Track Reports

Belmont Park Notes: Destin, Stradivari Wrap up G1 Belmont Preparations

ELMONT, N.Y. – Beating the light rain that began to fall at Belmont Park Friday morning, Todd Pletcher worked both his Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes hopefuls, Destin and […]

Track Reports

Santa Anita Stable Notes: Champion Beholder is Bigger, Bolder, Better

Gary Stevens has ridden Beholder 11 times, winning 10, the last six in a row, all 10 of the victories coming in graded stakes, six of them Grade I’s. Next up: […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Belmont Park Notes: Lani Breezes for G1 Belmont

ELMONT, N.Y. – Koji Maeda’s Japanese import Lani turned in a characteristically lengthy breeze early Wednesday morning, his penultimate work for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Belmont Park Notes: Belmont Contender Exaggerator Gets a Feel for Main Track

ELMONT, N.Y. – Leading Belmont Stakes contender Exaggerator got a feel for Belmont Park’s main track on a rainy Monday morning, the Preakness winner’s first excursion over the surface since […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Creator Breezes for Belmont Stakes, Irad Ortiz Jr. to Ride

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, May 30, 2016) – WinStar Farm LLC’s Arkansas Derby-winner Creator, who finished 13th in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), breezed five furlongs in 1:02 Monday over a […] Read More

Track Reports

Santa Anita Stable Notes: Champion Songbird Works Towards Her Return

SONGBIRD TAKES A MINUTE FOR SUNDAY BREEZE On an overcast Sunday morning, Songbird, racing’s perfect filly, worked five furlongs on Santa Anita’s fast main track shortly after daybreak in a […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Suddenbreakingnews Drills Six Furlongs for Belmont Stakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 29, 2016) – Samuel Henderson’s Suddenbreakingnews, fifth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), continued preparation for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI) on June 11 […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Belmont-Bound Duo of Brody’s Cause, Cherry Wine Breeze

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 28, 2016) – Trainer Dale Romans’ duo of Brody’s Cause, seventh last time out in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI), and Preakness runner-up Cherry Wine put in breezes […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Belmont Park Notes: Destin Breezes; Pletcher Could Have Four Met Mile Starters

ELMONT, N.Y. – Destin, who is being pointed to the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 11, breezed five furlongs in 1:01.85 on the Belmont Park training track […] Read More

Track Reports

Suddenbreakingnews on Target for Belmont Stakes; Mo Tom, Creator ‘Possible’

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 26, 2016) – Samuel F. Henderson’s Suddenbreakingnews, fifth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI), began serious preparation for the June 11 Belmont Stakes (GI) with a […] Read More