Belmont Park

Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Belmont Park Spring/Summer Meet, which starts on Friday, April 26, highlighted by the G1 $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 8 - the third jewel of the Triple Crown.Full Story >>
YESTERDAY June 19, 2013

Souper Speedy, who was put up to first in the Jaipur Stakes when stablemate Big Screen inhibited him during the stretch run, worked four furlongs in 50.03 seconds Wednesday morning over the Belmont main track.

Flat Out, who suffered his first loss in five career starts at Belmont Park when he was third in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, will make his next start in the Grade 2, $300,000 Suburban here on July 6, trainer Bill Mott said.

While Dreaming of Julia will strut her stuff this Saturday in the Mother Goose, her stablemate Kauai Katie will return in next Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Victory Ride Stakes here at six furlongs.

Close Hatches will need to have it all together Saturday when she faces Dreaming of Julia in the Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park.

Friday at Belmont Park, there is a pair of juvenile races, one for males and one for females, that highlight a Party at the Park nine-race card that begins at 3 p.m.

June 18, 2013

As a teenager, he visited Cahokia Downs in Alorton, Ill. As an attorney, he represented stables in South Carolina and Kentucky and once declined an offer to be a minority horse owner. As far as racing experience goes, that’s about it for Christopher ...

Spooky Kitten looks to be a nice fit in a $55,000 starter optional-claiming race, one of several interesting betting races on Thursday’s nine-race card at Belmont Park.

June 17, 2013

Eblouissante, the younger half-sister to champion Zenyatta, worked a solid five furlongs in 1:01.44 on Monday at Belmont Park, and trainer John Shirreffs believes his filly is one work away from a return to the races.

An intriguing matchup is looming in the Grade 1 Whitney on Aug. 3 at Saratoga between defending Whitney Handicap winner Fort Larned and the speedy Cross Traffic.

Though Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes became virtually a walkover for Verrazano once Itsmyluckyday was pulled up, trainer Todd Pletcher believes his 3-year-old got enough out of the race to set him up perfectly for a return trip to Monmouth Park for the Grade ...