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Belmont Stakes: Rich Strike's Kentucky Derby win brightens rough couple of decades for Reed

Eric Reed is a folk hero – and it took an 80-1 winner of the Kentucky Derby to finally bring that fact to light. Only after Rich Strike became the second-longest-priced winner in race history with his $163.60 mutuel in the May 7 Derby has it become known what Reed overcame to get there. His perseverance and inner strength away from the racetrack add to what was already an incredible tale.

Marty McGeeJun 09, 2022

Belmont Stakes: We the People not your typical Belmont favorite

A month ago, it hardly seemed likely that a horse with We the People's résumé would wind up being the morning-line favorite in the final leg of the Triple Crown, the 154th Belmont Stakes, to be run Saturday here at Belmont Park. Yet a combination of several things has made him the 2-1 favorite on the line of David Aragona of Belmont Park.

Jay PrivmanJun 08, 2022

Belmont Stakes: Brisset's knack with difficult horses has helped We the People flourish

A behind-the-scenes player for many noteworthy horses over the last 15 years or so, trainer Rodolphe Brisset has stepped into the spotlight with We the People, the morning-line favorite for Saturday's 154th Belmont Stakes.

David GreningJun 08, 2022

Nest, Aloha West keep Eclipse Thoroughbreds on the big stage

In its 10 years of existence, the racehorse partnership Eclipse Thoroughbreds has had 16 different Grade 1-winning racehorses, captured two Breeders' Cup races, a Triple Crown race, the Australian Oaks, and a stakes at Royal Ascot. Pretty heady stuff. But this coming week has the potential to be one of the most significant in the organization's history.

Jay PrivmanJun 08, 2022

Belmont Stakes: Exotic wagers galore on Friday and Saturday cards

There are a bevy of multiple-race, multiple-day wagers on Friday and Saturday at Belmont Park, including a pick-6 with a minimum 20-cent wager that will include races run over two days.

David GreningJun 07, 2022

2022 Belmont Stakes clocker: Rich Strike puts in strong two-mile gallop

Mike WelschJun 07, 2022

Belmont Stakes: Derby winner Rich Strike draws post 4; We the People is 2-1 morning-line favorite

Be it going six furlongs or twice that far, speed, handicappers long have been told, is always dangerous. So even though the Belmont Stakes is a testing 1 1/2 miles, the likelihood that We the People will be loose on the lead Saturday, over a track at which he just scored a front-running victory in the Peter Pan, propelled We the People to the morning-line favorite over the likes of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike and six others when the field for the 154th Belmont was drawn Tuesday here at Belmont Park.

Jay PrivmanJun 07, 2022

Belmont Stakes Clocker: Golden Glider, Creative Minister have easy final breezes

Belmont Stakes training on the local front was limited Sunday and Monday. There were maintenance-like half-mile breezes from Golden Glider and Creative Minister and the now regular sight of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike looking well while putting in routine gallops.

Mike WelschJun 06, 2022

Belmont Stakes: 20 years later, McPeek hopes Creative Minister can emulate Sarava

Twenty years before Rich Strike became the second-longest shot to win the Kentucky Derby at 80-1, Sarava upset the 2002 Belmont Stakes at 70-1. Ken McPeek was the trainer of Sarava, is back in the Belmont Stakes with Creative Minister, the third-place finisher in the Preakness who looms the fourth choice in an eight-horse Belmont Stakes field.

David GreningJun 06, 2022

John Ortiz feeling right at home in first Belmont Stakes

Trainer John Ortiz as a child attended Gotham Avenue School, about a half-mile south of Belmont Park, and years later graduated from Elmont High School. He returns to his childhood home this week to saddle his first runner at Belmont Park – Barber Road in the Belmont Stakes.

Marcus HershJun 06, 2022

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