The 1 1/8-mile Stephen Foster is the marquee event among five graded stakes races scheduled for the evening that include the $200,000-added Fleur De Lis Presented by Etihad Airways (GII) for fillies and mares 3 & up; the $100,000-added Matt Winn (GIII) fo
McLaughlin said that regular rider Irad Ortiz Jr. will travel to Louisville on Saturday to ride the 4-year-old son of A. P. Indy. “We’ve been pointing to this for a while because it’s an important Grade I race and he wants the mile and an eighth mor
ELMONT, N.Y. - Though it was right back to business for Christophe Clement this morning, less than 24 hours after capturing his first Triple Crown race, the trainer of Belmont Stakes hero Tonalist did take time to enjoy the moment. With the winning blanke
THE MODERATOR: In the Preakness you were able to shift out early in the race, you were inside for the first part of today, did that make a difference? Were you comfortable early on? VICTOR ESPINOZA: Well, after the race, you can always look back and think
THE MODERATOR: It was pretty much how I imagined you would have drawn it up, couldn't have been easy, the trip on the outside. JOEL ROSARIO: He was going easy, I tried to turn around a little bit and tried to be in a good position, I don't want to be too
The on-track handle figure includes money wagered at Belmont Park, at Aqueduct Racetrack, and through NYRA Rewards. The attendance was 102,199, the third highest in Belmont Stakes history. The Belmont Stakes attendance record remains 120,139, which was se
"He left out of the gate [today] and got a spot. A mile and a quarter probably is his distance. If I run him farther, he might want to hang." "That horse [Five Iron] is a free-running horse. I'll tell you what, he's dangerous. I was worried about that hor
Joel Rosario, winning jockey aboard Tonalist (No. 11): This is very important to me, like always. This is the Belmont, so this is great. This horse, he did very good today. I'm a little bit upset about California Chrome. If I was going to get beat, I want
THE MODERATOR: To have this race success, inevitably you had to be a Triple Crown spoiler, your thoughts on that. ROBERT EVANS: We loved California Chrome, we hoped he would win the Triple Crown, but we love our horse too. THE MODERATOR: Tell us about his
Javier Castellano, winning jockey aboard Coffee Clique (No. 5): "I had a beautiful trip; it set up perfectly. I had a perfect spot in the race, exactly what I was looking for. Three horses went out for the lead and I was covered up all the way in the race
