Belmont Park Notes

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Henley’s Joy progressing to second leg of Turf Trinity • Concrete Rose cements G1 status with Belmont Oaks win; Saratoga Oaks next • McGaughey eyeing G1 Travers for Code of Honor • Catholic Boy targeting G1 Woodward • Landeros moves tack to...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Talented juvenile fillies to get first stakes experience in G3 Schuylerville on Saratoga Opening Day

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A field of nine 2-year-old fillies will all make their respective stakes debuts in the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville contested at six furlongs on Thursday, Opening Day, at historic Saratoga Race Course. One of two graded...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Arlington Park: Isaac Murphy Stakes Recap; Addison Cammack Stakes Recap

By Grant LaGrange —- JEAN ELIZABETH RETURNS TO WIN THE ISAAC MURPHY MEMORIAL HANDICAP ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 6, 2019) – Making her first start since November, Jean Elizabeth earned her second career stakes win in the Isaac Murphy Memorial Handicap Saturday at...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Wide-open G3 Quick Call bolsters Thursday’s Opening Day lineup at Saratoga

By Sean Morris —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A competitive field of 3-year-old turf sprinters is lined up for the Grade 3, $100,000 Quick Call on Thursday, Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course, led by Call Paul, a multiple graded stakes winner who will be making his turf...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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MAXIMUM SECURITY, JOEVIA REMAIN ON SCHEDULE FOR JULY 20 TVG.COM HASKELL INVITATIONAL

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – TVG.com Haskell Invitational contenders Maximum Security and Joevia remain on schedule for Monmouth Park’s signature race on Saturday, July 20, with the trainers of both locally-stabled 3-year-olds saying they’re pleased with the status of...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Belmont: Code of Honor returns to action in G3 Dwyer

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – After being elevated to second in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, William Farish’s Code of Honor is making his anticipated reappearance to the races, cutting back in distance in the 103rd running of the Saturday’s Grade 3,...
Posted On 05 Jul 2019
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Belmont Park Notes July 4th, 2019

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Moon Colony looks to handle G1 Belmont Derby’s distance in Saturday’s opening leg of Turf Triple • Blenheim Palace in with a shout as O’Brien’s travelers train for Turf Triple • Pavel set for Suburban; O’Neill contingent...
Posted On 05 Jul 2019
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Promises Fulfilled headlines G2 John A. Nerud

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Robert Baron’s multiple graded stakes winner Promises Fulfilled will look to rebound off a fourth in the Grade 1 Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap in Saturday’s Grade 2, $300,000 John A. Nerud at Belmont Park. A...
Posted On 05 Jul 2019
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Concrete Rose and Newspaperofrecord renew rivalry in contentious G1 Belmont Oaks

NYRA RELEASE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing’s Concrete Rose and Klaravich Stables’ Newspaperofrecord will renew their rivalry in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational, a 1 1/4-mile test on the inner turf featuring an...
Posted On 05 Jul 2019
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GOLDEN BROWN SEEKING SECOND STRAIGHT STAKES WIN IN SATURDAY’S IRISH WAR CRY HANDICAP AT MONMOUTH

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – If trainer Pat McBurney had any reservations about wheeling back Golden Brown for a second straight stakes race in just 13 days, the 4-year-old gelding gave a swift kick to those doubts – almost literally. “He broke his rings and his yoke...
Posted On 05 Jul 2019
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