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Cheer the 154th Belmont Stakes with a complimentary cocktail

POSTED: June 6, 2022

Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to feature complimentary samples of popular cocktails and other beverages Moët Hennessy, White Claw and Day Chaser ® Cocktails among brands to be offered ...

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Apprentice Jockey Sosa Makes Quick Impression After Riding His First Winner At Monmouth Park

POSTED: June 6, 2022

OCEANPORT, N.J. – For 20-year-old Argentinian-born Laureano Sosa, it took just three mounts to earn his first win at Monmouth Park.  Riding for Hall of Famer...

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Jockey Luis Saez gets milestone 3,000th

POSTED: June 5, 2022

ELMONT, N.Y. – Jockey Luis Saez earned his 3,000th career victory when Rudy Rodriguez trainee Funny Joke remained undefeated with a neck victory in Race...

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Lucien Laurin’s Other Classic Champ: The 1966 Belmont Stakes

POSTED: June 5, 2022

Everyone knows Lucien Laurin’s story. With Bull Hancock’s assistance Penny Chenery plucked the quirky trainer reluctantly out of retirement to train her "big red" colt. ...

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The Rascal, the Wit and the Master: How Jerome, Travers and Belmont organized the Belmont Stakes

POSTED: June 4, 2022

by Kate Richards It was April 1866 in New York City. Three men gathered in Leonard Jerome’s Wall Street office to discuss sport and horses,...

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Rich Strike is in the Big Apple for the Big Sandy

POSTED: June 1, 2022

ELMONT, N.Y. – Rich Strike, the 80-1 upset winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, arrived in New York at 1 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday to...

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Above The Curve delivers Group 1 Prix St Alary for Joseph O’Brien

POSTED: May 30, 2022

Both Group 1 races at ParisLongchamp on Sunday went for export – one to Ireland, the other to England. Joseph O’Brien won the St Marks...

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Samantha Dobles Saddles 1st Winner at Gulfstream

POSTED: May 29, 2022

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Samantha Dobles celebrated her first success as a trainer after saddling Military Drill for the narrowest of victories in Race 5 on Saturday’s program...

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A farrier named Mike Stine

POSTED: May 28, 2022

by Kate Richards Mike Stine’s office geography is the underbelly of a thousand-pound horse. Whether tending to an eventing, dressage or jumping competitor or a...

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