NYRA Announces 2010 Belmont Spring/Summer Schedule
Story by: NYRA Press Office
Source: NYRA.com
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced the stakes schedules for the 2010 Belmont Park Spring/Summer Meet.
The 1½ mile Belmont Stakes, the “Test of the Champion” and the ultimate event in racing’s Triple Crown, will be held on Saturday, June 5, as the centerpiece of an all-star stakes card that includes the Grade 1, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap for older horses on the turf, the Grade 1, $400,000 Just A Game for fillies and mares on the turf, the Grade 1, $300,000 Acorn for 3-year-old fillies, and a pair of sprints in the Grade 2, $250,000 True North Handicap for older horses at six furlongs and the Grade 2, $250,000 Woody Stephens for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs.
Belmont Park’s Grade 1 season begins on Memorial Day, May 31, with the $500,000, one mile Metropolitan Handicap. Belmont Spring/Summer Grade 1 races also include the $250,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap for fillies and mares on Saturday, June 12, the $250,000 Mother Goose for 3-year-old fillies at its new distance of 1 1/16th miles on Saturday, June 26, and the $600,000 Man o’ War at 1 3/8th miles on the turf on Saturday, July 10.
2010 Belmont Park Spring/Summer Schedule
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DATE
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RACE
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GRADE
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PURSE
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AGE
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DISTANCE
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Fri., Apr. 30
|
Westchester
|
III
|
100,000
|
3&UP
|
1 Mile
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Sat., May. 1
|
Beaugay
|
III
|
100,000
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F&M 3&UP
|
1 1/16 (Turf)
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|
Sat., May. 1
|
Fort Marcy
|
III
|
100,000
|
3 & UP
|
1 1/16 (Turf)
|
|
Sun., May. 2
|
NY Stallion Stakes -
Park Ave Division
|
|
100,000
|
F 3YO
|
6 1/2 Furlongs
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Sun., May. 2
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NY Stallion Stakes -
Times Sq Division
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|
100,000
|
3YO
|
6 1/2 Furlongs
|
|
Sat., May 8
|
Dwyer
|
II
|
200,000
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3YO
|
1 1/8
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|
Sat., May 15
|
Shuvee (Hdcp.)
|
II
|
150,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
1 Mile
|
|
Sat., May 22
|
Sheepshead Bay
|
II
|
150,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
1 3/8 (Turf)
|
|
Sun., May 23
|
NY Stallion Stakes -
Cupecoy's Joy Div
|
|
75,000
|
F3YO
|
7 Furlongs (Turf)
|
|
Sun., May 23
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NY Stallion Stakes -
Spectacular Bid Div
|
|
75,000
|
3YO
|
7 Furlongs (Turf)
|
|
Sat., May 29
|
Vagrancy (Hdcp.)
|
II
|
150,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
6 1/2 Furlongs
|
|
Sun., May 30
|
Kingston (NYB)
|
|
100,000
|
3&UP
|
1 1/16 (Turf)
|
|
Sun., May 30
|
Mount Vernon (NYB)
|
|
100,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
1 1/16 (Turf)
|
|
Mon., May 31
|
Metropolitan Handicap
|
I
|
500,000
|
3&UP
|
1 Mile
|
|
Mon., May 31
|
Sands Point
|
II
|
150,000
|
F3YO
|
1 1/8 (Turf)
|
|
Fri., June 4
|
Hill Prince
|
III
|
100,000
|
3YO
|
1 Mile (Turf)
|
|
Fri., June 4
|
Brooklyn (Hdcp.)
|
II
|
200,000
|
3&UP
|
1 1/2
|
|
Sat., June 5
|
Belmont
|
I
|
1,000,000
|
3YO
|
1 1/2
|
|
Sat., June 5
|
Woodford Reserve
Manhattan (Hdcp)
|
I
|
400,000
|
3&UP
|
1 1/4 (Turf)
|
|
Sat., June 5
|
True North (Hdcp.)
|
II
|
250,000
|
3&UP
|
6 Furlongs
|
|
Sat., June 5
|
Woody Stephens
|
II
|
250,000
|
3YO
|
7 Furlongs
|
|
Sat., June 5
|
Just A Game
|
I
|
400,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
1 Mile (Turf)
|
|
Sat., June 5
|
Acorn
|
I
|
300,000
|
F3YO
|
1 Mile
|
|
Sat., June 12
|
Ogden Phipps (Hdcp.)
|
I
|
250,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
1 1/16
|
|
Sat., June 19
|
New York
|
II
|
150,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
1 1/4 (Turf)
|
|
Sun., June 20
|
Bouwerie (NYB)
|
|
100,000
|
F3YO
|
7 Furlongs
|
|
Sun., June 20
|
Mike Lee (NYB)
|
|
100,000
|
3YO
|
7 Furlongs
|
|
Sat., June 26
|
Mother Goose
|
I
|
250,000
|
F3YO
|
1 1/16
|
|
Sat., July 3
|
Suburban (Hdcp.)
|
II
|
300,000
|
3&UP
|
1 1/8
|
|
Sun., July 4
|
Prioress
|
I
|
250,000
|
F3YO
|
6 Furlongs
|
|
Mon., July 5
|
Bed o' Roses (Hdcp.)
|
III
|
150,000
|
F&M 3&UP
|
7 Furlongs
|
|
Sat., July 10
|
Man o' War
|
I
|
600,000
|
3&UP
|
1 3/8 (Turf)
|
|
Sat., July 17
|
Jaipur
|
III
|
200,000
|
3&UP
|
6 Furlongs(T)
|