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Belmont Stakes Notes - June 6

After celebrating his first Belmont Stakes win by having dinner with family and friends, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott was back at work at his Belmont Park barn early Sunday morning. Read Full Article

Belmont Stakes Notes - June 6 Drosselmeyer Wins Belmont Stakes; Mott Earns First Classic Win Full Transcript of Post Belmont Stakes Press Conference with the Winning Connections of Drosselmeyer Belmont Stakes Day Crowd of 45,243 Wagers $8,229,318 On Track; All-Sources Handle Totals $74,613,144 Belmont Stakes Quotes Champagne d'Oro The Toast of the Betfair TVG Acorn Bribon Bounces Back in True North Proviso Gets Serious in Just a Game Woody Stephens Presented by Emirates Airline Recap NYPD Heroes to Lead Post Parade on Belmont Stakes Day NYRA To Offer $1 Million Guaranteed Pick 4 and Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day Belmont Stakes Notes - June 4 Investec Epsom Derby Card Simulcast on Belmont Stakes Day Zito-Trained Ice Box is solid 3-1 Favorite Over 11 in the Belmont Stakes Fox a Natural on Racetrack...and Gridiron Lezcano has special finishing touch Belmont Stakes Notes - June 3 Transcript of Thursday Press Conference with Trainers Zito, Romans, and Mclaughlin at Belmont Park Gio Ponti Seeks To Pour Another Manhattan Bribon Seeks Return to Form in True North Eightyfiveinafifty Seeks Rebound in Woody Stephens Proviso Poised For Just A Game Tidal Pool Tops 12 in Betfair TV Acorn Belmont Stakes Favorite Ice Box and Fly Down Arrive Andy Serling Live Belmont Stakes Chat Thursday at 8 pm EDT After celebrating his first Belmont Stakes win by having dinner with family and friends, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott was back at work at his Belmont Park barn early Sunday morning. Drosselmeyer grabbed the lead in the middle of the stretch and went onto a three-quarter-length victory over a fast-closing Fly Down on Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park to take the 142nd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes in a 13-1 upset. Post Belmont Stakes Press Conference A crowd of 45,243 wagered $7,598,840 on Belmont Stakes Day races, a 15.6 percent decrease over $8,998,630 in 2009. An additional $630,479 was wagered at Belmont on incoming simulcasts, bringing the total on-track handle to $8,229,318 ... Jockeys, trainers, and owners recap the Belmont Stakes run Champagne d’Oro, a 39-1 shot, grabbed the lead coming out of the gate and hung on through the final yards for a narrow victory over favored Amen Hallelujah... The veteran gelding Bribon returned to the scene of his greatest triumph Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park, charging from last to first for a 1½-length victory over Snapshot in the 32nd running of the Grade 2, $250,000 True North Handicap. Proviso, the even-money favorite, took the lead with 220 yards to go and held off a hard-charging Phola to win the Grade 1, $400,000 Just a Game presented by VisitNassauCounty.com... D’ Funnybone and a patient Edgar Prado took advantage of blistering early fractions in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Woody Stephens presented by Emirates Airline... The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced that New York Police Department officers Wayne Rhatigan and Pam Duffy, along with the their horses, Miggs and Dirk, respectively, will lead the post parade for the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 5. The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is offering a $1 Million Guaranteed All Graded Stakes Pick 4 and a $1 Million Guaranteed All Graded Stakes Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 5... After Belmont Stakes morning-line favorite Ice Box and stablemate Fly Down schooled in the gate and galloped this morning, Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito was asked if his late closers would be closer to the pace in Saturday’s 1½-mile race. Racing fans at Belmont Park will be able to watch and wager on Europe's richest and most famous Classic, the Investec Derby... Saturday’s 142nd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes, which marks the finish line for the 2010 Triple Crown, could be the starting point for racing’s next star. Riding thoroughbreds for a living is a natural fit for 4-foot-6, 94-pound Tammy Fox. But playing professional NFL-style football? Talk about setting the bar high. When trainer Nick Zito is asked what he likes about jockey Jose Lezcano, the trainer says the 25-year-old rider reminds him of Hall of Fame jockeys Braulio Baeza and Laffit Pincay Jr., who combined to win 12,670 races. Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito sent out his Belmont Stakes-bound duo of Ice Box and Fly Down for a short jog around the training track shortly after 7 a.m. this morning. Thursday's press conference with trainers Nick Zito, Dale Romans, and Kiaran McLaughlin. With four Grade 1 victories on his resume, Gio Ponti captured dual Eclipse Awards as the top turf male and leading older horse in the country. One year after his sensational back-to-back triumphs in the Grade 3 Westchester and Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, Derrick Smith’s 7-year-old gelding Bribon seeks to recapture old glory Saturday in the 32nd running of the Grade 2, $250,000 True North Handicap at Belmont Park. Eightyfiveinafifty, electrifying winner of the Bay Shore on April 3 at Aqueduct, will seek to flash his abundant speed and run away from a select field Saturday in the 25th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Woody Stephens presented by Emirates Airline on Saturday at Belmont Park. Proviso, already a Grade 1 stakes winner against males, will face five talented fillies and mares in the 17th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Just a Game presented by VisitNassauCounty.com, which is part of the undercard for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. Saturday’s 80th running of the $300,000 Betfair TVG Acorn has drawn a full field of 13 sophomore fillies, all seeking Grade 1 glory in the mile-long first jewel of the Betfair TVG Triple Tiara, which also includes the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks and Grade 1 Alabama, both run at Saratoga Race Course later in the summer. Ice Box, the 3-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s 142nd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes, and stablemate Fly Down, the third choice at 9-2, arrived at Belmont Park Wednesday afternoon after an uneventful van ride from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Andy Serling, TV analyst for The New York Racing Association, Inc. 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