Category: Horse Racing Betting
Owners of Praying For Cash eye Breeders’ Cup
The owners of Praying For Cash are hoping to get more than the winning share of the $500,000 purse in the Meadowlands Cup on Friday night. A good performance in one of the last major preps for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships could put the colt in the Cup’s Dirt Mile on Oct. 26 at…
Curlin outduels Lawyer Ron to take Jockey Club Gold Cup
So who’s the favorite for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in four weeks? Preakness winner Curlin stated his case Sunday, beating Lawyer Ron by a neck after a riveting stretch duel in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. The victory came a day after Kentucky Derby and Travers winner Street Sense…
Curlin wins Jockey Gold Cup
ELMONT, New York (Ticker) – Curlin proved he could beat someone older.
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…
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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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…
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.