HORSE RACING NEWS
06/08/2016
Exaggerator goes from hunter to hunted in G1 Belmont Stakes
The 148th running of the 'Test of the Champion,' at 1 ½ miles the last and longest leg of racing's Triple Crown, puts an exclamation point on the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, a spectacular three-day celebration serving up 19 stakes, 11 of them graded i
06/08/2016
Full field for salty edition of G1 Met Mile
The Met Mile, one of North America's most storied races and a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Dirt Mile, will be run as a one-turn mile event on the main track as part of the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. The race is one of
06/07/2016
Belmont Park Notes 6/7
The likely favorite for the Belmont, at 1 ½ miles, the last and longest leg of the Triple Crown, Exaggerator went out at 8:45 a.m. following the renovation break and completed the distance in 1:00 4/5 over a fast main track at Belmont Park. "I think the b
06/07/2016
Final contenders arrive for Saturday’s G1 Belmont Stakes
A maiden winner over older horses May 29 at Churchill Downs, Seeking the Soul was joined by fellow 3-year-old Tom's Ready and Grade 1-winning 3-year-old filly Forever Unbridled in Barn 6. Tom's Ready is being pointed to the Grade 2, $500,000 Woody Stephen
06/07/2016
Belmont Park Notes 6/6
Gettysburg, a winner of one race in seven starts, figures to supply the pace that was absent in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes before he was declared a starter. Asmussen also trains Creator, a closer, for WinStar. Likely Belmont Stakes favorite Exaggerator
06/05/2016
Belmont Park Notes 6/5
Recent Keeneland maiden winner Kareena is set to make her stakes debut in Friday's $150,000 Jersey Girl for 3-year-old fillies. On Saturday, McLaughlin will have Cavorting in the Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps and is looking at running Frosted and Marki
06/03/2016
Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $300,000
The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day’s pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 30 percent
06/03/2016
Belmont Park Notes 6/3
The notable news coming out of the breezes is that the status of John Gunther, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Stradivari, the fourth-place finisher in the Preakness, was upgraded to confirmed for the June 11 Belmont. Twin Creeks Racing S
06/01/2016
Belmont Park Notes 6/1
Lani, who regularly makes several laps around the track as part of his routine exercise regimen, wrapped up his training with another leisurely stroll over Big Sandy before heading back to his barn. "It was quite a nice work," said Keita Tanaka, the agent
05/26/2016
Mighty Mo headlines Paradise Creek
Moving north to Aqueduct Racetrack a few weeks later, Mighty Mo was valiant in his Woodhaven defeat, seizing the lead early and battled gamely through the stretch before being worn down by a tenacious Highland Sky. "That was a very good effort for him and