Belmont Stakes Day 2022: Eight Grade 1 Races, Odds And Picks

Frankie Dettori / 25 Umberto Rispoli / 19 Trainers / Wins Mark Glatt / 21 Doug O'Neill / 21 Phil D'Amato / 18 Bob Baffert / 17 Steve Knapp / 16 Saturday • $300000 Grade I Beholder Mile, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1 mile • $100000 Grade III Santa Ysabel Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1-1/16 miles • $100000 San Simeon Stakes, 4-year-olds and…

National Treasure, shown winning this year's Preakness Stakes, will be in action on Santa Anita's opening day Dec. 26. Photo by and courtesy of Katsumi Saito Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Opening day at Santa Anita on the day after Christmas traditionally is a bridge between the fading old year and the bright promise of the new, providing some of the country's…

The Breeders' Cup serves as the de facto championships of American horse racing in the United States. Since 1984 the best thoroughbreds from around the world gather for one weekend at the same track for 14 races, all Grade I stakes with different distances, surfaces, and genders. There are 14 total races, with five races all for juvenile horses…

KY Downs' First $2 Million Purse - Mint Millions - To Be Held This Saturday From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: (Photo: Gray's Fable winning Ellis Park's 2022 prep for Kentucky Downs' Mint Million, now the Mint Millions. Coady Photography) The first stakes offering a $2 million purse in Kentucky Downs history is all set as the Grade 3 mile…

KY Downs' Barn Notes: Kitodan Returns in Tapit Stakes (Kitodan / Photos by Coady Photography & Courtesy of KY Downs) From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: (Photo: Kitodan winning last year's Dueling Grounds Derby, when it was worth $750000 and sponsored by Big Ass Fans. Coady Photography) An overflow field that includes last year's…

KY Downs To Offer Allowance Races for Keeneland Sales Graduates From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: $250K allowance races for Keeneland September Sale grads return to Kentucky Downs on opening day, Aug. 31 For the second year, Kentucky Downs is offering a pair of $250000 allowance races restricted to 2-year-olds that went through the sales…

The 56th running of the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes is set for Saturday at Monmouth Park, and a trio of win contenders includes Kentucky Derby winner Mage. The 1 1/8 mile "War at the Shore" headlines the biggest day of racing on the Jersey shore and includes four other graded stakes races leading into the Grade 1 Haskell. Two Grade 1 races…

It's nearing post time for the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes. But before Saturday's headliner and $1.5 million race at 7:02 p.m. ET, there are eight other graded stakes to watch and wager on including six Grade 1 races at Belmont Park. Fans can tune in June 10th on FOX Sports and FS1 starting with early pre-race coverage at 11 a.m. ET. Check…

Led by the $150000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, an esteemed sprint for 3-year-olds and up, the Maryland Jockey Club is offering 16 stakes worth $1.525 million in purses during Laurel Park's summer meet, which opens Friday. The 33-day stand will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sunday, Aug. 20. Post time will be 12:25 p.m. EDT. After…

David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md.- Led by the $150000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, an esteemed sprint for 3-year-olds and up, the Maryland Jockey Club is offering 16 stakes worth $1.525 million in purses during Laurel Park's summer meet, which opens Friday. The 33-day stand will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sunday,…

Keeneland Announces Spring Stakes Schedule (Keeneland / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Keeneland Media Team: Keeneland will award a season record $8.05 million for 19 stakes to be run during its 2023 Spring Meet, which will cover 15 days from April 7-28. Leading the schedule are the 99 running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) and 86…

Keeneland will award a season record $8.05 million for 19 stakes to be run during its 2023 Spring Meet, which will cover 15 days from April 7-28. Leading the schedule are the 99 running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) and 86 running of the $600000 Central Bank Ashland (G1), both major targets of the nation's top 3-year-olds. Keeneland has…

Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca (#4 outside) under Jose Ortiz on her way to winning the Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico May 20, 2022, and earning Black Type. (Maryland Jockey Club photo) By Maribeth Kalinich There's a phenomenon happening in North America. Turf races are booming. That is in part thanks to more European horses coming across the pond to…

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - The 2022-2023 Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park will get underway Monday, the first of 71 days of World Class Racing that will be highlighted by the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1), and $400000 Fountain of Youth (G2) on the three most prestigious racing days during the…

By Pat McKenna - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 2023 spring meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, featuring 14 stakes worth nearly $2.8 million in total purses. The 19-day spring meet will open on March 30 and continue through April 30. Live racing will be conducted…

FRANKLIN, Ky. - The accomplished Long Range Toddy is scheduled to make his turf debut in Thursday's seventh race at the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs, a $180000 conditioned allowance for 3-year-olds and up at a mile. Long Range Toddy has earned more than $1 million in his career, the bulk coming for breeder/owner Willis Horton and Hall of Fame…

The 153rd running of the Travers headlines the biggest day of the summer at Saratoga. Six graded stakes including five Grade 1 races highlight the 13 race card. The $1.25 million Travers drew a very competitive field of eight runners for the'Midsummer Derby', and post time for the 1 1/4 mile Travers is 5:44 p.m. ET and Race 11 on the card. The…

A total of nine Grade 1 races highlight this weekend's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in Elmont, N.Y., with one Friday and eight on Saturday's blockbuster card. Though the field sizes may leave something to be desired, there is no shortage of stars lined up to show off for horse racing fans. Among the top matchups is that of the Met Mile, featuring…

The Belmont Stakes closes out a dramatic 2022 Triple Crown season with everyone's favorite long shot running in the field. The 154th Belmont Stakes airs on Saturday, June 11 from 3-5 p.m. ET on CNBC and from 5-7 p.m. on NBC. Coverage is also available on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock. Rich Strike, who skipped the Preakness Stakes…

Abel Cedillo / 37 Diego Herrera / 33 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 47 Doug O'Neill / 36 John Sadler / 30 Bob Baffert / 27 Mark Glatt / 26 Saturday • $150000 Snow Chief Stakes, 3-year-olds bred in CA, 1 1/8 miles (turf) • $150000 Melair Stakes, 3-year-old fillies bred in CA, 1 1/16 miles • $100000 Crystal Water Stakes, 3-year-olds and up bred in…

ELMONT, N.Y. - The lucrative Belmont Park spring/summer meet, featuring 59 stakes races worth $16.95 million in total purses, kicks off Thursday with a nine-race card and a first post of 1:20 p.m. Eastern. The 44-day meet runs through Sunday, July 10. The Belmont spring/summer meet will offer 12 Grade 1 events highlighted by the three-day Belmont…

Toyota Blue Grass returns to $1 million; Central Bank Ashland moves to opening day LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland revitalizes the 2022 Spring Meet with record $7.7 million in awards. 19 stakes will be run during the meet to be held from April 8-29. The new schedule features increased purses for all stakes and significant changes to the season's two…

Marc Keller's Kentucky homebred Daunt will look to make his stakes debut a winning one in Friday's $100000 Awad, a 1 1/16-mile Widener turf test for juveniles at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The Awad is one of four stakes on Friday's packed card, including the $200000 Ticonderoga, a 1 1/16-mile turf test for state-bred fillies and mares; the…

Essential Quality, shown winning the Grade I Travers, is among the favorites in a Breeders' Cup Classic field announced this week. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 29 (UPI) -- It's a week for looking forward as horse racing around the globe nears its annual champion-making events and youngsters get in final licks to make a case…

Thousand Words, shown training at Pimlico for this year's Preakness Stakes, returns in Saturday's Grade I Malibu at Santa Anita. Photo courtesy of Maryland Jockey Club Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, long has been a red-letter day for Santa Anita racing fans, and this year's edition won't do anything to hurt that tradition…