Bernier: Belmont Park pick five play for Friday, June 5
Bernier: Belmont Park pick five play for Friday, June 5.
Bernier: Belmont Park pick five play for Friday, June 5.
Friday’s card provides the perfect appetizer for Saturday’s graded stakes buffet at Belmont.
Del Mar has tabled a plan to change the format of the pick six for the upcoming summer meeting. The plan would have eliminated a consolation payoff and dedicated that portion of the pool for distribution to a single ticketholder.

Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday, June 6 card at the Meadowlands.
DRf handicapper Jim Dunleavy provides his strategy for playing the early pick four on Saturday's program at Belmont Park.

A closer look at the pedigrees of the entrants for the 147th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, to be contested Saturday in New York.

Zindaya led a one-two finish for trainer Christophe Clement in Thursday’s $150,000 Intercontinental Stakes, taking over from the pace-setting Believe in Charlie in midstretch and kicking clear to a 2 1/4-length victory in the seven-furlong turf race at Belmont Park.

Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday, June 6 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Download DRF Plus handicapping reports for Friday's races, including DRF Bets GamePlan, the Positive ROI Report, and Key Race Report.
U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania has reintroduced legislation he sponsored two years ago that would appoint a private company, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, as the overseer of racing’s medication policies, according to his office.