In yet another example of the emphasis of turf racing in New York, the New York Racing Association is instituting what it calls the Turf Triple Series, which consists of three turf races for 3-year-old males and three for females.Full Story >>
There will be 59 stakes worth $18.4 million offered at the 2019 Belmont spring/summer meet, according to a schedule released Friday afternoon by the New York Racing Association.
Voters overwhelmingly chose the Belmont Stakes win by undefeated Justify as the 2018 Moment of the Year, according to the administrator of the contest, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
Trainer Chad Brown worked 18 horses, 10 of whom will be participating in graded stakes next weekend between New York and California, over a muddy training track Sunday morning at Belmont Park.
It was only fitting that trainer Chad Brown and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. teamed up Sunday to win the $125,000 Zagora, the final stakes of the Belmont Park fall meeting.
Sower made beating her elders look easy in the $100,000 Pumpkin Pie at Belmont Park on Sunday, going right to the lead in the seven-furlong race for fillies and mares and cruising home to win by 5 1/4 lengths.
Javier Castellano put Seek and Destroy right on the lead in the $100,000 Chelsey Flower, and the daughter of Verrazano splashed her way to a 3 1/2-length victory in the one-mile race for 2-year-old fillies, which was originally scheduled for turf but ...
Saturday’s 10-race card at Belmont Park was canceled due to dangerously high winds associated with a powerful coastal storm forecast to impact Long Island and the New York City area throughout the day.
With a nor'easter forecast for Saturday, Friday became an extremely busy morning, with 24 horses pre-entered for Breeders' Cup races putting in workouts over three different tracks at Belmont Park.