The $300,000 Grade 2 Colonial Turf Cup Stakes featured one of the biggest upsets in quite some time in graded stakes action.
The $300,000 Grade 1 Mother Gooses Stakes went down at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York on Saturday, June 22.
Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore hosted the $150,000 Grade 3 Pegasus Stakes on Sunday, June 16, a 1 1/8 mile race for three year olds and an important prep for the $1 million Haskell Invitational later this summer.
The Grade 1 Vanity Handicap took place at Betfair Hollywood Park Saturday, June 15. British bred Byrama posted the upset with Gary Stevens aboard by 3 1/2 lengths at 6-1 odds.
In the $150,000 Grade 3 Hill Prince Stakes on Belmont Park Turf, it was Todd Pletcher trained Notacatbutallama that raced to his first victory since November by a neck over 36-1 shot Play it Loud at 9-2 odds.
Delaware Park hosted the $100,000 Grade 3 Obeah Stakes on Saturday, June 15 for fillies and mares three years old and upward.
The Grade 3 Bed o' Roses Handicap went down at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York on Saturday, June 15 for fillies and mares three years old and upward.
Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore hosted the Grade 2 Monmouth Stakes on Sunday, June 9. Even money favorite Boisterous emerged victorious by 1 1/4 lengths in the 1 1/8 mile turf race.
The $500,000 Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap took place at a very busy Belmont Park in Elmont New York as part of the Belmont Stakes undercard.
Three year old sprinters took center stage at Belmont Park Saturday in the $400,000 Grade 2 Woody Stephens Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard.
