Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird obviously loves New York – so much so, that he could return this summer to run at Saratoga Race Course in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes and the Grade 1, $1 million Shadwell Travers Stakes. Read Full Article
Belmont Stakes Follow-up Notes
Sweet 'Bird' of Youth Delivers for Desormeaux, Ice
Belmont Stakes Day Crowd of 52,861 Wagers $9,021,196 On Track
For Borel, no win and no regrets
Summer Bird surprises in Belmont
Belmont Stakes Quotes
Gio Ponti Rallies To Take Woodford Reserve Manhattan
Not-Too Shabby 'Gabby' Wires Acorn
Munnings' Victory Pretty As a Picture
The Streak Goes On For Diamondrella in Just A Game
Fabulous Strike Prevails in Whoop-De-Do True North
Mine That Bird even money in early betting
Beefy Belmont Stakes Features `Bird’ in the 'Cal-Zone’
Trainers Wrap Up Preparations For 141st Belmont
Jockeys Ride Into The Hearts of Families at The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island
Fabulous Strike, Desert Key Look to Win, But 'Bull' is Back
Forever Together Brings Win Streak to Just A Game
Woody Stephens Next Step For Undefeated Everyday Heroes
NYRA to Offer $0.10 Superfectas Friday, Saturday June 5&6
Justwhistledixie Looking For Acorn Score
Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird obviously loves New York – so much so, that he could return this summer to run at Saratoga Race Course in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes and the Grade 1, $1 million Shadwell Travers Stakes.
Redemption came from off the pace Saturday afternoon, on a day when speed ruled and youth was served. Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, after six failed tries that included “the toughest beat in history” with Real Quiet in 1998 and last year’s aborted Triple Crown attempt with Big Brown ...
A crowd of 52,861 wagered $9,021,196 on Belmont Stakes Day races, a 2 percent increase over $8,843,720 in 2007, the most recent year when a Triple Crown was not on the line.
In a town known for its sports guarantees, Calvin Borel proved to be more Patrick Ewing than Joe Namath or Mark Messier. Borel spent all week guaranteeing that Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird would win Saturday's Belmont Stakes ...
Summer Bird, the other son of Birdstone in the race, rallied wide into the stretch and ran down the embattled trio of Dunkirk, Mine That Bird, and Charitable Man to win Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes by 2 3/4 lengths under Kent Desormeaux.
Calvin Borel, jockey of Mine That Bird: “I thought I had it won when I got to the quarter-pole. They came back to me pretty quick. When I moved, I was happy. No excuses. He ran his eyeballs out. He took me a little earlier. When I eased him out, the horses in front kind of stopped. He got out-run, no excuses.
With a tremendous run down the middle of the stretch, Castleton Lyons Farm’s Gio Ponti scored his second consecutive Grade 1 victory as he went from last to first in the 108th running of the $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park.
Although she was the early pacesetter in the Kentucky Oaks before Rachel Alexandra chewed the scenery, Arnold Zetcher’s Gabby’s Golden Girl was virtually ignored Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park in the 79th running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Acorn for three-year-old fillies at a mile.
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Munnings, who has won only once in five previous starts, split horses in the lane Saturday afternoon and powered on to a 5 ¼-length victory in the 25th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Woody Stephens Stake for three-year-olds at seven furlongs.
Castletop Stable’s Diamondrella (GB) continued her winning streak and her love affair with Belmont Park, as she took the outside path under jockey Rajiv Maragh ...
Favored Fabulous Strike, back at his favorite track and his favorite distance, survived a suicidal speed duel with longshot Sixthirteen and held off 2008 sprint champion Benny The Bull for a 1¼-length victory in the 31st running of the Grade 2, $250,000 True North Handicap
By mid-day Saturday, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird was established as a strong favorite for the Belmont Stakes.
Saturday’s 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes is loaded. It’s loaded with horses and horsemen that have strong ties to this 1½-mile race for three-year-olds known as the “Test of the Champion.”
Trainer Chip Woolley radiated confidence Friday morning after Belmont Stakes favorite Mine That Bird galloped strongly over Belmont Park’s sloppy main track, but politely declined to predict a victory for the little gelding in tomorrow’s 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million “Test of the Champion.”
On Thursday, June 4th, seven world-class jockeys took a detour from the racetrack to visit families at The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island ...
Belmont Park’s fans love consistency. They love horses they can rely on and that will, as a rule, deliver their best on race day. This explains the love affair between Belmont’s faithful and Walter Downey’s Fabulous Strike ...
Well-traveled and well-respected, Augustin Stable’s Forever Together will be more than welcomed Saturday afternoon when she heads a field of seven fillies and mares in the 16th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Just A Game ...
Trainer Tim Ritchey knows what it takes to win the Belmont Stakes, which he did in 2005 with Afleet Alex. He also knows that you can’t just go into a race like that without the properly prepared horse.
The New York Racing Association, Inc. will offer $ 0.10 Superfectas on all Self-Service terminals, Telebet and Internet wagering this Friday, June 5 and Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6.
West Point Thoroughbreds’ Justwhistledixie comes into Saturday’s 79th running of the Grade 1 $300,000 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park off back-to-back Grade 2 wins in the Davona Dale and the Bonnie Miss ...
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