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No Early Retirement for Mb Stables as Manhattan Kicks Off Big Day
The Manhattan (Grade 1)- $1,000.000 PurseBEL- For Four Year Olds and UpwardOne Mile and One Quarter on the Inner TurfJune 8, 2019 Mb Stables let other trainers win some of the early races at BEL, but once the bigger purses… Read More ›
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Alligator Dominates in The Just A Game
The Just A Game (Grade 1)- $700.000 PurseBEL- For Fillies and Mares Four Years Old and UpwardOne Mile on the TurfJune 8, 2019 Alligators are not really seen in New York, but on Saturday, it would be Alligator putting forth… Read More ›
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Eros Will Be Tough to Beat in Hendrie Stakes
The day after the BEL will be somewhat quiet in terms of stake racing throughout the game, but we’ll still have some interesting races going on.
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Taniwha Returns to Winners Circle in The BEL Gold Cup
It had been a little while since Taniwha had been to the winners circle. He is well respected throughout the game, but was lacking momentum heading into the race and therefore most bettors gave him a look, but went with other options.
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Alligator Sighting in BEL for The Just A Game
The Just A Game is an excellent race for female turf horses, with a generous purse of $700.000 on the line to be won. This Grade 1 race has seen some true stars of the game get the win, including A Little Oblivion in back to back years, and Attraction more recently.
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Will It Be a Winter Solstice in June in The Manhattan?
We will be treated to some of the best turf runners in the game on Saturday as the Grade 1 Manhattan takes place for the 16th time. The race has been won by many of the greats, including Dogma, as well as arguably the best horse in the game never to win a BC race, Spanish Showboat.
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BEL Gold Cup Field is Impressive
On Friday, we will get a good glimpse of hopefuls for the BC Turf. While the Manhattan is a much bigger race for that, this race also figures to be a preview for the BC, given some of the horses that we are seeing.
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City Of Bones Captures PEN Mile in Stretch
You had to stay up late to watch the PEN Mile live, but it proved to be well worth it in the end. Both of the top threats in this race stepped up and ran a great race, and provided the anticipated stretch duel we were hoping for, to an extent.
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This Time, It’s Quarter King Over Great Bounty in Photo
Today would not be the first time that Quarter King and Great Bounty got their picture taken together. On a much bigger stage and with a greater bounty available, Great Bounty took the BC Turf Sprint by a neck over Quarter King.
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General Ferro Drops into Pennine Ridge Win
General Ferro had been entered for the $500.000 PEN Mile on Saturday, but trainer Mb Stables scratched him quickly, and placed him here, in the $200.000 Pennine Ridge.