Sat, 06/04/2022 - 15:03

Horses in Focus at Belmont for Sunday, June 5, 2022

RACE 1: ENDOWED (#4) 

Fri, 06/03/2022 - 16:03

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, June 4, 2022

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Monmouth Park's 61-day meet opens on May 4.

Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook – something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day’s action.

Thu, 06/02/2022 - 16:56

TimeformUS Belmont Horses in Focus for Friday, June 3, 2022

RACE 2: LOVE’S MISERY (#3)

Thu, 06/02/2022 - 13:46

Weekend GamePlan for June 4, 2022: Picks for Pennine Ridge, Royal North, Crestwood

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Lady War Machine and Patrick Husbands win the Alywow Stakes by three lengths on Saturday at Woodbine.

It’s getting frustrating, these short Saturday stakes fields. Santa Anita has two potentially nice races, but each drew a mere five entrants. Belmont’s feature, the Pennine Ridge, got only six in the field’s main body, no huge surprise since there’s a race in the same division the night before at Penn National and another on Saturday at Churchill Downs. Nonetheless, we’ll try to bob and weave our way into a decent-priced stakes winner or two.

Pennine Ridge

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 13:48

Breakout Beyers: Impressive-looking colt Forte should improve with distance

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Boston Tea Party wins a Maiden Special Weight at Belmont Park, recording an 87 Beyer.

Each week in this space, the top Beyer performances by maiden winners will be featured and analyzed. Click here for a complete archive.

Forte

May 27, 1st race Belmont, MdSpWt90k

Beyer: 81

5f 58.21 – 1st by 7 3/4 lengths

b. c. 2, Violence – Queen Caroline, by Blame

Auctions: Keeneland November breeding 2020 – $80,000; Keeneland September yearling 2021 – $110,000

Owner: Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 13:47

Free: Santa Anita horses to watch for week of May 30, 2022

ALBAYAADER

Trainer: Jeff Mullins

Last race: May 27, race 1

Finish: 5th by 3

Beyer: 59

European import broke slowly in U.S. debut in maiden turf sprint, blocked length of lane, never had a chance to run. Call it inconclusive, would have been closer with clean trip.

 

HOTROD RIDE

Trainer: Sean McCarthy

Last race: May 27, race 8

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 11:56

Free: Brickyard Ride had quarter crack in Triple Bend

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Brickyard Ride had won four straight at the Santa Anita meet before finishing fifth in the Triple Bend on Sunday. He came out of the race with a quarter crack.

Some horses run too poorly to believe, others run too good to lose. It happened in the same sprint stakes last week at Santa Anita and are the lead items in the first handicapping notebook of June . . .

Brickyard Ride had excuse

Surely there had to be a reason Brickyard Ride quit early in the Grade 2 Triple Bend Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita. The 3-10 favorite after winning four successive stakes, Brickyard Ride caved at the quarter pole and finished fifth under Juan Hernandez. It turns out he had an alibi – an irritating quarter crack in a hind foot.

Tue, 05/31/2022 - 19:41

TimeformUS Belmont Horses in Focus for June 2, 2022

RACE 3: BIG EVEREST (#2)