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Hall of Fame race horse trainer Nick Zito sent one of his 3 potential Belmont Stakes starters out for an easy breeze this morning at Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma training track.
Nowhere to Hide was clocked going a half-mile in 49.84. Stablemates Miner’s Escape and Brave Victory breezed on Thursday, May 21 in 48.56 and 48.52, respectively.
Possible for the Belmont Stakes field are Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra, Chocolate Candy, Flying Private, Luv Gov, Charitable Man, Summer Bird, Dunkirk and Mr. Hot Stuff.
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Race horse trainer Todd Pletcher will send Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor’s Belmont Stakes contender Dunkirk out Monday morning as he continues preparations for the Belmont Stakes 2009.
The gray Unbridled’s Song colt, Dunkirk, breezed a half-mile in a bullet 47.24 last Monday in his first move since finishing 11th behind Mine That Bird in the Kentucky Derby.
Possible Belmont Stakes entries are Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra, Brave Victory, Charitable Man, Chocolate Candy, Flying Private, Luv Gov, Miner’s Escape, Mr. Hot Stuff and Summer Bird.
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Robert V. LaPenta’s Belmont Stakes entries Brave Victory and Miner’s Escape breezed a half-mile in company on the main track at Belmont Park Thursday morning as they prepped for a start in the 141st running of the $1-million Belmont Stakes 2009 on Saturday, June 6.
With Hall of Fame race horse trainer Nick Zito looking on, Brave Victory went four furlongs in 48.55, according to Equibase clockers, while Frederico Tesio winner Miner’s Escape went in 48.56 under jockey Jose Lezcano. Eddie Cruz was up on Brave Victory, third in the Peter Pan to Charitable Man at Belmont Park on May 9.
The works were the fourth- and fifth-fastest of 23 at the distance.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Flamboyant financier Leonard W. Jerome and well-heeled friends, including banker August Belmont Sr., built a racetrack in the Bronx that opened on Sept. 25, 1866.
The crowd at Jerome Park, named for its founder, included Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and members of New York’s fashionable society. It was the first track to attract women in large numbers. Even the horses were chic — ribbons of owners’ colors were braided into their manes and tails.
On opening day, Jerome’s horse Kentucky visited the winner’s circle and the owner hoisted 12-year-old daughter Jennie on his shoulders.
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Kalarikkal and Vilasini Jayaraman’s Summer Bird, third-place finisher 1 1/4 lengths behind Papa Clem in the Arkansas Derby, arrived at Belmont Park for the 141st running of the $1-million Belmont Stakes 2009 on June 6.
Summer Bird will likely face the following Belmont Stakes contenders: Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, Preakness Stakes winner filly Rachel Alexandra, Chocolate Candy, Dunkirk, Flying Private, Love Gov, Miner’s Escape, Mr. Hot Stuff and Charitable Man.
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Race horse trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said that Charitable Man came out of his victory in Saturday’s Peter Pan Stakes in fine form and that he and owner William K. Warren Jr. would decide on the colt’s next start shortly.
“He came out of the race great,” said Kiaran McLaughlin of Charitable Man, who covered the nine furlongs in 1:47.13. “The main decision is, ‘Where do we go next? What do we do?’ I will be corresponding with Mr. Warren today and tomorrow, and we are looking at the Belmont Stakes (Grade 1, $1 million, 3-year-olds, 1 1/2 miles, June 6) or the Dwyer (Grade 2, $200,000, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles, July 4) with heading to the Shadwell Travers (Grade 1, $1 million, 1 1/4 miles, Aug. 29, Saratoga) as the main objective.”
“There’s the Dwyer- Jim Dandy (Grade 2, $500,000, 1 1/8th miles, Aug. 1, Saratoga)-Travers or the Belmont-Travers — we’re just looking for the right sequence of races.”
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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) launched www.BelmontStakes.com, a website dedicated to the Belmont Stakes 2009, third jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown, scheduled to be run this year for the 141st time on Saturday, June 6 at Belmont Park.
The brand new website offers visitors a myriad of great Belmont Stakes content, including videos, podcasts, photo galleries, news, race day information, a section dedicated to the Belmont Stakes history, and special content from the Daily Racing Form.
In addition, the Belmont Stakes website features blogs from horse racing experts and also allows fans to sign up for the Belmont Stakes Prize Package, offering the chance to win tickets, hotel, and airfare to the Belmont Stakes 141 this year.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Santa Anita’s main track has encountered a bumpy road since a synthetic surface replaced dirt last summer. It has become an up-and-down soap opera for a year.
High Hopes: Cushion Track that cost $11 million was installed at Santa Anita before the Oak Tree meeting began 13 months ago in September. The change met the California Horse Racing Board mandate requiring most major tracks to install synthetic surfaces by the end of ‘07 to reduce fatalities among horses. So far it has.
How Sweet It Is: Oak Tree lassoed the 25th Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Aug. 22, 2007 — the first time some races will be staged on a surface other than dirt. Since the richest event in United States racing debuted at Hollywood Park, it’s only fitting a Southern California track will serve as host for the seventh time — Oak Tree’s fourth.
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Photos from The Blood-Horse Magazine showing Big Brown’s loose right hind hoof gave horse owner Michael Iavarone evidence of why Big Brown raced poorly in the Belmont Stakes last June 7 at Belmont Park.
Big Brown was the favorite to win the 1 1/2 mile Belmont Stakes but ended up finishing dead last with jockey Kent Desormeaux easing the 3-year-old race horse Big Brown down the stretch. Big Brown was given a clean bill of health during a post-race veterinary examination.
“When the shoe spread, a nail could have been pinching him,” co-president of IEAH Stables Michael Iavarone said. “Or he could have been stepping on a hot nail, which would have been worse. I’m guessing the nail went back in but not in the same spot. Or it could have been a loose shoe, which would be like trying to run with a wobbly cleat.”
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Big Brown’s trainer, Richard Dutrow, Jr., believes that jockey Kent Desormeaux’s ride in the 2008 Belmont Stakes last Saturday, June 7, at Belmont Park cost Big Brown the Triple Crown.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown was eased in the final quarter-mile of the Belmont Stakes by jockey Kent Desormeaux and failed to finish the race.
If Big Brown is healthy, the plan is for him to run next in the Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga. where horse racing fans might see a rematch between 2008 Belmont Stakes winner Da’ Tara and Big Brown.
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