Fort Erie primed for a strong season
Fort Erie Race Track will open its 118th season of live racing Tuesday with a strong nine-race card that attracted 87 entries. Post time is set for 4:15 p.m. Eastern.
Alex CampbellJun 01, 2015
Fort Erie Race Track will open its 118th season of live racing Tuesday with a strong nine-race card that attracted 87 entries. Post time is set for 4:15 p.m. Eastern.
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As of noon Monday, there were still just more than 19,000 general admission tickets available for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. But even if they are not all sold by Saturday, no tickets will be sold at the track on that day, the New York Racing Association announced over the weekend.
Untapable, last year’s Kentucky Oaks winner and champion 3-year-old filly, and Shook Up, the runner-up in this year’s Kentucky Oaks, put in easy breezes over a sealed, sloppy training track in preparation for Grade 1 stakes this weekend.
American Pharoah turned a dreary morning into a pretty special one Monday at Churchill Downs with an eye-catching final work for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
Trainer Bob Baffert said Bayern had to “really show him something” in his work on Monday at Churchill Downs to earn a spot in Saturday’s Met Mile at Belmont Park. And, sure enough, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic champion did just that.
All horses expected to run in one of the 50 North American stakes races guaranteeing a berth in one of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races will be subject to out-of-competition testing as part of expanded security protocols for the races, Breeders’ Cup said on Monday.
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The combination of an apparently thriving American Pharoah and few challengers willing to take him on has resulted in an expected field of eight for the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday, when American Pharoah will be heavily favored to become the 12th Triple Crown winner and the first in 37 years.
Delaware Park continues its early meet series of Wednesday stakes this week with the Our Mims, a $50,000 race for 3-year-old fillies at a mile and 70 yards. The Our Mims is the local prep for the $300,000 Delaware Oaks on July 11.