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BELMONT STAKES 156: SIERRA LEONE 9/5 MORNING LINE FAVE

156TH Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets Grade I 1&1/4m Dirt $2,000,000 3yo 6:41 PM EDT PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1) Seize the Grey (KY) Jaime A. Torres 126 D. Wayne Lukas 8/1 2) Resilience (KY) Junior Alvarado 126 William I. Mott 10/1 3) Mystik Dan (KY) Brian...
Posted On 04 Jun 2024
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149th Preakness Stakes Media Conference

Saturday, May 18, 2024 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Pimlico Race Course D. Wayne Lukas Jaime Torres Michael Behrens Media Conference SAMANTHA PERRY: We’re going to go ahead and get started. If everybody can just get settled for just a moment. We’ll go ahead and get...
Posted On 19 May 2024
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Preakness 149: Smarty Jones Captured 2004 Preakness and Public’s Imagination

By David Joseph Maryland Racing —- Smarty Jones; Photos provided by MJC Smarty Jones Captured 2004 Preakness and Public’s Imagination BALTIMORE – The blue-collar horse from the blue-collar track came to Baltimore for the 2004 Preakness Stakes (G1) and obliterated the record...
Posted On 17 May 2024
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Preakness 149 Celebrating Black-Eyed Susan: Family Ties Link Maryland’s Shaffer to First Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Winner

David Joseph Maryland Racing —- Family Ties Link Maryland’s Shaffer to First Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Winner Great-Grandfather Guy Bedwell Trained 1919 Pimlico Oaks Heroine Milkmaid BALTIMORE – On any given day, Clark Bedwell Shaffer Jr. is easy to pick out at the racetrack....
Posted On 16 May 2024
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Preakness 149: Muth Declared Out of Saturday’s Preakness (G1)

David Joseph —- Maryland Racing May 15, 2024 Benoit Photo Muth Declared Out of Saturday’s Preakness (G1) BALTIMORE – Preakness (G1) morning line favorite Muth has been declared out of Saturday’s race after spiking a temperature after arriving at Pimlico late Tuesday night....
Posted On 15 May 2024
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Black-Eyed Susan Celebrating 100 Years: A Special Moment for Connections of 1980 BES Winner Weber City Miss

By David Joseph —- May 13, 2024 Weber City Miss, 1980... Pimlico Photo Black-Eyed Susan: Celebrating 100 Years A Special Moment for Connections of 1980 BES Winner Weber City Miss The 100th Running of the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) to be Held Friday at Pimlico BALTIMORE – The...
Posted On 13 May 2024
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View from the Grandstand: Betting the Kentucky Derby

By Bob Hill, TSV writer —- Casual fans and serious players alike join ranks on Kentucky Derby Day to make the handle enormous, with the allure of lottery-like payouts. The attractive bet for casual players often is a win bet on moderate to long odds runners. More serious...
Posted On 01 May 2024
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150th Kentucky Derby Post Positions, Jockeys, Trainers, Odds

TSV STAFF —- Kentucky Derby field Post Horse Trainer Jockey ML Odds 1 Dornoch Danny Gargan Luis Saez 20 2 Sierra Leon Chad Brown Tyler Gaffalione 3 3 Mystik Dan Kenny McPeek Brian Hernandez Jr. 20 4 Catching Freedom Brad Cox Flavien Prat 8 5 Catalytic Saffie Joseph Jr. Jose...
Posted On 28 Apr 2024
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Adare Manor Enters NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll at No. 7 after Apple Blossom Romp

NTRA Communications —- Adare Manor and jockey Juan Hernandez cruise to a 5 ½ length win in the G1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park for owner Michael Lund Petersen and trainer Bob Baffert. Photo credit: Coady Photography/Andrew Stauffacher NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – April 15,...
Posted On 17 Apr 2024
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NYRA announces John Imbriale’s retirement

By Pat McKenna —- NYRA announces John Imbriale’s retirement OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that John Imbriale has retired as NYRA’s track announcer, bringing to an end a distinguished 44-year career at NYRA in which he called...
Posted On 04 Apr 2024
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