Thursday’s Belmont Race Selections: Astoria Stakes

By Rick Francis —- Belmont Park Race 6) Astoria Stakes 2 Year-Old Fillies 5&1/2 Furlongs Post Time 4:40 EDT 1) Wonder Stone – debut win at Keeneland in hand; trainer Ward a blistering 39 percent this meet; with juveniles, 22 percent. 2) Gallanor – closed nicely in...
Posted On 06 Jun 2018
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Belmont: Handicapping Friday’s Card; Stakes Selections, Pick-4, Pick-5 Plays

By Matt Pappis Tracksidewview Staff Writer —- Race 1: 2-5-6-8 Race 2: 6 -12- 7- 5 Race 3: Grade III Bed O’ Roses Divine Miss Grey (5): The only one who wants to go with her early this race will be Chalon, she has speed rider Carmouche aboard and should try to take it to...
Posted On 06 Jun 2018
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Thursday’s Belmont Race Selections: Grade 3 Intercontinental Stakes

By Rick Francis —- Race 7) Grade 3 Intercontinental Stakes F&M 7 Furlongs Turf Post Time 5:14 EDT Lady Alexandra (6), held and pulled away from the License Fee field here in April; More Than Ready filly has won 3-of-4 Belmont starts. Stormy Victoria (10), closed from...
Posted On 06 Jun 2018
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Triple Crown Hopeful Justify Leads Six Keeneland Sales Graduates among 10 Horses Entered in Belmont

By Amy Owens —- Red Mile to simulcast Belmont Stakes Racing Festival LEXINGTON, KY (June 6, 2018) – China Horse Club International, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing and WinStar Farm’s undefeated Justify, sold for $500,000 at Keeneland’s 2016 September Yearling...
Posted On 06 Jun 2018
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It’s Triple Crown hopeful Justify vs. nine in G1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets

By Jenny Kellner —- Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner draws post 1, is 4-5 to win Saturday’s “Test of the Champion” ELMONT, N. Y. – Can he do it? Can Justify join Seattle Slew as the only undefeated Triple Crown winner, and become the 13th...
Posted On 05 Jun 2018
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Belmont: Friday Stakes Previews

NYRA —- Talented field of nine set for G2 New York ELMONT, N.Y. – Already a stakes winner in France, the British-bred Esquisse looks to notch her first such stateside victory in Friday’s Grade 2, $600,000 New York presented by NYRA Bets at Belmont Park, one of...
Posted On 05 Jun 2018
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Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes 6/4

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** • Following Justify’s work, ‘all seems good’ ahead of Triple Crown bid • Haggas barn hoping...
Posted On 04 Jun 2018
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JUSTIFY BREEZES FIVE FURLONGS IN 1:01.40 FOR BELMONT STAKES

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Photos provided by Churchill Downs JUSTIFY BREEZES FIVE FURLONGS IN 1:01.40 FOR BELMONT STAKES; SCHEUDLED TO DEPART BARN 33 FOR NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY AT 8 A.M. ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, June 4, 2018) – Under sunny skies and a comfortable 63...
Posted On 04 Jun 2018
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Arkansas Horse of the Year Heavenly Score steps up in G3 Intercontinental

NYRA Preview —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Curragh Stable’s Heavenly Score will make her graded stakes debut at Belmont Park as part of a field of 10 set to go postward in the Grade 3, $200,000 Intercontinental for fillies and mares on Thursday, the first day of the...
Posted On 04 Jun 2018
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Belmont: Ward saddles formidable duo in Astoria

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y . – Trainer Wesley Ward, a name to be feared in the entry box for juvenile races across the globe, will send out a potent one-two punch in Thursday’s 107th running of the $150,000, 5 ½-furlong Astoria for 2-year-old fillies at Belmont...
Posted On 04 Jun 2018
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