Belmont Stakes Day previews, analysis, and plays
The following is a list of DRF Plus resources and content related to Saturday’s Belmont Stakes card at Belmont Park.
DRF StaffJun 06, 2015
The following is a list of DRF Plus resources and content related to Saturday’s Belmont Stakes card at Belmont Park.
Pender Harbour ($9.10) captured the $125,800 Steady Growth Stakes for the third time under Luis Contreras on Saturday at Woodbine.
Curalina overcame a very rough beginning in the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes to run down By the Moon in deep stretch and win the $750,000 race by a neck. The Acorn was a roughly run race, and several other horses had noteworthy trouble during the mile race for 3-year-old fillies.
For trainer Jimmy Takter, one of his favorite days of the year is the first day he brings his 2-year-olds to their first qualifiers. After his stable captured seven of Saturday morning’s 11 events for the newcomers at the Meadowlands, it is easy to understand his enthusiasm.
Blazing Bling was no match for Pyrite Blues in each of her first two starts this season at ThistleDown, finishing second both times at short odds of 8-5 and 7-5. Saturday, the 5-year-old Blazing Bling turned the tables in the $75,000 Michael Mackey Memorial Angenora Stakes for Ohio-bred fillies and mares.
Patriots Rule ended a six-race losing streak with an upset win in Saturday’s $100,500 Crystal Water Stakes for California-bred turf milers at Santa Anita.
Tepin remained unbeaten on the season in the Grade 1, $700,000 Just a Game Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park, gunning down Discreet Marq in the lane and then holding off Filimbi in the final strides to capture the one-mile event on turf by half a length.
Coach Inge made his first start in a stakes race, first start beyond nine furlongs, and still came out a game winner of the Grade 2, $400,000 Brooklyn Invitational, beating V.E. Day by a neck in an strongly run race Saturday at Belmont Park..
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin had really liked the way Wedding Toast ran when she came from off the pace to win the Grade 2 Ruffian by four lengths last month.
It took a while for trainer Chad Brown to figure out that March was more effective as a come-from-behind sprinter than around two turns, a revelation that has resulted in two consecutive graded stakes wins, the latest a game nose decision over hard-luck runner-up Cinco Charlie in Saturday’s $500,000 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park.