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NTRA/Joan Lawrence —- ARROGATE REMAINS IN FIRST, TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 40-first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, June 12, 2017) – The 2017 Triple Crown series is now in the books with the running of the final jewel, the 149th Belmont Stakes (G1) at...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 11, 2017) – One of Louisville’s biggest summer parties returns in earnest to Churchill Downs on Saturday as the home of the Kentucky Derby welcomes back its wildly-popular “Downs After Dark Presented by Stella Artois and el...

By Ed Golden —- • • BOB BAFFERT IS THE EXCEPTION AMONG GREAT TRAINERS • • QUALITY JOB ONE AS SIMULCAST RACING OFFERED JUNE 15, 22 • • SHEZA CHATTYKAT GOES LONG IN GRADE II SUMMERTIME OAKS • • LOTS OF SPECIALS FOR DAD ON FATHER’S DAY AT SANTA ANITA BAFFERT, SMITH FEAST IN...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Belmont Stakes hero Tapwrit and third-place Patch exit ‘Test of the Champion’ in good order; Pletcher looking forward to second half of the season • Irish War Cry bound for Haskell following gutsy effort in G1 Belmont • Disco Partner in...

By David Joseph —- Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $842,531 Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Set for Next Saturday Cornelio Velasquez Makes Triumphant Return to Gulfstream HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sunday’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot grew to $842,531,88 when...

Elmont, NY. —- Claire Novak and Jeremy Balan for BloodHorse.com are reporting Epicharis has been scratched from 149th running of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. Cover Photo: Epicharis; Coglianese/Susie Raisher Photo

TSV Staff Picks —- Race 9), 1 Mile. Mohegan Sun Metropolitan H. Grade I. Purse $1,200,000 A HANDICAP FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD Post Time: ( 4:41)/ 3:41/ 2:41/ 1:41 Mor Spirit (9), Baffert/Smith; owns five wins and seconds from his twelve career starts; trainer/jock, 45...

By Rick Francis —- A field of twelve three-year-old colts and geldings will load into the Belmont starting gate, each looking to add a garland of flowers across their manes as a champion in the final leg of the 2017 Triple Crown series; let’s take a look at the starters....

By Ed Golden —- • • ELLIOTT REMEMBERS 2004 BELMONT STAKES • • TOP MLB PROSPECT TIED TO SEATTLE SLEW • • BIG MACHER IN GOOD SPOT FOR HIS RETURN • • D’AMATO EYES GOLD AT END OF THE RAINBOW BIG BELMONT PRESENTS BIG ADJUSTMENTS With no Triple Crown on the line this year,...

By Bailey Gallison —- • Juvenile Fillies Set to Debut Sunday • Illinois Mares Could Meet Up Again in Mike Spellman Memorial JUVENILE FILLIES SET TO DEBUT SUNDAY The fourth race on Sunday, June 11 looks to be a wide-open race with little on paper to draw from. The 4½-furlong...