A week after we put a period on the Triple Crown for 2019, we get started on thinking about the BC Classic. The Foster Handicap is a race that kicks off the automatic qualifiers for the BC Classic which is still four and a half months to go.
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Na Pali Looking to Get Back to Her Winning Ways in Regret
Finding a soft turf course last time out at Keenland for the Gr. II Appalachian, Smokey Stover’s three year old Na Pali had to put a stop to her five in a row win streak that day, but is hoping… Read More ›
Who Will Bluff the Win in The Poker Stakes?
The Poker Stakes – Grade IIIBEL Race #2 1m Turf Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Block Message Tiratzo Velazquez J R A well tried four year old he was a promising three year old and… Read More ›
Higher Limit Wins the Brooklyn From Last
The Brooklyn – GII6/8/19BEL Race 4 1 1/2M – DirtPurse $400.000Four Year Olds and Up 1st Higher Limit, trained by Night Rider Stables An absolutely huge win for this horse right here as he came from dead last early… Read More ›
Blue Caviar Wins the WO Oaks by a Nose
The WO Oaks – NG 6/8/19WO Race 7 1 1/8M – DirtPurse $500.000Three Year Olds Fillies Canada Breds 1st Blue Caviar, trained by Waldo A huge win for this filly right here as she stamped herself as the top… Read More ›
Mb Stables Goes Back to Back in Metropolitan Hdcp.
Last season this top trainer walked into the winners circle with chestnut five year old Spring Lover. Here at Belmont on Saturday he made that momentus walk once again, this time leading six year old Compress around the enclosure. The… Read More ›
Tulia Just Hangs On In Hendrie
We have not seen much of Tulia at the race track this year, but after the Hendrie she sure knows how to make the most of those starts, winning for the second time in her two races of 2019.
Firefox in the Henhouse as Feathers Fly in Phipps
Coming to this event off a Grade II victory in the Santa Margarita, Misty Firefox ( Crocker Ggs ) ran an almost identical race here at Belmont in the Gr, I Phipps, and now she has cashed her ticket for… Read More ›
Bow to The Grandmaster in this Year’s Jaiper
Earning his third straight victory on the grass here on Saturday at Belmont, the four year old John Henry bay was close throughout this affair, and managed to break free as the three to one post time favorite in the… Read More ›
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 ›