Last year, the combination of TwinTowersRacing and J R Velazquez hooked up to win the BEL Gold Cup, and now a year later, they have done it again! Getting the honors this time is Proud Bo, a four year old gelding that has not won a lot as of yet in his career but there is plenty of time for him to change that.
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Hollywood Twists the Knife in The Wonder Again
The Wonder Again – Grade II1 1/8 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $200.00 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Hollywood Twister Spankys Barn Davis D With just a maiden win as a two-year-old and an allowance win in the slop this… Read More ›
Eleven Look to Win the Pot in The Poker Stakes
We continue to look at the action on the big day at BEL Saturday by taking a look here at the 19th running of The Poker Stakes, which is a Grade 3 for older horses, sending them on a mile on the grass.
The Intercontinental Brings Some Champs to the Table
The Intercontinental – Grade III BEL Race #1 6f Turf Graded StakePurse $200.00 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Lorient TwinTowersRacing Lezcano J Tested as a three-year-old in the La Brea, she came up short so was… Read More ›
Can “Last Way” Repeat in The Manhattan?
6/10/23 8 BEL The Manhattan (GI) $750.000 4yo&Up 1 1/4m InTurf 123lbs Sod monsters are on tap for The Manhattan (GI) and classic mile and a quarter test on the inner lawn, here at BEL. Throw a… Read More ›
It’s All About Class and Cash in The Acorn
6/9/23 5 BEL The Acorn (GI) $500.000 3yo F 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs It doesn’t matter real life or here at HRP, The Acorn (GI) lends to a who’s-who of great fillies, and the 2023 rendition… Read More ›
Who Will Be the Wonder in The Wonder Again
The Wonder Again – Grade II1 1/8m InTurf Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Be Exceptional TwinTowersRacing Castellano J J 122 — A well tested filly who has run some great races and switches to turf today… Read More ›
Full Field of Fourteen in Metropolitan Handicap
The final jewel of the TC is not the only major race taking place at BEL, as there are six Grade 1’s with half of them having major implications for the BC. Here we will look at the Metropolitan Handicap, a “win and in” race for the BC Dirt Mile with a nice $1,000.000 purse to be divided up between the top four finishers.
Lucky 7 To Go Postward in The Just A Game at BEL
6/9/23 4 BEL The Just A Game (GI) $500.000 3yo&Up F&M 1m Turf 123lbs The weekends don’t get much bigger, here in Elmont, and we look at the field for The Just A Game (GI), a… Read More ›
Winter Solstice Hopes for Golden 50th Start in The BEL Gold Cup
There will be plenty of excitement at BEL this weekend, with several entertaining races on Friday getting us started for the bigger day on Saturday. Among those races will be the ninth running of the BEL Gold Cup, which is for older turf horses that like to just keep going and going with a twelve furlong distance.