Shapazian’s Belmont picks – June 17
Belmont Park will feel drastically different Saturday, a week removed from the Belmont Stakes, but a strong nine-race card awaits horseplayers and The Saratoga Special’s John Shapazian.
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Shapazian’s Belmont picks – June 16
A successful Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in the books and now it’s time to transition into the meat of the summer with five weekends of racing remaining at Belmont Park until the circuit shifts north to Saratoga Race Course.
Ascend’s upset special
One of the most alluring aspects of racing is that regardless of how much money is spent and how thoroughly past performances and breeding are analyzed, no horse is a sure bet.
Perfect Script
Jonathan Thomas, George Isaacs, John Panagot and Aron Wellman gathered at the back of the sales pavilion, just as the opening session of the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale inched past the one-hour mark. They were in good spirits after pooling resources to buy a colt by one of the world’s leading sires, maybe even giddy, or at least as giddy as one could be after signing a ticket for $1.2 million.
A smarter Songbird
The good news and bad news out of Saturday’s Ogden Phipps is pretty simple and basically the same.
The Bob and Mike Show
Bob Baffert wished out loud Saturday in the bright sunshine that he brought five horses for Belmont Park instead of four.
Shapazian’s Belmont picks – June 11
The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival officially came to a close Saturday – hats off to Tapwrit and his connections for winning the final jewel of the 2017 Triple Crown – and the weekend ends Sunday with a 10-race card at Belmont Park.
Welcome back to America
One by one jockeys walked up the staircase leading to the jock’s room in the basement of Belmont Park to congratulate one of their fellow riders walking down shortly after the $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational Stakes Friday at Belmont Park.
Shapazian’s Belmont Day picks
Saturday is not just another day at the office for The Saratoga Special’s John Shapazian and it shouldn’t be for you either.
2017 Belmont Stakes Day picks
The end of the road always features the oldest and longest road. The Belmont Stakes, to be run for the 149th time Saturday and the world’s only 12-furlong Grade 1 stakes on the dirt, closes the book on the 2017 Triple Crown.
