Belmont Park Notes

By Keith McCalmont —- Fauci set for highly-anticipated debut in Opening Day maiden sprint Mystic Guide returns in loaded Thursday allowance tilt at Belmont Come Dancing on course for Grade 3 Vagrancy Belmont spring/summer Week 1 Stakes probables ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020
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TRAINER JOHN STEPHENS FIRST THROUGH THE STABLE GATE AS MONMOUTH PARK WELCOMES BACK HORSES FOR 2020 SEASON

Monmouth News Release —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Slightly after 6 a.m., on a journey that started nearly 18 hours prior in Ocala, Fla., trainer John Stephens was the first to pull through the Monmouth Park stable gate on Monday, June 1 as a van of three Thoroughbreds completed...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020
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Millionaires Rushing Fall, Got Stormy and Fifty Five square off in Opening Day G3 Beaugay at Belmont Park

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Live racing returns to Belmont Park on Wednesday, June 3 with a 10-race card highlighted by the Grade 3, $100,000 Beaugay, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test which has attracted a field of six including millionaires Rushing Fall, Got...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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38 Del Mar Stakes Worth More Than $5.5 Million Set This Summer

DMTC News —- 38 Del Mar Stakes Worth More Than $5.5 Million Set This Summer; Shared Belief Stakes to Offer Kentucky Derby Points Del Mar will conduct its 81st summer racing season between July 10 and September 7 featuring a 38-race stakes schedule offering more than $5.5...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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KLEIN FAMILY CONTINUES LEGACY WITH MULTIPLE STAKES WINNER BREAK EVEN IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 WINNING COLORS

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 28, 2020) – For more than three decades the Klein Family Racing Stable has been synonymous with success at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, the current patriarch of the family, Richard, hopes that his family’s homebred Break...
Posted On 29 May 2020
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Belmont Park Notes

By Keith McCalmont —- Rushing Fall and Fifty Five breeze on the turf for Opening Day G3 Beaugay; Newspaperofrecord set for return in G3 Intercontinental Clement sends stakes quintet to train on the Belmont turf Killybegs Captain continues march towards G1 Runhappy Carter...
Posted On 29 May 2020
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Del Mar Shifts Opening Day to July 10; Will Race on Friday – Sunday Summer Schedule

DMTC – News From the Wire —- The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced today its intention to begin the 2020 summer race meet on July 10 and employ a three-day-a-week race schedule pending the approval of the California Horse Racing Board at its June 11 meeting....
Posted On 29 May 2020
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KHRC Race Dates Committee Approves Keeneland Summer Meet

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (May 27, 2020) – The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Race Dates Committee today approved Keeneland’s request to conduct a spectator-free, five-day Summer Meet, to be held Wednesday, July 8 through Sunday, July 12. “Keeneland appreciates the...
Posted On 28 May 2020
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WELL-ACCOMPLISHED LAURA’S LIGHT HEADS SOLID FIELD OF NINE SOPHOMORE FILLIES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III HONEYMOON

Santa Anita Release —- WELL-ACCOMPLISHED LAURA’S LIGHT HEADS SOLID FIELD OF NINE SOPHOMORE FILLIES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 HONEYMOON STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2020)—In what appears to be an outstanding betting race, Gary Barber’s...
Posted On 28 May 2020
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Belmont Park Notes

By Keith McCalmont —- Farmington Road, Gouverneur Morris and Dr Post lead strong G1 Belmont Stakes contingent for Pletcher Maker lining up stakes contenders for Belmont spring meet ELMONT, N.Y. – St. Elias Stable’s Dr Post, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners,...
Posted On 28 May 2020
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