Chad Brown knows how to go the distance in the Intercontinental Stakes (G3T), having saddled three of its seven winners, including the first four home last year. On June 3 at Belmont Park, he returns with a potent pair in Regal Glory and Publication. Source
Month: May 2021
Mainstay, Half Sister to Vequist, to Debut in Astoria
Swilcan Stable and LC Racing’s Mainstay, a half sister to reigning 2-year-old champion filly Vequist, will make her career debut in the $150,000 Astoria Stakes June 3 at Belmont Park for trainer Butch Reid Jr. Source
Pletcher to Saddle Jouster, Con Lima in Wonder Again
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will saddle a formidable pair of contenders in Jouster and Con Lima in the $200,000 Wonder Again Stakes (G3T), a nine-furlong inner turf test for sophomore fillies June 3 at Belmont Park. Source
Favored Beren Romps in Off-the-Turf Paradise Creek
Even-money favorite Beren broke sharp from the innermost post and never wavered, posting a gate-to-wire 10 3/4-length win in the May 29 $100,000 Paradise Creek Stakes for 3-year-olds moved off the turf at Belmont Park. Source
Daughter of Gleneagles Wins German One Thousand Guineas
Gleneagles continued his upwardly mobile start to 2021 when his daughter, Novemba, ran out a hugely impressive winner of the May 30 German One Thousand Guineas (G2) at Dusseldorf Racecourse. Source
Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Monday, May 31
Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday’s meetings at Windsor, Redcar, Huntingdon, Leicester, Cartmel and Chelmsford City.Source
Roger Varian has high hopes of Third Realm landing the Cazoo Derby at Epsom
Roger Varian believes Third Realm has all the right attributes to make it second time lucky for him in the Cazoo Derby at Epsom on Saturday.Source
Sainthood to Belmont Derby; Happy Saver to Suburban
Sainthood captured his first graded stakes win in the off-the-turf May 29 Pennine Ridge Stakes (G3) and Happy Saver returned to the winner’s circle off a lengthy layoff in a May 28 allowance optional claiming race at Belmont Park. Source
Hot Rod Charlie, Rock Your World Settle In at Belmont
West Coast-based Hot Rod Charlie and Rock Your World, along with a number of stablemates, arrived in New York May 29 to begin final preparations for the June 5 $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1). Source
Can State Government Pressure on CDI Save Arlington?
Illinois racing interests are looking to state government in a last-ditch effort to pressure Churchill Downs Inc. to preserve racing at Arlington International Racecourse. Source