Belmont Park

Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week

We almost needed SIX stars this week because it was so close, there were so many great performances. Woodbine hosted the Queen’s Plate on Sunday and we saw several great […]

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Unchained Melody Turns Away Lockdown in Impressive G2 Mother Goose

ELMONT, NY – Unchained Melody handled the step up in competition with aplomb, going gate-to-wire in an impressive stakes debut to win the 61st running of the Grade 2, $250,000 […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 244: Mother Goose and United Nations Previews and Rapid-Fire

The Thoroughbred Racing Dudes preview the G2 Mother Goose from Belmont Park and G1 United Nations from Monmouth Park and give rapid-fire selections for the weekend stakes races around the […] Read More

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Mother Goose Stakes Preview: Tough Field Lines Up Searching for Important Win

Lights of Medina will look to build off of her impressive graded stakes debut as part of a field of seven 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Mother Goose […] Read More

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Ballagh Rocks Holds Off Projected, Wins G3 Poker

ELMONT, NY – Donegal Racing’s Ballagh Rocks picked up the first stakes win of his career with a hard-fought score over even-money favorite Projected in the Grade 3, $300,000 Poker […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Tapwrit Cruises Past Favored Irish War Cry to Win G1 Belmont Stakes

ELMONT, NY – Tapwrit handed trainer Todd Pletcher his third career victory in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, taking aim on front-running favorite Irish War Cry at the […] Read More

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Ascend, Motion Pull 27-1 Shocker in G1 Manhattan

ELMONT, NY – One race before saddling the favorite in the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes, trainer Graham Motion played the role of upsetter when his Ascend pulled away […] Read More

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Mor Spirit Rolls in G1 Met Mile, Caps Massive Day for Baffert, Smith

ELMONT, NY – Michael Petersen’s Mor Spirit put an exclamation point on a magical afternoon for Hall of Famers Bob Baffert and Mike Smith, powering down the stretch to a […] Read More

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Antonoe Charges Up Rail to Win G1 Just a Game

ELMONT, NY – In her first stakes attempt since Juddmonte Farms sent her to the United States under the care of Chad Brown, the 4-year-old filly Antonoe charged up the […] Read More

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American Anthem Explodes to Win G2 Woody Stephens

ELMONT, NY – American Anthem hit all the right notes on his way to a stirring victory in the 33rd edition of the Grade 2, $500,000 Woody Stephens at Belmont […] Read More