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Saratoga winner's circle

Belmont Stakes 2024 Update (5-24-24)

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 […]

Protective’s 2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Best Prep Race vs. Past Kentucky Derby Winners

2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Protective       Current Rank      Total Points Earned       Earnings Trainer 27 25 $100,000 Todd Pletcher _______________________________________________________________________________ Protective’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date:  4/6/2024  Track:  Aqueduct Race #:  10 Distance:  9 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer:  Todd Pletcher Jockey:  Kendrick Carmouche Track […]

Uncle Heavy wins 2024 Withers

Wood Memorial 2024 Picks

By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Aqueduct on Saturday, April 6, and I have included Wood Memorial 2024 picks below. The Grade 2 event for 3-year-olds has a $750,000 purse and the thirteen entrants will be journeying 1 1/8 miles on the main track. The Wood Memorial is the 10th […]