The 2010 Travers Stakes couldn’t have ended any better for Afleet Express trainer Jimmy Jerkens and jockey Javier Castellano.
With the win within reach, Castellano made darn sure Afleet Express was not about to lose the Travers to a fast and furious finish by Fly Down as he kept his horse focused down the home stretch [...]

After so many narrow victories and close defeats, mostly due to bad trips, 2010 Preakness Stakes winner LOOKIN AT LUCKY turned a very competitive Haskell Invitational into a one horse romp through the stretch.
The Haskell, the signature race at Monmouth Park, had attracted the 1-2 finishers in the 2010 Kentucky Derby — SUPER SAVER and [...]

There are many graded stakes scheduled to be run this weekend, but none will attract more interest than the $1 Million Amory Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
First, Kentucky Derby winner SUPER SAVER is in the Haskell and so is Preakness Stakes winner LOOKIN AT LUCKY. Beyond those two, the 1-1/8 mile race also [...]

PADDY O’PRADO, a strong third in the Kentucky Derby seven weeks ago and a weak sixth in the Preakness Stakes on May 15, made a triumphant return to turf racing on Saturday, winning the $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup by three lengths  under Hall of Fame rider, Kent Desormeaux.
The rich grass stakes at Colonial Downs in [...]

Belmont Park, NY, June 6 – It is the morning after and I am not sure I am awake yet from having watched one of the slowest Belmont Stakes in racing history.
Heavily favored ICE BOX is still running, or should I say walking, after completing his Belmont Stakes in about 2:40 seconds, slower than he [...]

Ice Box started the race as the favorite, First Dude was first at the first turn, but it was Drosselmeyer that rallied to win the 2010 Belmont Stakes with jockey Mike Smith. Interestingly, just as it was the case at the Preakness Stakes — the Belmont Stakes was won by a jockey who was sent [...]

The gates at Belmont Park opened at 8:30 a.m. EST for the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes and the first couple of posts for today’s 13-race card is in the books. The Belmont Stakes is race 11 and is tentatively scheduled to go off at 6:32 p.m.
If you’ve got a bet on the Belmont [...]

June 4, 2010, Elmont, NY: We’re at the final leg of the 2010 Triple Crown series and not one horse out of the field of 12 set to run at Belmont Park on Saturday competed in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Nor do we have the Derby winner, SUPER SAVER, or the Preakness [...]

So far, we’ve touched upon the longshots among the Belmont Stakes contenders. But most horse race betting sharps view Stately Victor as a lot more than that.
He really jumped on the radar on April 10 when he won the Blue Grass as a 40 to 1 longshot; the win was the largest upset in the [...]

With a week to go, a field of 11 is shaping up for the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes next Saturday, June 5th at Belmont Park.
The oldest of the prestigious Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes is also the longest of the three at 1-1/2 miles. The distance, as well as the cumulative effect [...]