ELMONT, N.Y. – Neither Red Route One nor Raise Cain did anything in their Monday morning workouts to change their status as middle-of-the-pack to longshot prices for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 10 at Belmont Park.
Red Route One, fourth in the Preakness Stakes, worked a half-mile in 51.11 seconds over Belmont Park’s main track, according to Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch. Red Route One went his first quarter in 25.38 seconds and galloped out five furlongs in 1:04.53.
STICKNEY, Ill. – Two Phil’s continues to thrive following his second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, but will pass on the final leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, in favor of the Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby on June 24 at Thistledown.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Forte took a significant step toward getting off the veterinarian’s list and into the Belmont Stakes with a strong workout Saturday morning at Belmont Park.
Under regular rider Irad Ortiz Jr., Forte worked five furlongs in 1:00.49, according to Daily Racing Form’s Mike Welsch. Forte started about a half-length behind the 3-year-old maiden Abadin and finished about 1 1/2 lengths in front. Forte, with a little prodding by Ortiz past the wire, proceeded to gallop out six furlongs in 1:12.72, seven furlongs in 1:25.94, and a mile in 1:38.74.
BELMONT, N.Y. – Forte had himself a tough act to follow Saturday at Belmont Park after stablemate Tapit Trice turned in a very impressive five-furlong breeze here the previous morning in preparation for his upcoming start in the Belmont Stakes on June 10. And the reigning 2-year-old champion was not only up to the task, he turned in nearly a carbon copy of Tapit Trice’s big effort, both from a visual standpoint as well as on the watch.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher has enjoyed great success in the Belmont Stakes with also-rans from the Kentucky Derby. The stallion Tapit has enjoyed sensational success in the Belmont having produced four of the last nine winners of the third leg of the Triple Crown.
Those two factors alone make the Grade 1 winner Tapit Trice a contender in the Belmont Stakes here on June 10. Add in a good-looking workout Friday morning at Belmont Park and you just may have the favorite for the 155th Test of the Champion.
Fox television is making a splashtastic foray into the Triple Crown.
When national Fox broadcasts the Belmont Stakes for the first time on June 10, it will bring Tom Durkin out of retirement to call the race, it was announced Thursday.
Durkin, 72, retired from the New York Racing Association in Sept. 2014 after 24 years, his final call being the 2014 Spinaway when he said that Condo Commando was “splashtastic” as she cruised to a 14-length win in the slop at Saratoga.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Arcangelo's connections haven’t been in a hurry with their 3-year-old thus far, and that’s not going to change as they map out a plan for where the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes winner will make his next start.
While the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 10 will definitely be in the conversation, it will be a little while before trainer Jena Antonucci and owner Jon Ebbert make a decision.
Lord Miles breezed four furlongs in 49.50 seconds late Friday morning at Palm Meadows, his first work since being scratched from the Kentucky Derby by Churchill Downs officials following the sudden deaths of two of his stablemates in races run at the track during the first two cards of the current meeting.
Lord Miles, who earned his way into the Derby lineup by virtue of his upset victory in the Grade 2 Wood, shipped back to South Florida earlier this week along with the rest of trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s horses who were stabled at Churchill Downs at the time of the incidents.
After Mo Donegal earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 98 winning the Belmont Stakes, some readers looked at the data for the day and questioned whether that number should be higher.
Mo Donegal ran the 1 1/2 miles of the Belmont in 2:28.28. Earlier in the card, some of the best older long-distance runners in the East contested the prestigious Brooklyn Stakes, and Fearless won it in a slow 2:30.45. He received a Beyer Figure of 95. Mo Donegal ran significantly faster than Fearless; so why didn’t he get a significantly higher figure?
