Tom Pedulla

2 weeks ago | americasbestracing.net | Tom Pedulla

Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from the 157th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets and other major races that were part of the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival that concluded Sunday at Saratoga Race Course. The final leg of the Triple Crown was contested at a mile and a quarter to fit the configuration of Saratoga for the second consecutive year while a new Belmont Park is built. The Festival featured 27 stakes races worth $11.275 million in purses.

2 weeks ago | americasbestracing.net | Tom Pedulla

The horse racing world was understandably disappointed when Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott decided to have Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner Sovereignty bypass the Preakness Stakes and a potential Triple Crown bid in an all-out effort to capture the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets.

3 weeks ago | horseracingnation.com | Tom Pedulla

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. It would mean the world to Chad Brown if he could win Saturday’s Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. It also is asking a lot, even for the winner of five Eclipse Awards as North America’s leading trainer. Amo Racing USA’s Hill Road must overcome myriad obstacles, including the top three Kentucky Derby finishers in Sovereignty, Preakness victor Journalism and buzz horse Baeza, if he is to provide Brown with the triumph he covets.

3 weeks ago | americasbestracing.net | Tom Pedulla

This week, FOX Sports is providing extensive coverage of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, highlighted by Saturday’s 157th edition of the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, from Saratoga Race Course. The five-day event was moved to the fabled upstate New York venue due to the construction of a new Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.All of Friday’s action can be viewed from 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. ET.

3 weeks ago | horseracingnation.com | Tom Pedulla

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher smiled weakly when he was reminded of the serious horsepower he has brought to the Belmont Stakes, beginning with the splendid filly Rags to Riches and extending through Palace Malice in 2013, Tapwrit in 2017 and Mo Donegal in 2022.