HORSE RACING NEWS
06/07/2014
Ogden Phipps (G1) Quotes
"From here on out, I've made absolutely no plans. We planned on running in the Apple Blossom and we planned on running here, and I haven't even thought about what comes next. The Breeders' Cup is in California again, and we'll be back to Beholder's home g
06/06/2014
Belmont Gold Cup Invitational Quotes
"Where do you go from a two-mile race? I guess you try to stay stretched out and look at mile-and-a-half type races. We'll put all of those in play. Kind of cool winning a two-mile race." John Velazquez, winning jockey of Charming Kitten (No. 3): "It work
06/06/2014
Belmont Park Notes 6/6
ELMONT, N.Y. - Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome had his final gallop around the Belmont Park oval Friday morning, traveling two miles under exercise rider Willie Delgado after schooling in the paddock around 6 a.m. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness w
06/05/2014
Monster of the Mid-Atlantic, Ben’s Cat, Storms New York for the Jaipur
On a star-studded race card that climaxes with California Chrome's attempt to win the Triple Crown in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, the Jaipur will go off as the fourth race with a scheduled post time of 1:16 p.m. EDT. The story of Ben's Cat i
06/05/2014
Belmont Park Notes 6/5
ELMONT, N.Y. - California Chrome schooled at the starting gate for the second and final time Thursday at Belmont Park in the lead-up to the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday. At 6:30 a.m., California Chrome set foot on Belmont's main track
06/05/2014
Belmont Stakes Card - $1.5 Million Pick 4, $1 million Pick 6
By guaranteeing the wager, NYRA will supplement the difference if either pool is less than the advertised amount. The Guaranteed All Grade 1 Pick 4 is scheduled to get underway at 4 p.m. with race 8, the $750,000 Longines Just a Game, continue with the $1
06/04/2014
BELMONT STAKES DRAW NEWS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
In my remarks yesterday I said that we wanted to do three things to convert Belmont Stakes day into a must-see event, and those three things were first, we needed to have a superior level of athletic competition; second, we wanted to have great entertainm
06/04/2014
Racing’s top fillies collide in G1 Ogden Phipps
The records of the three are awe-inspiring: Beholder, the Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 2012 and Champion Three-Year-Old of 2013, has won five Grade 1 races, including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Breeders' Cup Distaff. She has won her past four starts
06/04/2014
Palace Malice takes on Churchill Downs Stakes top four in G1 Met Mile
Palace Malice won the 2013 Belmont Stakes and will attempt to become the first horse to win both the Belmont and the Met Mile in his career since Conquistador Cielo swept the races in 1982. No horse has won the races in separate years since Gallant Man (1
06/03/2014
Belmont Park Notes 6/3
ELMONT, N.Y. - Under the watchful eye of trainer Art Sherman, Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome galloped 2 3/8 miles over the main track on a warm and sunny morning at Belmont Park. It was the first morning on the backstretch for the 7