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Porte Bonheur looking for a little Luck in Vagrancy
ELMONT, N.Y. – Her name means “Lucky Charm” in French, but Porte Bonheur’s connections believe the filly can make her own luck at Belmont Park in Sunday’s 59th running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap for fillies and mares going six and one ... Read the full article

Carolyn's Cat wires field in Vagrancy
ELMONT, N.Y. - Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.'s Carolyn's Cat continued to reward her owners' patience at Belmont Park on Sunday, leading all the way to post a mild upset in the 59th running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap for fillies ... Read the full article

Carolyn's Cat in fine form for First Flight
ELMONT, N.Y. -- With a wire-to-wire victory in last month's Grade 2 Vagrancy Handicap, Carolyn's Cat found her winning touch again and is coming into Sunday's Grade 2, $150,000 First Flight Handicap at Belmont Park in top form. “She ran great her ... Read the full article

Brunch with the Brits on Belmont Stakes Day
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Racing fans at Belmont Park will be able to watch and wager on Europe's richest and most famous Classic, the Epsom Derby, as part of an outstanding morning card from the United Kingdom on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6. Simul ... Read the full article

Shadwell Farm to sponsor Best Turned Out Horse Award
ELMONT, N.Y. – Shadwell Farm, sponsor of Monday’s Memorial Day feature race at Belmont Park, the 116th running of the Grade 1, $600,000 Shadwell Metropolitan Handicap, will again sponsor the “Best Turned Out Horse” Award. An award of $500 will be pre ... Read the full article

$1 Million guaranteed Pick 4, Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day
ELMONT, N.Y. ­– The New York Racing Association, Inc. will offer both a $1 million guaranteed all-stakes Pick 6 and a $1 million guaranteed all-stakes Pick 4 on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6. The $1 million Pick 6, in which the player must ... Read the full article

Saratoga Fasig-Tipton Jockey-Trainer Contest set for Aug. 8-9
There will be more at stake than usual at Saratoga Race Course the weekend of Aug. 8-9, with the nation’s top jockeys and trainers competing in the first Fasig-Tipton Jockey-Trainer Contest. All 21 races over the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Festival of ... Read the full article

NYRA to offer $0.10 Superfectas Friday, Saturday June 5&6
ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. will offer $ 0.10 Superfectas on all Self-Service terminals, Telebet and Internet wagering this Friday, June 5 and Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6. Superfecta wagering is available on all ... Read the full article

Dry Martini shakes up Suburban Handicap
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Dry Martini became a millionaire at Belmont Park Saturday afternoon, rallying from last to post a two-length upset of favored Asiatic Boy in the 123rd running of the Grade 2, $400,000 Suburban Handicap. Under Hall of Fame jockey E ... Read the full article

Fabulous Strike scratched from Tom Fool
ELMONT, N.Y. – The field for today’s 35th running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Tom Fool was reduced to four Sunday morning with the scratch of morning-line favorite and high weight, Fabulous Strike. “He’s doing great,” said trainer Todd Beattie. “[B ... Read the full article

Gio Ponti goes for two in a row in Manhattan
ELMONT, N.Y. – Gio Ponti, who became a Grade 1 winner with a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the Frank Kilroe Mile Handicap, tries to make it two in a row Saturday as he takes on 13 other turf stars in the 108th running of the $400,000 Woodford ... Read the full article

Ready's Echo is Shadwell Best Turned Out Horse for Met Mile
ELMONT, N.Y. – Let’s Go Stable’s Ready Echo was named Best Turned Out Horse by Shadwell Farm Manager Gregory Clarke on Monday afternoon, prior to the 116th running of the Grade 1 Shadwell Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park. Although he ran seve ... Read the full article

Gio Ponti rallies to take Woodford reserve Manhattan
ELMONT, N.Y. – With a tremendous run down the middle of the stretch, Castleton Lyons Farm’s Gio Ponti scored his second consecutive Grade 1 victory as he went from last to first in the 108th running of the $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap ... Read the full article

Pletcher hoping recent history repeats itself in the Tom Fool
ELMONT, N.Y. – In 34 previous editions of the Tom Fool Handicap, three-year-olds have been victorious only three times, most recently in 2000 when Todd Pletcher saddled Trippi to a 4½-length victory in the seven-furlong race. Sunday, Pletcher is h ... Read the full article

Belmont Day Pick 6 Ticket pays nearly $1 Million
ELMONT, N.Y. – There was only one person who correctly selected the winners of all six graded stakes races for the Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6, resulting in a payout of $969,345. The lone winning ticket was put together by a Yo ... Read the full article

Famous Race Horse, Invasor Retired
During his final workout at Belmont Park in preparation for his expected start in the Suburban Handicap next Saturday, 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor suffered a career-ending injury and was retired by his owner, Shadwell Stable. While cooling out at ... Read the full article

2007 Fair Grounds Breeders' Cup, Mineshaft, and Taylor's Special Handicaps
There were five stakes races on Louisiana Derby Preview Day at the Fair Grounds, highlighted by the Risen Star and the Silverbulletday for 3-year-old males and females respectively. Kicking off the stakes action on Saturday were three handicap stakes ... Read the full article

Appaloosa Beats Favored Paint Horse in Talimena Handicap
SALLISAW, OKLA.—Appaloosa, Jess Streakin, posted the fastest time in the Talimena Handicap Dec. 1, beating the heavily favored Paint Horse, Bust N Moves. The 350-yard stake race was held at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw, Okla., and offered a purse of ... Read the full article

2007 Sheepshead Bay Handicap Results
Memorial Day weekend at Belmont Park in New York includes one graded stakes per day over the three days. Kicking off the graded stakes action this year is the $150,000 Sheepshead Bay Handicap (G2) for older fillies and mares going 1 3/8 miles over th ... Read the full article

Munnings overpowers Elders in Tom Fool
ELMONT, N.Y. – Munnings took command at the top of the stretch after a rail-skimming move under jockey John Velazquez and ran off to an impressive victory over three rivals Sunday afternoon in the 35th running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Tom Fool Handi ... Read the full article