Belmont Park, home of the Belmont Stakes and set to reopen in 2026 after extensive renovation, will host the 2027 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on 29-30 October of that year. Partly state-funded, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced a $455,000,000 redevelopment of the Elmont, NY track in 2023. That meant the closure of Belmont …
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Only victory in the $2,000,000 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in California stands between Thorpedo Anna and confirmation that she is the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. A flawless campaign when racing against fellow females saw Kenneth McPeek’s superstar land the Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes, Coaching Club American Oaks and Cotillion …
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Cogburn broke the track record when coasting to victory in the Grade I Jaipur Stakes during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. He now heads to California as a hot 7-5 Morning Line favorite for the $1,000,000 Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Saturday, November 2. Steve Asmussen’s five-year-old son …
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One of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival’s most impressive winners in Baby Yoda returns to Saratoga for the Grade I Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap at the Spa on Saturday, July 27. NYRA handicappers haven’t given the True North Stakes scorer topweight for the $350,000 contest, however. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott saddled last year’s …
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Impressive Acorn Stakes heroine Thorpedo Anna returns to Saratoga on Saturday, July 20 for the Grade I Coaching Club American Oaks. The Kenneth McPeek barn’s star filly is a hot favorite for the $500,000 feature contest in Upstate New York. Just four three-year-olds dare tackle Thorpedo Anna in her bid four a fourth consecutive victory …
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Crupi and last year’s winner Next are the headline acts in the Grade II Brooklyn Stakes on Friday, July 5. Usually part of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, this edition of the $200,000 invitational contest switches to a temporary slot at Aqueduct. This is under the Belmont At The Big Apple banner while renovation at …
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Before 2024, the 2km Grade II Suburban Stakes was a regular fixture in America’s horse racing program in July. Now celebrating its 140th anniversary, this former handicap is part of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival meet. That means not only a change of spot in the annual calendar, but a temporary track switch too. With …
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Bill Mott had to wait 25 years for his fourth winner in the True North Stakes, but Elite Power obliged in 2023. With that sprinting star retired to stud by owner-breeders Juddmonte, the barn has Baby Yoda heading for Saratoga where the Grade II dirt contest takes place this year. Hall of Fame handler Mott …
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All Belmont Stakes horses are worth closer assessment, so that’s what our handicappers do on this page. They look at the form figures, past performances and pedigrees of all runners in this feature event of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and analyze it all. We start by telling you the field. Belmont Stakes Horses List …
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Last year’s New York Stakes second and third, Didia and McKulick, meet again in the $750,000 Grade I race seeking victory. Moved temporarily away from its traditional home of Belmont Park, like the rest of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, there’s a slight shortening of the event distance. Normally contested over 2,000m (10 furlongs or …
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