Welcome to 2024 Triple Crown Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the U.S. Classics trail, with the focus this week on the upcoming 156th running of the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets June 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
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2024 Hollywood Gold Cup at a Glance
The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes, which was moved to Santa Anita Park in 2014 following the closure of Hollywood Park, is a historically significant Southern California race with a roll call of accomplished winners along with the memorable personalities connected to them throughout a history that spans 10 decades.
2024 Shoemaker Mile Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses
One of the annual marquee races on Santa Anita Park’s spring-summer calendar is held on Memorial Day. The $300,000, Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile Stakes usually attracts the best turf milers in California along with some shippers from out of state to compete, and a robust field is lined up for this year’s renewal.
Ten Memorable Belmont Stakes Upsets
As the oldest of the three Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets has seen its fair share of upsets, and the majority of those have come in roughly the last third of the race’s 155-year history.
