six fascinating top quality races. The Belmont Stakes is the pick of those and Japanese raider Epicharis heads what is a fascinating field. Epicharis is a highly promising three year […]
Keeneland sales are represented by 22 graduates entered in the six graded stakes to be held Thursday and Friday at Belmont Park in celebration of Saturday’s final leg of the 2017 Triple Crown, the Belmont (G1). September Yearling Sale graduate Fair Point, winner of the 2016 Senator Ken Maddy (G3), is assigned high weight of […]
Irish War Cry Favorite for the Belmont Stakes, the Last Triple Crown Race Irish War Cry has emerged as the betting favorite ahead of Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, as spectators watch for the winner of the final Triple Crown event. The 149th Belmont Stakes is set to take place on Saturday evening in Belmont Park in […]
By Mike Rosen for Knightsbridge Bloodstock Top sprinter Whitmore is the certain favorite in Friday’s Grade 2, $250,000 True NorthStakes at Belmont. The Pleasantly Perfect gelding has won 5 consecutive sprints since his 37 length drubbing in last year’s Kentucky Derby. The formula for his recent success is straightforward: enter 6 or 6.5 f races, […]
Keeneland Dominates Belmont Stakes Keeneland sales are represented by 22 graduates entered in the six graded stakes to be held Thursday and Friday at Belmont Park in celebration of Saturday’s final leg of the 2017 Triple Crown, the Belmont (G1). September Yearling Sale graduate Fair Point, winner of the 2016 Senator Ken Maddy (G3), is […]
Belmont Stakes Day Offers Six Grade 1 Races Most importantly the Breeders’ Cup Challenge races offer the winner a free pass to the year-end championships. Acorn Stakes 3-year-old fillies Belmont Stakes the final jewel of the Triple Crown Longines Just a Game Stakes the best female milers in the country Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap $1 […]
Epicharis Vs Classic Empire: Belmont Stakes 2017 The possible Belmont Stakes field includes: Classic Empire, Conquest Mo Money, Epicharis, Gormley, Irap, J Boys Echo, Lookin At Lee, Meantime, Multiplier, Patch, Senior Investment, Tapwrit, and Twisted Tom. Epicharis Epicharis the Japanese colt by Gold Allure, a son of the legendary 1989 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner […]
Belmont Stakes: The Third Leg of the Elusive Triple Crown Here is the hallowed ground where Man o’ War left the crowd in awe, breaking the American record while being eased under the wire—and where Secretariat pounded the dirt to thundering acclaim and scored a 31-length victory in world record time, while announcer Chic Anderson […]