Tom Law

Several serious contenders who will take on Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah in next week’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes turned in their final serious workouts Friday morning at Belmont Park.

Horseman and longtime equine advocate Alex Brown launched a three-part video series earlier this year with a goal of educating people on the controversial issue of horse slaughter in the United States.

Brown calls the series “Horses: Sports, Culture, and Slaughter” and it’s his attempt to “provide a 360-degree view of the issue of horse slaughter, through the lens of horse sports, horse cultures and horse history.”

It was a good holiday weekend for the Three Chimneys Farm duo of Sky Mesa and Exchange Rate, who combined to sire three graded stakes winners in North America.

The field for next Saturday’s Belmont Stakes continues to evolve with contenders coming and going almost as fast as children jumping in and getting out of chilly backyard pools that opened over the Memorial Day weekend.

ST Publishing Managing Editor Tom Law is one of the winners of the New York Racing Association’s sixth annual Joe Hirsch Memorial Writing Award contest in the wrap-up category for his coverage of the 2014 Belmont Stakes.

No we’re not talking about the unofficial official drink of the Belmont Stakes.

We’re talking about American Pharoah’s breeze at Churchill Downs Tuesday morning, his first recorded workout since six days before the Kentucky Derby and a serious tightener in between the Preakness Stakes and next week’s Belmont Stakes.

Memorial Day weekend in the books and less than two weeks until the racing world finds out if the list of Triple Crown winners will round to a perfect dozen in the 147th Belmont Stakes.

While Pioneerof the Nile’s American Pharoah took another step toward ending the American Triple Crown drought, another grandson of classic winner Unbridled sired a pair of stakes winners last weekend at Pimlico Race Course.

The clouds filled the sky in Arcadia, but it was far from a gloomy time at the Great Race Place.

The Santa Anita Preakness Challenge gave some of the best horseplayers across the country an opportunity to strut their stuff. A live-money tournament with a $3,000 bankroll, the contest added even more flavor to a sensational weekend of racing.