ELMONT, N.Y. - Jockey Kendrick Carmouche is expected to be out 8 to 10 weeks after breaking his right ankle in an incident leaving the starting gate in Saturday’s last race at Belmont Park.

Carmouche, who broke his right leg in a spill at Kentucky Downs in 2018, was scheduled to fly to Tennessee on Sunday afternoon and undergo surgery on Monday morning. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Philip Kregor, who operated on Carmouche in 2018.

Total betting on the Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon was $60.46 million, a 13.6 percent increase over handle the last time the race was held in its traditional place on the Triple Crown calendar in 2019, according to the New York Racing Association.

Results and payouts from the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on June 5, 2021, at Belmont Park, won by Essential Quality.

2   Essential Quality – $4.60 / $3.00 /$2.60 

4   Hot Rod Charlie – $4.10 /$2.90 

3   Rombauer – $3.50 

6   Known Agenda 

1   Bourbonic

7   Rock Your World

8   Overtook

5   France Go de Ina

$1 Exacta (2-4) – $7.50

50-cent Trifecta (2-4-3) – $10.85

$1 Double (4-2) – $5.00

$1 Pick Three (3-4-2) – $59.00

50-cent Pick Four (8/3/4/2) –$269.25

ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association announced the creation of the Elizabeth Bracken Memorial Scholarship to support and encourage students enrolled in the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program to secure careers in the Thoroughbred industry.

The $10,000 scholarship, to be awarded annually, will be open to juniors and seniors who completed one full semester in the RTIP and have expressed the desire to work in the Thoroughbred racing industry.

ELMONT, N.Y. – First Captain, a pricey colt who has won around one turn in his first two starts, may get the chance to stretch out to 1 1/8 miles in the $120,000 Curlin Stakes on July 30 at Saratoga, trainer Shug McGaughey said.

McGaughey said First Captain would be nominated to the Grade 3, $250,000 Dwyer Stakes going a mile here July 5, but the idea of stretching the horse out around two turns sounded more appealing.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Saturday’s Belmont Stakes program is going to be the last day for John Velazquez in the United States for about two weeks.

On Sunday, Velazquez was to start a three-day suspension stemming from a ride on Following Sea in his debut race on March 6 at Santa Anita. Velazquez was cited for “crossing over without sufficient clearance and causing interference,” which resulted in the disqualification of Following Sea from second to third.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher won the featured Grade 3 Wonder Again Stakes on Thursday at Belmont Park, but it was a horse who won earlier on the card for him that stole the show.

Following Sea, a 3-year-old son of Runhappy, won a first-level allowance race by 6 1/2 lengths, covering the distance in 1:15.28 and earning a career-best 100 Beyer Speed Figure.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – At long last, the dream became reality. Just as he had envisioned thousands of times before, Chase Miller passed the eighth pole atop a speeding Thoroughbred on his way to winning a race.

“Aahhh, man!” Miller exclaimed early Friday after winning the fourth race Thursday evening at Churchill Downs aboard a filly named Bethy. “It was indescribable, really.”

Miller was doused shortly afterward by his fellow jockeys with water, eggs, and baby powder. That’s a decades-long racetrack tradition for any rider following his first win.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Irad Ortiz Jr., the three-time reigning Eclipse Award winning jockey, will miss approximately two weeks of action as the result of injuries suffered in a spill during the running of Thursday’s fifth race at Belmont Park.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Warrant became a stakes winner in the $300,000 Texas Derby on Monday, when he got up by three-quarters of a length. Warrant earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 90 in his second two-turn start following a runner-up finish in the $300,000 Oaklawn Stakes on May 1.

“He was very impressive,” said Brad Cox, who trains Warrant for Twin Creek Racing Stables. “He seems to continue to move forward. We always thought he was a horse that would like more ground.