Andy Serling, TV analyst for The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), will participate in a live chat on Thursday, June 9 at 8 p.m. EDT. The homepage for the NYRA live chats is http://www.nyra.com/livechat/ and fans can also view this week’s chat at BelmontStakes.com at http://www.belmontstakes.com/racing/livechat.aspx.
Serling, who maintains a Twitter page (http://twitter.com/andyserling) where he gives out his selections daily, will answer questions regarding all of the racing at Belmont Park on Friday and Saturday, including eight graded stakes, two on Friday and six on Saturday, among them the 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes.
NYRA is offering a Friday-Saturday Daily Double linking the Grade 2 Brooklyn Handicap, presented by Ram with the Belmont Stakes. On Saturday, NYRA will have a $1 Million Guaranteed All-Graded Stakes Pick 6, starting with race 6 at 2:34 p.m., and a $1 Million Guaranteed All-Graded Stakes Pick 4, starting with race 8 at 3:59 p.m.
The Saturday stakes races comprise the Belmont Stakes, the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap, the Grade 1 TVG Acorn, the Grade 1 Foxwoods Just a Game, the Grade 2 Woody Stephens, presented by Emirates Airline, and the Grade 2 True North Handicap, presented by VisitNassauCounty.com.
Fans who wish to participate in the live dialogue with Serling may log on to http://www.nyra.com/livechat beginning this Thursday at 8 p.m. No pre-registration is necessary and users may simply type questions and comments in the chat field at the bottom of the page for Serling to address. At the conclusion of the chat, an “instant replay” is created for future reference.