Tag Archives: Belmont Stakes

Another Day, Another Tapit Parade

Saturday at Belmont turned out to be a redemption day for a pair of paternally connected colts. As North America's top sire for the past two years, Tapit has plenty of feathers...

The Belmont With Bells On

We've been so spoiled of late. First it was California Chrome, the gleaming chestnut with the truck stop owners who stirred over 100,000 people to Belmont Park in 2014. Last...

Three Legs and a Heart

Let’s take a minute to talk about this race, shall we? War Admiral’s performance in the 1937 Belmont Stakes is almost certainly the high point of his amazing career. Beyond...

American Heroah!

Twenty years from now, Lord willing, someone will ask you about the 2015 Belmont Stakes and its champion, American Pharoah. And you will of course remember exactly where you were,...

The Pharoah and the Pony

[caption id="attachment_422" align="alignnone" width="640"] Smokey leads American Pharoah onto the track for a jog on Friday morning.[/caption] “He’s my favorite horse in the barn,” Baffert boasted. “He’s such a cool...

How to be a Jackass

California Chrome—certified American Hero—The People's Horse—The Triple Crown Slump Buster—staggered home in yesterday's Belmont Stakes in a tie for 4th. Deflating, to say the least, but not unfathomable, if you've...