It would make for an extremely difficult trivia question: What is the connection between rappers Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty, and Rauw Alejandro, as well as Leonardo da Vinci?
Triple Crown Winner Whirlaway: Calumet’s Mercurial and Brilliant Star
It's never a good thing when your boss calls you a knucklehead. “You can teach him,” quipped legendary trainer Ben A. Jones of Whirlaway in the spring of 1941, “but you can't teach him much. ”
2026 Metropolitan Handicap at a Glance
While the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets is the headliner of the Saturday, June 6 card at Saratoga Race Course, the Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap commands plenty of attention by itself as the $1 million secondary feature race on Belmont Stakes day.
ABR’s Trifecta Picks for the 2026 Belmont Stakes
The field for the 158th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets has been finalized, and the final jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown will run Saturday evening, June 6, at Saratoga Race Course in front of tens of thousands of fans on site and a national television audience on FOX.
