Belmont Park

Bouwerie Preview: Critical Value Ready for 2020 Debut

ELMONT, NY – Ten Strike Racing homebred Critical Value will make her 2020 debut at a familiar location when she enters Sunday’s $100,000 Bouwerie Stakes at Belmont Park. The Bouwerie is a […]

Race Recaps

Newspaperofrecord Wins Just a Game

ELMONT, NY – The deadly triumvirate of owner Klaravich Stables, trainer Chad Brown, and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., struck gold yet again when Newspaperofrecord won Saturday’s $250,000 Just a Game Stakes […] Read More

Race Recaps

Firenze Fire Back On Top In True North

ELMONT, NY – Mr. Amore Stable homebred Firenze Fire flashed a sharp turn of foot and found himself back on top at the conclusion of Saturday’s $150,000 True North Stakes (G2) at […] Read More

Race Recaps

Mean Mary Means Business in New York

ELMONT, NY – Trainer Graham Motion’s red-hot Mean Mary meant serious business as she took the field gate to wire in Saturday’s $250,000 New York Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park. Mean […] Read More

Race Recaps

Victim of Love Upsets Vagrancy

ELMONT, NY – Nobody told Tommy Town Thoroughbreds’ Victim of Love that she was the longest shot on the board at 27/1, as she proved a definitive winner of Saturday’s […] Read More

Handicapping

Ricky’s Rockets ?: Belmont Park Picks for June 27, 2020

Four graded stakes highlight Saturday’s card and the feature is the Just a Game Stakes (G1), led by the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winner Uni in her 2020 debut. […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 446: Stephen Foster, Fleur de Lis Previews and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview Saturday’s $500,000 Stephen Foster Stakes (G2) and $200,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap (G2) at Churchill Downs, Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” races for the Longines […] Read More

Race Recaps

Mentality Clearly the Best in Hessonite

ELMONT, NY – Lindy Farms’ Mentality jumped to the lead early and never relented, clearing away in the stretch to prove best in Friday’s $75,000 Hessonite Stakes at Belmont Park. Breaking sharply […] Read More

Race Previews

Hessonite Preview: Saratoga Treasure Gets Much-Needed Class Relief

ELMONT, NY – Patricia Generazio homebred Saratoga Treasure gets some much-needed class relief as she heads into Friday’s $75,000 Hessonite Stakes, a 6-furlong outer turf course sprint at Belmont Park. The […] Read More

Handicapping

Ricky’s Rockets ?: Belmont Park Picks for June 26, 2020

Friday’s Pick 5 sequence includes two singles and a lot of short prices. I will be playing the ticket a few times over in order to maximize on the clear-cut […] Read More