by Scott Shapiro The 2017 Triple Crown season is complete and as always it provided handicappers with challenging analytical puzzles from start to finish. Much like 2016, my handicapping in the Kentucky Derby and the […]
Hansel, the champion three-year-old colt of 1991 following victories in the Preakness (G1), Belmont (G1), Lexington (G2), and Jim Beam (G2), was euthanized Tuesday at Lazy Lane Farm in Virginia due to the infirmities of […]
The depth of the 3-year-old division was on display last weekend at Belmont Park as notables such Always Dreaming, Classic Empire and Cloud Computing remained on the sidelines. Let’s review the performers. Belmont Stakes winner […]
A crowd of 57,729 watched Tapwrit run down Irish War Cry on Saturday to take the 149th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park. One day after the gray son of […]
Irish War Cry, the 5-2 favorite in Saturday’s 149th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1), and Meantime, who pressed the public’s choice in the 1 1/2-mile contest, both exited the third jewel of […]
Vagabond shoes were replaced by clogs, as Tapwrit danced into the Belmont Stakes winner’s circle to give trainer Todd Pletcher his third victory in the “Test of the Champion” and sire Tapit his second consecutive […]
After rain throughout both Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes weeks, perfect weather has been on hand for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in Elmont, New York. Good days weather and business wise on Thursday and […]
Though the first Belmont Stakes was run in 1867, it wasn’t run at Belmont Park until 1905. The race was inaugurated at Jerome Park in what is now the Bronx, where it stayed until 1889, […]
When Thoroughbred breeder, owner, and executive August Belmont died in 1890, his obituary noted that he generally showed up at the races when he thought that his horse had a shot to win; it was […]
Epicharis, the Japan-based horse who bypassed the Kentucky Derby (G1) to point toward the Belmont Stakes (G1), was scratched from the “Test of the Champion” on Saturday morning. His defection leaves a field of 11 […]
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