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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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2018

By Ed Golden —- • FREY SEEKS TO REMAIN PERFECT AT BELMONT • MISS SIENNA MAKES U.S. DEBUT IN HONEYMOON • PEREIRA ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN MISHAP • GEROUX TO RIDE BOLT D’ORO IN THE MET MILE FREY OUT TO MAKE HIS MARK IN BELMONT STAKES Kyle Frey has a chance to make his mark...
Posted On 03 Jun 2018
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Rocketry looks to make the grade in G2 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Centennial Farms’ Rocketry, a popular and decisive allowance winner last out,will get a test of both class and endurance as he makes his return to graded-stakes competition in the Grade 2, $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational...
Posted On 03 Jun 2018
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No kidding! Joking returns to the races in G2 True North after long absence

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – It’s been a while, about 20 months, since Joking was seen in the winner’s circle after the Grade 1 Vosburgh, which punched his ticket to the 2016 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint for owner-trainer Charlton Baker. Joking...
Posted On 03 Jun 2018
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Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes 6/3

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes • Mott feeling ‘very pleased’ following Hofburg’s breeze...
Posted On 03 Jun 2018
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Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Justify Set for Final Belmont Breeze Monday

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Coady Photography JUSTIFY SET FOR FINAL BELMONT BREEZE MONDAY MORNING; FREE DROP BILLY WORKS FIVE FURLONGS IN :59.20 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 3, 2018) – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing’s...
Posted On 03 Jun 2018
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Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Justify Gallops 1 1/2 Miles; Tenfold Breezes Five Furlongs in 1:01.60

By Darren Rogers —- JUSTIFY GALLOPS 1 ½ MILES; TENFOLD BREEZES FIVE FURLONGS IN 1:01.60 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 2, 2018) – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing’s undefeated Kentucky Derby (Grade I) and Preakness Stakes (GI)...
Posted On 02 Jun 2018
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