Saturday, June 2, 2012

Belmont

  • A nose. Thats all that separated Real Quiet from racing immortality. He was beaten by the smallest of margins in the 1998 Belmont Stakes, the longest and toughest leg of thoroughbred racings Triple Crown.
  • (The Ledger)
  • BATON ROUGE, La. -- Jace Fry allowed one run through five innings and Oregon States bullpen pitched a shutout the rest of the way as the Beavers opened the NCAA tournament with a 2-1 victory over Belmont at the Baton Rouge Regional on Friday.
  • (kgw.com)
  • Other stakes for Belmont Stakes weekend are beginning to take shape, with the Grade 2, $200,000 Brooklyn Handicap headlining Fridays card.
  • (Bloodhorse.com)
  •       Over the last 34 years 11 horses have come into the Belmont stakes, one win away from immortality. Unfortunately that win is a mile and a half away on thoroughbred racing's most daunting track.
  • (Examiner)
  • NEW YORK - Doug ONeill knows how to play to a New York audience.
  • (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  • Just a week after finishing second in the My Juliet Stakes at Parx Racing in Philadelphia, C Cs Pal tries the $200,000 Vagrancy Stakes (Grade II) at New Yorks Belmont.
  • (Star-Banner)
  • BATON ROUGE, La. — Jeremy Sy had three hits, scored a run and drove home two more with a single in the eighth inning, and Louisiana-Monroe stayed alive in the NCAA tournament with a 6-3 victory over Belmont on Saturday in the Baton Rouge Regional.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Since the last to do it, 11 have failed. The bargain of a colt — Ill Have Another fetched a measly $35,000 at sale — has fared well in training at Belmont so far, trainer Doug ONeill said.
  • (Chicago Tribune)
  • Vanderbilt hopes to move to the regional final with a win today while Austin Peay and Belmont fight to stay alive in the NCAA Baseball Regional tournaments. The Commodores (34-26) beat UNC-Wilmington 8-2 on Friday in the opener of the Raleigh, NC, Regional.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • ELMONT, N.Y. – Ten years ago, trainer Ken McPeek pulled off the biggest upset in Belmont Stakes history with the 70-1 Sarava.
  • (Daily Racing Form)

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