Matrooh to try stakes next
Overshadowed by the stakes action Saturday at Belmont was the terrific performance by Matrooh in a third-level allowance race featuring the return of the multiple stakes winner Samraat.
David GreningJul 06, 2015
Overshadowed by the stakes action Saturday at Belmont was the terrific performance by Matrooh in a third-level allowance race featuring the return of the multiple stakes winner Samraat.
Dave Litfin's horses to watch at Belmont Park for the week of July 6.
The first foal out of the wildly popular Horse of the Year Zenyatta, Cozmic One will make his second career start Wednesday at Belmont Park in a $75,000 maiden race at Belmont Park.
Any time you hold an event called the Summit of Speed, the keyword is “speed.” That surely was the case Sunday at Gulfstream, because if you didn’t have a horse with pure speed out of the gate, there wasn’t much chance of winning any of the four graded stakes on the outstanding 12-race program.
Pinkman, Wiggle It Jiggleit and JL Cruze are all geldings at the top of their respective divisions in the sport this year. Jay Bergman takes a closer look at the trio and also touches on some banned horses/trainers expected to race at the Meadowlands in the coming weeks.
American Pharoah worked a half-mile in 47.60 seconds at Santa Anita on Monday, displaying minimal effort in an exercise that moves the Triple Crown winner closer to a start in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 2.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
The New York Racing Association will split the Grade 1 stakes traditionally run on the same day at its Belmont Park fall meet and conduct them over two Saturdays, according to a schedule released Monday by the organization.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Tuesday 7/7 card at Mohawk Racetrack.