Horse Racing
Horse Racing History
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes-G1 is not only the longest of the Triple Crown races but it is also the oldest. First run in 1867 at Jerome Park, a filly named Ruthless took the inaugural running in a time of 3 minutes and 5 seconds.
Virtual Horse Racing
It wasn't that long ago that "Virtual Horse Racing" amounted to tiny blips crawling across a TV screen, hooked up to a home video game-system
2009 Triple Crown Betting
It’s a search that keeps us all young and in 2009, there will be contenders that get sidelined by injury, former pretenders that just happen to peak at the right time and then there will be the sophomores that show up on the first Saturday in May and duke it out.
Horse Racing News
- Wide-open race expected for G3 Matchmaker
The Grade 3, $200,000 Matchmaker for fillies and mares on the turf looks like one of the outstanding betting races on the Haskell Day card Sunday at Monmouth Park. - Get Serious gets relief in Oceanport Stakes
After a bid for Grade 1 glory in the United Nations Stakes, Get Serious finds himself in a more realistic spot Sunday in the Grade 3, $200,000 Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park. - G2 Fourstardave: Get Stormy tries to rebound
After his five-race winning streak was snapped at Woodbine five weeks ago, Get Stormy seeks to start a new run of success where the old one began when he starts as the probable favorite in Sunday's Grade 2 Fourstardave at Saratoga. - Cost of Freedom looks sharp for Bing Crosby
The future is always now for Cost of Freedom, the top sprinter in California and the horse to beat in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar. - Novak: Maybe Maram
...advanced replacement for a newspaper column (the "Talkin' Horses" blog). Then Chad Brown kept on winning. Yesterday...s the end of the eighth day of racing at Saratoga and it's Brown up by... - Rachel to run in Personal Ensign on Aug. 29
As expected, reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra will make her next start in the Grade 1, $300,000 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 29, owner Jess Jackson confirmed in a press release Friday. - Zenyatta zeroing in on G1 Hirsch at Del Mar
A decision on whether Zenyatta will start in the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 7 will be made before entries are due on Wednesday, and indications are that the undefeated two-time champion will start in that Grade 1 race. - Duckworth: Lending a helping hand (or hoof)
Like everyone else, racing has not escaped the economic downturn unscathed. - Finley: The Haskell going out with a bang?
As always, they'll be giving away hats at Monmouth on Haskell Day. It's a tradition. Might they become collector's items?
