Belmont: Friday’s Stakes Selection, Grade 2 True North

By Rick Francis —- Race 8) Grade II True North Stakes 6&1/2 Furlongs Post Time 4:42 EDT 5) Limousine Liberal – determined late run was enough to take the Grade 2 CD last out; in the money in nine of last ten starts. 1) Recruiting Ready – wired a short OC80k...
Posted On 08 Jun 2018
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN —- SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNER JUSTIFY AT BELMONT PARK Zoe Metz Photography • LOCAL HORSEMEN FANCY JUSTIFY IN BELMONT • CASSIDY, MAY GIRL READY FOR A HONEYMOON • DRAFT KING TAKES ON TOUGHER IN AFFIRMED • LITTLE MUNCHKIN WAS BIG FAN OF SANTA...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes 6/7

NYRA RELEASE —- Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes • ‘Divine intervention’ may be difference for Free Drop Billy in Belmont • Pletcher pleased with his Belmont duo, looks back at first Belmont victory • Gronkowski gallops, stays on target for Belmont Stakes •...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Monmouth Park barn notes 06-07-18

By John Heims —- DYNATAIL LOOKING TO MAKE MONMOUTH TURF DEBUT IN SATURDAY’S FEATURED $75,000 MISS LIBERTY STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – The best bargain of Michael Dini’s training career will get a second chance to make her Monmouth Park turf debut in Saturday’s $75,000 Miss...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Triple Crown hopeful Justify ‘floats’ over track in first visit to Belmont Park for 150th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Triple Crown hopeful Justify took his first tour around spacious Belmont Park on Thursday morning with a strong 1 3/8-mile gallop in preparation for Saturday’s 150th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, presented by...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes: Thursday, June 7, 2018

By Bailey Gallison —- Cammack Runs in Honor of Late Namesake Babybluesbdancing Possible for Grade III Chicago Handicap CAMMACK RUNS IN HONOR OF LATE NAMESAKE For over thirty years, Addison Cammack was a highly respected figure by many local horsemen during his tenure as a...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Proctor’s Ledge, On Leave meet again in G1 Longines Just a Game

By Jon Forbes ELMONT, N.Y. – Proctor’s Ledge and On Leave, separated by only a half-length when finishing 1-2 five weeks ago, will meet again this Saturday at Belmont Park in the Grade 1, $700,000 Longines Just a Game for fillies and mares. The Just a Game is Race 8...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Hi Happy riding high heading into G1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Todd Pletcher has a Triple Crown winner in his barn. It’s 2015 Argentinian Triple Crown champion Hi Happy, last seen holding off Sadler’s Joy in the Grade 1 Man o’ War last month at Belmont Park. Hi Happy will take on...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Abel Tasman goes for fifth Grade 1 win in Saturday’s Ogden Phipps

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Four-time Grade 1 winner Abel Tasman will look to make a triumphant return to Belmont Park – and post her first victory of the year – in headlining an accomplished field of eight in the Grade 1, $750,000 Ogden Phipps for...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Mind Your Biscuits tops star-studded field in G1 Runhappy Met Mile

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – An accomplished group of 11 graded-stakes winners, topped by $3.7 million earner and multiple Grade or Group 1 champion Mind Your Biscuits, will line up in an all-star edition of the Grade 1, $1.2 million Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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