Category: Horse Racing Betting
English Channel wins Joe Hirsch Turf, earns spot in Breeders’ Cup Turf
English Channel squeezed through an opening along the rail and went to win the $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park on Sunday for the second straight year. The 2-length victory over Stream of Gold earned English Channel an automatic berth in the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park on…
Unbridled Belle nips Indian Vale to take Beldame
Unbridled Belle edged stablemate Indian Vale at the finish and won the $600,000 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park on Sunday, earning an automatic berth in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff next month. With Ramon Dominguez aboard, Unbridled Belle outdueled favorite Ginger Punch and then passed Indian Vale in the final strides to give trainer…
Fabulous Strike headed to Breeders’ Cup Sprint after winning Vosburgh
Fabulous Strike pulled an upset in the $400,000 Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont Park on Sunday, defeating 4-5 favorite Discreet Cat and earning an automatic berth in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint next month. The 5-year-old gelding drew away from Talent Search in the stretch for a 5 3/4 -length win. Discreet Cat ran behind…
Belmont Park Backstretch Notes – Sunday, September 30
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Student Council tops the field to take $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup
Student Council may not be a fluke, after all. Taking the lead in the stretch, Student Council pulled away for a 1 1/4-length victory over Jonesboro in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap on Saturday, nearly six weeks after his surprise win in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar at odds of 23-1. Ridden by…
Hard Spun outduels Street Sense in Kentucky Cup Classic
Hard Spun turned the tables on Street Sense, going right to the lead and then holding off the Kentucky Derby winner in a determined drive to win the $350,000 Kentucky Cup Classic on Saturday at Turfway Park. Hard Spun broke from the inside post and was taken to the lead immediately by jockey Mario Pino,…
Hard Spun upsets Street Sense in Kentucky Cup
Hard Spun exacted a measure of revenge on Street Sense.
Lahudood wins Belmont’s Flower Bowl
Lahudood found an opening in the lane and squeezed through for the upset Saturday in the $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational for fillies and mares at Belmont Park. Lahudood had the rail in the 1-mile race on the turf and jockey Alan Garcia never vacated the fence. He sent the 4-year-old through an inside gap in…
War Pass moves to 3-for-3 with win in Champagne Stakes
War Pass took the early lead and never missed a beat, cruising to an easy 1 1/2 -length victory in the $400,000 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday. The 2-year-old colt improved to 3-for-3 for trainer Nick Zito and is sure to be among the favorites for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at…
Diamond Stripes wins Meadowlands Cup; may be Breeders’ Cup bound
Diamond Stripes took the lead in midstretch and then survived a foul claim by runner-up Magna Graduate’s jockey to win the $500,000 Meadowlands Cup by a half-length Friday night. Jockey John Velazquez claimed Diamond Stripes and jockey Cornelio Velasquez interfered at the top of the stretch, but the stewards at the Meadowlands Racetrack found nothing…
Big Bad Leroybrown wins Santa Anita feature
Big Bad Leroybrown rallied to edge Lucky J.H. by 1 1/2 lengths Friday in the $56,200 at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting. Ridden by Tyler Baze, Big Bad Leroybrown covered seven furlongs in 1:21.61 and paid $12.20, $4.40 and $3.20. Lucky J.H. returned $3 and $2.60 as the 13-10 wagering favorite, while Seminole Native was…
Trainer Biancone suspended for horse medication violations
Trainer Patrick Biancone was suspended for one year Friday by Kentucky racing officials for violations of horse medication rules, but he vowed to appeal. The suspension for Biancone, one of the nation’s top trainers, takes effect Oct. 15, and likely means he won’t be allowed to train horses anywhere in the United States because state…