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Jockey Junior Alvarado was suspended three days and fined $3,000 for using his whip eight times − twice over the limit − on Chief Wallabee in the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga.
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Viewership for the Belmont Stakes broadcast on FOX’s flagship network peaked at 4.7 million viewers, down 6 percent compared to the peak viewership figure for last year’s broadcast.
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Following Golden Tempo’s victory in the Kentucky Derby, which made Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win that race, DeVaux was everywhere, from the Today Show to Inside Edition to multiple podcasts to Yankee Stadium, where she threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a game.
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Renegade didn't generate the kind of buzz a talented Todd Pletcher-trained 2-year-old typically does when he debuted at Saratoga last August. Ten months later, Renegade is back at Saratoga where on Saturday he will likely start as the favorite in the $2 million Belmont Stakes.
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In a career that will soon eclipse 6,000 wins, it could be hard to single out an individual highlight. For Todd Pletcher, not so much.
Jose Ortiz was the leading rider on the New York Racing Association circuit three times during the 13 years he was based here and that didn't include 2017, the year he won the Eclipse Award as North America's champion jockey. Two years ago, Ortiz made the move to Kentucky – and in the winter Louisiana – and things are only getting better.
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Slowly but surely, trainer Cherie DeVaux and her team allowed Golden Tempo to become a classic winner in his own time.
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Commandment seems to be the forgotten horse of this year's Triple Crown heading into Saturday's $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. Despite being a multiple graded stakes winner and one of just three Grade 1 winners in the field, there doesn't seem to be much buzz surrounding Commandment, who finished seventh in the Kentucky Derby, beaten 5 1/2 lengths by Golden Tempo.
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Chad Brown is a numbers guy. But he's also a realist. He knows that just because he has a third of the field entered in Saturday's $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga doesn't mean he's going to be successful.
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Ocelli, a maiden who finished third in the Kentucky Derby on May 2 and fourth in the Preakness on May 16, will not run in the $2 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, trainer Whit Beckman said Sunday. Instead, Ocelli will be pointed to the Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown on June 20.
