Current Tag: Belmont Park
NYRA Cares: Garafola and Gallardo working together for the backstretch community
POSTED: February 15, 2021
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Longtime New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) employees Nick Garafola and Veronica Gallardo have worked valiantly for the racing community amid...
NYRA announces stakes schedule for 48-day Belmont Spring/Summer meet
POSTED: February 12, 2021
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 48-day Belmont Park spring/summer meet, which will...
G3 Winner Majestic Dunhill seeks rebound in General George (G3)
POSTED: February 11, 2021
Fellow Graded Winners Laki, Share the Ride Among 10-Horse Field One of Six Stakes, Two Graded, Worth $900,000 in Purses Feb. 13 LAUREL, MD –...
NYRA Announces Race Dates
POSTED: January 23, 2021
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the 2021 NYRA racing calendar, which calls for 202 live race days...
NYRA stakes races to be run without Lasix in 2021
POSTED: December 23, 2020
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that, in accordance with its commitment to eliminate race day medication, the use of Furosemide (Lasix)...
Majestic Dunhill takes on six rivals in Fall Highweight (G3)
POSTED: November 25, 2020
A compact-but-competitive field of seven dirt sprinters will be on tap for Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap at six furlongs for 3-year-olds and...
Oleksandra posts final breeze for G1 Turf Sprint
POSTED: November 1, 2020
ELMONT, N.Y. – Hall of Fame trainer Neil Drysdale, currently overseeing a stable of six horses at Belmont, said last-out Grade 1 Jaipur winner Oleksandra looked sharp...
Brown scores exacta with Ingrassia and Fluffy Socks in Chelsey Flower
POSTED: November 1, 2020
By Brian Bohl ELMONT, N.Y. – With the training title of the Belmont fall meet already secured, Chad Brown padded the lead by conditioning the exacta...