It was back to business Sunday morning for New Jersey-based trainer Kelly Breen, who shocked the Belmont Stakes with 24-1 long shot Ruler On Ice on Saturday, his first career Grade 1 victory. Read Full Article
Belmont Park Notes - June 12, 2011
Ruler On Ice Pulls 24-1 Shocker in 143rd Belmont Stakes; Favored Animal Kingdom 6th After Poor Start
Belmont Stakes Day Crowd of 55,779 Wagers $10,098,573 On Track; All-Sources $81,245,326
Mission Aprroved Wins Shocker in Manhattan
C. S. Silk, 12-1, Goes Wire-to-Wire in Grade 1 Foxwoods Just a Game
Justin Phillip Cruises to Victory in Grade 2 Woody Stephens Presented by Visitnassaucounty.com
Belmont Stakes Quotes for Top Three Finishers
Trappe Shot Rolls to 8 1/2 Length Victory in G2 True North Presented by Emirates Airline
It's Tricky Pulls Upset in TVG Acorn
Brooklyn/Belmont Double Will Pays
Belmont Stakes Day Notes June 10, 2011
Belmont Stakes Day Notes June 9, 2011
NYRA To Offer $1 MIL Guaranteed P4 And P6 On Belmont Stakes Day; Brooklyn/Belmont Double On Friday
It's Animal Kingdom vs. Shackleford, 10 Others, in Belmont Stakes
Gio Ponti Heads the Field in His Third Manhattan
Aviate Could Give Mott Second Straight Foxwoods Just a Game Victory
Trappe Shot, Calibrachoa Look to Extend Streaks in True North
Travelin Man Cuts Back for Woody Stephens
Turbulent Descent Looks to Continue Ascension in TVG Acorn
Belmont Stakes: Repole, Stay Thirsty come in under the radar
Quotes From The Post Position Draw For The 143rd Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes: Animal Kingdom gets post 9, Shackleford in 12
It was back to business Sunday morning for New Jersey-based trainer Kelly Breen, who shocked the Belmont Stakes with 24-1 long shot Ruler On Ice on Saturday, his first career Grade 1 victory.
Ruler On Ice, dismissed at 24-1, sat a perfect trip under a patient Jose Valdivia, Jr., taking the lead at the top of the stretch and holding off another longshot, Stay Thirsty, to win Saturday’s 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
A crowd of 55,779 wagered $10,098,573 on Belmont Stakes Day races, a 32.9 percent increase over $7,598,840 in 2010.
Eleven months after nearly knocking off champion Gio Ponti in the Grade 1 Man o’ War, 7-year-old Mission Approved returned to turn the trick Saturday, wiring the field at odds of 21-1 to take the Grade 1, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park.
Jockey Javier Castellano sent C. S. Silk right to the lead and onto a 12-1 upset of the Grade 1, $400,000 Foxwoods Just a Game for fillies and mares on the Belmont Stakes undercard Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park.
Justin Phillip emerged victorious from an early three-way scramble for the lead and never looked back on his way to a 3 ¼-length victory over J Js Lucky Train in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Woody Stephens Presented by VisitNassauCounty.com at Belmont Park.
George Hall, winning owner of Ruler On Ice (No. 3):“The funny thing about this horse is that Jose would always come back and say he was goofing off, but he wasn’t really tired. After the Tesio, we figured, what better race to come back than the Belmont.
Trappe Shot burst through an opening along the rail straightening for home and onto an 8 ½-length victory over This Ones for Phil in Saturday’s 33rd running of the Grade 2 True North Handicap Presented by Emirates Airline at Belmont Park.
It’s Tricky barreled into the lead at the top of the stretch and held off heavy favorite Turbulent Descent to upset Saturday afternoon’s 81st running of the Grade 1, $300,000 TVG Acorn on the Belmont Stakes undercard at Belmont Park.
The following are the $2 Brooklyn/Belmont Daily Double payouts for Brooklyn Handicap winner Birdrun (No. 4) with:
One day out from a start in the 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes, trainer Graham Motion was looking for virtually nothing to happen with his Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up, Animal Kingdom.
With trainer Graham Motion back at his home base in Fair Hill, Md., assistant John Panagot oversaw the morning exercise of Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom on Thursday in preparation for the 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes.
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 11, along with a two-day Daily Double on Friday, June 10, linking the Brooklyn Handicap, presented by Ram, with the Belmont Stakes.
When the gates open for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, 1 ½ miles will be standing between any one of a dozen thoroughbreds and the right to claim the title as the 143rd winner of the “Test of the Champion.”
One of the most accomplished racehorses in recent history, Castleton Lyons Farm’s Gio Ponti returns to the turf at Belmont Park on Saturday to run in his third straight Grade 1, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap.
In addition to winning last year’s Belmont Stakes with Drosselmeyer, trainer Bill Mott captured the Grade 1 Foxwoods Just a Game with Proviso on the Belmont Stakes undercard.
Trappe Shot and Calibrachoa put their winning streaks on the line when they square off in the Grade 2 $250,000 True North Handicap Presented by Emirates Airline on Saturday at Belmont Park.
The Grade 2 $250,000 Woody Stephens Presented by VisitNassauCounty.com for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs is named for the late Hall of Fame trainer who won a record five consecutive Belmont Stakes from 1982-86 with Conquistador Cielo, Caveat, Swale, Crème Fraiche and Danzig Connection.
Twice a Grade 1 winner already, Turbulent Descent will try to make it three when she faces five other sophomore fillies in Saturday’s $300,000 TVG Acorn.
In the span of five weeks, owner Mike Repole has gone from sought after to afterthought.
Following are quotes from the connections of the 12 horses entered for Saturday’s 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park:
Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner, drew post 9, and Shackleford, the Preakness Stakes winner, landed the outside post when a field of 12 was entered on Wednesday for the 143rd Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park.
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