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Roca Rojo has breakthrough opportunity

Roca Rojo has breakthrough opportunity

Roca Rojo has a chance to make a statement on Saturday as she takes on Dickinson and Celestine in the Grade 1 Just a Game Stakes. The Irish-born mare won three of her first five starts in the U.S. last year, including the Grade 3 Athenia Stakes on the Belmont turf, and finished second by a nose to Miss Temple City in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes. She announced that she was poised to continue her ascent when rallying to win the Grade 2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile on the Kentucky Derby undercard five weeks ago.

Nicole RussoJun 07, 2017
Cobra Farm carries classic legacy

Cobra Farm carries classic legacy

Twisted Tom will be the first horse to carry Cobra Farm's colors in the Belmont Stakes. However, the historic property, and the people currently behind it, have already played a role in some major moments in the history of the last and longest American classic.

Nicole RussoJun 07, 2017

Guaranteed pools, daily doubles dot Friday and Saturday cards

There are a number of guaranteed wagering pools at Belmont Park this Friday and Saturday, and a pair of two-day daily doubles linking major stakes.

Jim DunleavyJun 07, 2017
Belmont Clocker: Senior Investment, Epicharis continue to train well

Belmont Clocker: Senior Investment, Epicharis continue to train well

The two final works for this year's Belmont were turned in here early Tuesday morning, maintenance-type breezes by Senior Investment and Epicharis.

Mike WelschJun 07, 2017
Freshness key factor for four new shooters in Belmont Stakes

Freshness key factor for four new shooters in Belmont Stakes

Epicharis, Hollywood Handsome, Meantime, and Twisted Tom are the “new shooters” Saturday in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. Each is making his first start in a Triple Crown race, against horses who have been battling it out in either the Kentucky Derby or Preakness, or both, as is the case with Lookin At Lee.

Mary RampelliniJun 07, 2017
With loss of Connect, Pompa takes bad with good

With loss of Connect, Pompa takes bad with good

While he lost the favorite for the Met Mile when Connect was injured, Pompa Pompa Jr. will still have two runners in the race with Rally Cry and Tommy Macho, and will also be represented in Saturday's Grade 2, $400,000 Brooklyn Invitational with Send It In.

David GreningJun 07, 2017
Classic Empire to miss Belmont Stakes with hoof abscess

Classic Empire to miss Belmont Stakes with hoof abscess

Classic Empire, who would have been the favorite in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, is out of the race owing to an abscess in his right front hoof, trainer Mark Casse said Wednesday at Belmont Park.

Jay PrivmanJun 07, 2017
Classic Empire shedding 'bad boy' image

Classic Empire shedding 'bad boy' image

Reputations die hard, and Classic Empire’s exploits will cling to him indefinitely, but the fact of the matter is the bad boy appears to have transformed into a polite, dutiful youngster over the last couple months.

Marcus HershJun 06, 2017
Highway Star the David to Songbird's Goliath in Ogden Phipps

Highway Star the David to Songbird's Goliath in Ogden Phipps

Trainer Rodrigo Ubillo will send out his overachieving, underrated New York-bred filly Highway Star against the mighty Songbird in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps on Saturday at Belmont Park.

David GreningJun 06, 2017
Epicharis, Senior Investment work for Belmont Stakes

Epicharis, Senior Investment work for Belmont Stakes

Epicharis and Senior Investment both turned in workouts on Tuesday morning at Belmont Park in preparation for the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

Jay PrivmanJun 06, 2017
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