By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic will be run at Belmont at Aqueduct on Saturday, September 28, 2024, and this is a prep race for the Breeders’ Cup Turf. The seven entrants will travel 1 1/2 miles on the turf course and War Like Goddess attempts to win this race for the […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 3, $250,000 Vosburgh Stakes will be run at Belmont at Aqueduct on Saturday, September 28, 2024, and this race is a Win & You’re In for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. The seven entrants will travel seven furlongs on the main track and Dean Delivers chases his fifth straight victory. The Vosburgh goes […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 2, $400,000 Woodward Stakes will be run at Belmont at Aqueduct on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Skippylongstocking will probably try to wire the compact field from the inside post. They will be traveling 1 1/8 miles on the main track, and the Woodward goes as the fourth race with a scheduled […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Travers Stakes field will be drawn on Sunday, August 18, and the race will be run at a mile and a quarter at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 24. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-18-24): 8 horse field likely Travers Hopefuls Running Styles Early-pressing: Batten Down, Dornoch, Fierceness, Thorpedo […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Aug. 24. Keep checking the Digest website for updated Travers news. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-8-24): Batten Down, Corporate Power, Dornoch, Fierceness, Honor Marie, Muth, Seize the Grey, Sierra Leone, Thorpedo Anna, Unmatched Wisdom Batten Down (Tapit – […]
By Jarrod Horak The field for the 2024 Belmont Stakes was selected on June 3. Ten entrants passed the entry box and morning line favorite Sierra Leone does his best running from off the pace. Check out the video below for Belmont analysis.
By Jarrod Horak Resilience was the lone Belmont Stakes 2024 hopeful to work on Sunday, and he completed his final quarter in 22 and change in an impressive move. He won the Wood Memorial (G2) in April and raced wide from post 18 and ended up sixth in the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday […]
By Jarrod Horak Saturday was the a big day for Belmont Stakes 2024 workouts, and likely favorite Sierra Leone showed the way with a half-mile breeze in company with Domestic Product. Chad Brown’s colt wore a new cage bit to help the rider have more control, and they hope the equipment change will get him […]
By Jarrod Horak The Belmont Stakes news is picking up in intensity as we get closer to the final leg of the Triple Crown Series. Fierceness was the first of the possible entrants to drop out of the running earlier this week. Todd Pletcher’s 2-year-old champion will target the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on […]
By Jarrod Horak The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 8, and the distance has been shortened to a mile and a quarter this year. Belmont Park is the home of the final leg of the Triple Crown and it is traditionally run at a mile and a half. Due […]
