There will be no Triple crown winner in the US this season with the connections of the Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo deciding to bypass the second leg … the Preakness … in favour of allowing their history making winner more time to recover from the strenuous, come from behind… Read More »
Ron Turcotte, the legendary jockey who partnered with Secretariat to capture the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick. He was 84. Turcotte passed away on Friday from natural causes, his family confirmed. Born in Canada, Turcotte rose from humble beginnings to the heights of… Read More »
Essential Quality, a beaten favourite in the Kentucky Derby in which the winner Medina Spirit raced into controversy, set the record straight by taking out the Belmont Stakes ahead of Hot Rod Charlie after outgunning the latter in what came down to a two-horse contest in the final straight. Essential… Read More »
The Epsom Derby is one of two major events on a huge weekend of international racing this week, with Aidan O’Brien’s sole starter in the race, Balshoi Ballet, the $2.15 favourite with TAB. It is the first time since 2004 that eight-time winner O’Brien has had just one runner in… Read More »
Tiz the Law has won the Belmont Stakes in front of empty stands on Saturday, clinching the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. The colt was followed by Dr Post and Max Player at the New York event, which is traditionally the last leg of the three races that… Read More »
Winning the Preakness Stakes has not been enough to make War Of Will favourite for the Belmont Stakes. In fact, being the only colt to run in all three Triple Crown races really has not earned him the respect one would expect. Well-rested Tacitus was made the slight favourite over… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2018 Belmont Stakes. The Belmont Stakes was raced at Belmont Park racecourse in New York on 10/6/2018. Replay: Justify wins the Triple Crown! @BelmontStakes pic.twitter.com/P3xz5Y7h7s — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 9, 2018 Results: WIN – Justify (1) PLACE – Vino Rosso (8)… Read More »
View the final field for the 2018 Belmont Stakes. The Belmont Stakes will be run on Saturday 9th June (local time) and Sunday 10th June in Australia at Belmont Park in New York. Time: 7:00am AEST Distance: 2400m Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Belmont Stakes?… Read More »
Bob Baffert has done everything he can with Justify. Now, it’s up to the undefeated colt and some racing luck to add his name to a revered list of Triple Crown winners. Justify appears to have rebounded well after victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, with the most exhausting… Read More »
Justify has arrived at Belmont Park safe and sound ahead of his bid to become United States thoroughbred racing’s 13th Triple Crown winner. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes-winning colt was accompanied on the flight from Kentucky by his Bob Baffert-trained stablemate and Belmont opponent Restoring Hope and a stable… Read More »
Justify will jump from barrier one in the Belmont Stakes as he bids to win the final leg of United States thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Justify has been installed the 4-5 favourite to add Saturday’s Belmont Stakes (2400m) to his Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victories. If he can, he… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Justify has fought his to victory in the Preakness Stakes to keep his Triple Crown hopes alive. The Bob Baffert-trained colt held off several hard-charging challengers in the fog on a sloppy track similar to the conditions he encountered in the DErby at Churchill Downs. Baffert trained… Read More »
The mystery surrounding the Japanese horse who is the early 4-1 second choice to win the Belmont Stakes has deepened. Epicharis didn’t train on Thursday, hours after he was treated with an anti-inflammatory for lameness in his right front hoof, calling into question whether he will be fit to run… Read More »
Preakness Stakes-winning jockey Kent Desormeaux has gone to an alcohol rehabilitation facility but will return in time to ride Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes. “It was time to take a sober look at my life and take this step,” Desormeaux said in a brief statement issued his agent J R… Read More »
