It’s that time of year when industries (music, cinema, television, etc…) look back at the previous 12 months and review their ups and downs. Horse racing is no different but rather than trying to choose the good, the bad and the ugly across the board, we give you just a few snippets of some significant developments of 2024 involving some of the sports favorite venues. … Continue reading Track Stars…Or Not
Over four decades (can that be right?) removed from his sensational jockey career, Steve Cauthen lives the life of a typical Thoroughbred insider in his hometown of Verona in Northern Kentucky. Best known for capturing the 1978 Triple Crown aboard AFFIRMED, Cauthen had established himself as a potential superstar in his first full year as a jockey in 1977. He was honored for that season with three Eclipse Awards—outstanding apprentice and journeyman … Continue reading He’ll Always Be ‘The Kid’
The Grade 2 Remsen Stakes is Saturday at Aqueduct Park. Due to some recent achievements the Remsen seems a reliable indicator of Triple Crown success. DORNOCH took last years Remsen and then went on to Win the Belmont Stakes as well as the Haskell Stakes. SIERRA LEONE ran 2nd to DORNOCH in last years contest. He lost the Kentucky Derby by a nose and came … Continue reading The Remsen Stakes
There is at least one racing term that immediately inspires respect, and admiration from people in the racing industry and from those with little knowledge of the sport – the Triple Crown. The difficulty of capturing the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, at three distances, on three tracks, all in the span of five weeks is not hyperbole. The task is such a tall … Continue reading The Triple Crown 70’s
The Belmont Stakes at Saratoga was by all accounts very successful and adds another tier to the storied history of The Spa. In S.P.A.C. speak that means the warm-up act is over, it’s time for the headliner to take the stage. The 40-day racing season, the 156th since the first meet was staged in 1863, commences Thursday with an 11-race program at Saratoga Race Course, … Continue reading Riders Up @ Saratoga
The four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga had over 120,000 racing fans pass through the turnstiles for the unprecedented event. Thursday’s opening day of the Festival featured a pair of $150,000 Stakes for the 2-year-old males and females and the first of the weekend’s 14 Graded Stakes races- the Grade 2 Belmont Gold Cup. In front of an announced crowd of 22,227, THE GREY … Continue reading Saratoga Rocks
There is no Triple Crown on the line this year. Regardless of that, the 156th edition of the Belmont Stakes is still generating a lot of interest. Most of the Belmont buzz is due to the fact that the $2 million race on Saturday is being held for the first time ever at America’s Track– Saratoga Race Course. The 2024 Belmont Stakes drew an extremely competitive field … Continue reading Who Wins The Belmont Stakes?
It’s still the Belmont Stakes. It’s still the third and final jewel in the Triple Crown. But the setting, that’s what makes the 2024 Belmont Stakes so special. For the first time ever, the Triple Crown will merge with the magic of Saratoga Race Course, at Saturday’s Belmont at the Spa. It is was with this noteworthy horseracing moment in mind, that the Saratoga Cool Beans coffee … Continue reading The Belmont Brew
The Belmont Racing Festival at Saratoga begins on Thursday June 6th and runs through Sunday June 9th. If you’re making a pilgrimage to the nirvana of racing, here’s six furlongs worth of things to know before you go! 1. Saratoga Race Course is the oldest sporting venue in the United States. Saratoga Race Course opened for business in 1863, making it the oldest sporting venue in the entire United States. … Continue reading Saratoga- There’s More Than Racing
Last year was the 50th anniversary of SECRETARIAT Winning the Triple Crown. Big Red was moving like a tremendous machine that afternoon at Belmont Park, his Winning margin a whopping 31 lengths. So, with the Belmont Stakes being held at Saratoga this year it’s fitting to recall when the superstar horse came to The Spa in the summer of 1973. SECRETARIAT arrived in town the … Continue reading Secretariat Heartburn At The Spa
