Bob Hill – Handicapping

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...

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 •...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The 150th Belmont Stakes on June 9 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. drew a field of 10 3-year-old colts with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify getting the rail. Trainer Bob Baffert said he wasn’t happy with the draw but...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...