Race Previews Accomplished Field Gives Graded Stakes Feel To Perfect Sting ELMONT, NY – Multiple graded stakes-winning females comprise an accomplished field in Saturday’s $100,000 Perfect Sting for fillies and mares 4 and up competing at 1 mile on the Widener turf course at Belmont Park.…
Race Previews Mother Goose Preview: Short Field Filled With Sharp Fillies ELMONT, NY – Despite only drawing five runners, Saturday’s $250,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park is filled with sharp 3-year-old fillies all gunning for glory in the one-turn dirt event. The 1 1/16-mile Mother Goose is the eighth event on a 10-race card and has a local post… Read More
Race Previews Alda Seeking More Stakes Glory In Wild Applause ELMONT, NY – Wertheimer and Frere’s Grade 1-placed Alda will be in search of her third career stakes score in Saturday’s $100,000 Wild Applause, a 1-mile Widener turf test for sophomore fillies at Belmont Park. Trained by Graham Motion, the Munnings chestnut enjoyed a productive juvenile campaign, graduating at second… Read More
Race Previews Raging Bull Hopes To Bring Another Knockout Performance In Poker ELMONT, NY – After 12 consecutive starts against Grade 1 company, Peter Brant’s Raging Bull will gain slight class relief in leading a strong hand for trainer Chad Brown, who vies for his 100th graded stakes win at Belmont Park in Sunday’s 35th running of the $250,000 Poker (G3) for… Read More
Race Previews Ava’s Grace Tries Turf in Cupecoy’s Joy; Full Field Comprises Spectacular Bid ELMONT, NY – Cypress Creek Equine’s Ava’s Grace will make her turf debut in Saturday’s $150,000 New York Stallion Stakes Series (NYSSS) Cupecoy’s Joy for eligible New York-sired 3-year-old fillies going 7 furlongs on Belmont Park’s Widener turf course. The 14th running of the Cupecoy’s Joy honors the 2-time Grade… Read More
Race Previews Espresso Shot Seeks Another Class-Building Effort In Dancin Renee ELMONT, NY – Espresso Shot seeks a fifth stakes triumph in Saturday’s eighth running of the $100,000 Dancin Renee for older New York-bred fillies and mares going 6 furlongs over the Belmont Park main track. The sprint is named in honor of Sandford Bacon’s 7-time stakes winner, who defeated New… Read More
podcast The Magic Mike Show 279: What We Learned (Belmont Stakes Day) Mike is off this week, so Magic is joined by the Racing Dudes’ Aaron Halterman to discuss what they learned from the racing action on Belmont Stakes (G1) day. The Magic Mike Show with Curtis “Magic” Kalleward and Mike Somich is the ultimate horse racing recap show covering all of… Read More
Race Previews Australasia Puts Undefeated Streak On The Line In Jersey Girl ELMONT, NY – Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox will send out undefeated Australasia, who will look to go 6-for-6 as part of a six-horse field of sophomore fillies, in Sunday’s $150,000 Jersey Girl going 6 furlongs at Belmont Park. Australasia, owned by Magniffico and bred in Louisiana by J. Adcock… Read More
Belmont Stakes The Magic Mike Show 278: Belmont Saturday All-Stakes Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their picks for Saturday’s Late Pick 4 sequence at Belmont Park featuring all Grade 1s and headlined by the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown. The Magic Mike Show with Curtis “Magic” Kalleward and Mike Somich is the ultimate… Read More
Belmont Stakes Belmont Stakes Preview: Triple Crown Trail Comes to a Close at Big Sandy ELMONT, NY – The 2021 Triple Crown Trail ends this Saturday in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, a pivotal race that will decide who is the top 3-year-old male heading into the summer. A compact field of 8 will go to the post for this contest,… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 510: Jim Dandy Preview and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes preview the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2)… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 295: Saratoga Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 294: Saratoga Wednesday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 509: Haskell Fallout, CCA Oaks Preview, and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes unpack last Saturday’s controversial $1 million Haskell… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 293: Del Mar Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
Clement L. Hirsch Preview: Shedaresthedevil Returns To California DEL MAR, CA – Regular rider Florent Geroux ships west… Read More
Essential Quality’s Class Prevails Over Keepmeinmind To Win Jim Dandy SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality‘s class advantage… Read More
Drain The Clock Looks To Continue Strong Sophomore Campaign In Amsterdam SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Drain the Clock has not left… Read More
Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Del Mar, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga Picks for August 1, 2021 Ricky’s Rockets 🚀 sure enjoyed another big day of racing… Read More
Ultra-Tough Lexitonian Upsets Vanderbilt SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – “Horses don’t know their odds.” The… Read More
