{Thursday, June 30, 2011} SATURDAY STAKES AT BELMONT Belmont Park will kick off the Holiday Weekend with a trio of stakes races, including the $300,000 Suburban H. (G2) and $150,000 Dwyer S. (G2), and both graded events have attracted short

{Monday, June 27, 2011} HOLLYWOOD PARK REPORT Grade 2-winning sprinter SAINT ANDDAN (A.P. Indy) got off the mark at stud on Sunday when his juvenile daughter Woebegon captured the 9TH race at Hollywood Park. With Martin Pedroza aboard,

{Sunday, June 26, 2011} Buster's Ready scores in Mother Goose BUSTER'S READY (More Than Ready) was willing to challenge for the lead in Saturday's $245,000 Mother Goose S. (G1) at Belmont Park, and the Todd Pletcher trainee had more than

{Thursday, June 23, 2011} HOLLYWOOD OAKS PREVIEW Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty headlines a field of five 3-year-old fillies entered in the $150,000 Hollywood Oaks Saturday at Hollywood Park. A Grade II at 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track,

{Monday, June 20, 2011} GARCIA WINS FOUR AT HOLLYWOOD A four-win day at Hollywood Park on Sunday, highlighted by a victory on Irish Gypsy in the $76,050 Desert Stormer Handicap, met the satisfaction of jockey Martin Garcia. “It’s okay,”

{Sunday, June 19, 2011} Pool Play gets up late for Foster shocker William S. Farish Jr.'s POOL PLAY (Silver Deputy) delivered a massive upset in Saturday's $561,300 Stephen Foster H. (G1) at Churchill Downs, closing from last to first in the stretch to

{Friday, June 17, 2011} A Weekly Racing Update From Jim Hurley's Network SATURDAY FEATURE RACE:  Hill Prince Stakes      1 Miles Turf
From New York Track Man: Nine rising turf hopefuls

{Thursday, June 16, 2011} STEPHEN FOSTER PREVIEW Al Stall Jr. won the Stephen Foster Handicap last year with Blame, but the 49-year-old trainer refrains from making unfair comparisons when it comes to Apart, the colt he will run Saturday

{Wednesday, June 15, 2011} OUT TO REBOUND AT CHURCHILL There doesn't seem to be much room for error atop the national handicap ranks this year. Mission Impazible went from a division leader to just one of the gang when six opponents finished

{Monday, June 13, 2011} Nehro to undergo surgery for ankle chip Owner Ahmed Zayat told The Paulick Report Sunday that NEHRO (Mineshaft) exited his fourth-place finish in Saturday's Belmont S. (G1) with a bone chip in his ankle.

{Sunday, June 12, 2011} $1.3 MILLION CARRYOVER SET FOR WEDNESDAY The longshot victory by Ruler On Ice in the sloppy Belmont Stakes on Saturday night triggered a pick-six carryover of more than $1.13 million for the next day of live racing

{Friday, June 10, 2011} HOUNDS GET HIS IRISH UP Belmont Stakes contender Master of Hounds' Irish temper flared yesterday morning when he shipped to Belmont Park after being released from quarantine at Aqueduct, where he had been cooling

{Monday, June 06, 2011} A TOUGH RACE AHEAD The Belmont Stakes, sometimes dismissed when no Triple Crown is at stake, remains the biggest horse race in New York, its biggest racing draw card, its biggest one-day betting bonanza -- and the

{Sunday, June 05, 2011} BELMONT STAKES WORKOUT REPORT Shackleford gets go-ahead for Belmont after workout Preakness (G1) winner SHACKLEFORD (Forestry) worked five furlongs in 1:00 1/5 at Belmont Park on Saturday morning,

{Friday, June 03, 2011} THE GREAT EIGHT AT BELMONT The 143rd Belmont Stakes promises to bear a startling resemblance to this year's 137th Kentucky Derby. Barring any unexpected defections, eight horses from the Derby will meet

{Thursday, June 02, 2011} ALL INDICATIONS ARE GOOD FOR SHACKLEFORD The connections of Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Shackleford said a decision on the June 11 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) will be made after the Forestry colt breezes at Belmont