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4 days ago | pastthewire.com | Jonathan Stettin

The 2025 Belmont Stakes brings a compelling mix of speed, strategy, and shifting dynamics—especially with this year’s 1¼-mile distance at Saratoga. Among the standout names, Baeza has emerged as a horse who might just upset the balance between front-runners Sovereignty and Journalism. After a strong third-place showing in the Kentucky Derby, Baeza skipped the Preakness Stakes, a decision many bettors see as a strategic pause rather than a missed opportunity.

1 week ago | pastthewire.com | Jonathan Stettin

The 157th running of the Belmont Stakes is set for Saturday, June 7, 2025, and will take place at Saratoga Race Course for the second consecutive year. This temporary relocation from Belmont Park continues while major renovations are underway at its traditional home. The race will cover 1 1⁄4 miles and offer a $2 million purse, attracting an elite group of three-year-old thoroughbreds to one of the sport’s most historic venues.

2 weeks ago | pastthewire.com | Jonathan Stettin

Brought to you by AmWager and SureBet Coffee You ring, we bring! The Past the Wire team is always trying to help YOU do better at this toughest of skill games. We aren’t going to tell you who to bet we are going to tell you who we’re betting or not betting and why with the hope of making YOU a Better BettorThat is what John does in his seminars and that is what Geo will be doing in this, his first solo seminar on Past the Wire.

3 weeks ago | pastthewire.com | Jonathan Stettin

NYRA Press ReleaseC2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber and La Milagrosa Stable’s multiple Grade 1-winner White Abarrio re-acquainted himself with the Saratoga Race Course main track Friday, posting a half-mile breeze in 49.27 seconds in company with New York-bred Bustin Bullet for trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. “He went a half from the three-eighths and he galloped out five-eighths, which was a little more than he should have, but we just wanted him to stretch his legs over the surface,” Joseph, Jr. said.

3 weeks ago | pastthewire.com | Amber Joyce

Brought to you by AmWager Mary Eddy/NYRA Press OfficeOZONE PARK, N.Y. – Amo Racing USA’s Hill Road earned his first graded stakes victory with a well-timed ride from Flavien Prat in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan, a nine-furlong route for sophomores, at Belmont at the Big A.