Horse Racing News

In a race that could have implications for the Belmont Stakeslater in the day, Stuart S. Janney III's homebred Norumbega closed from well back in the field to win the $500,000 Brooklyn Invitational Stakes.

As the sunrise broke through at Belmont Park at 5:30 a.m. on Belmont Stakes Day June 7, California Chrome was one of the first horses on the track as he went through a light jog under the watchful eye of trainer Art Sherman.

Antonino Miuccio's Palace overcame a bad stumble exiting the gate in Friday's Grade 2, $250,000 True North to post a three-quarter length victory on the wire of the swiftly-run six-furlong sprint.

It is hard to believe a year has passed since Dogwood Stable's Palace Malice galloped all the way around Big Sandy to upset the Belmont Stakes at odds of 13-1.

The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes has had a significant purse bump from $200,000 to $500,000 that will be sought by a wide-open field of eight runners on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 7 at Belmont Park in New York.

The 4-year-old homebred daughter of Discreet Cat -- To Marquet, by Marquetry, will attempt to add to her streak when she takes on a classy, hard-knocking field of fillies and mares June 7 in the $750,000 Longines Just a Game Stakes at Belmont Park.

Thirteen 3-year-old fillies will seek to get lucky in the $750,0000 TVG Acorn Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 7 at Belmont Park in New York.

The 2014 renewal of the Knob Creek Manhattan Stakes June 7, a race with a strong collection of past winners, features three trainers -- Shug McGaughey, Bill Mott and Christophe Clement -- who have won the race three times each.

A sporting gesture put two-time champion Beholder on a plane to Belmont Park last week for the brewing rematch between her and 2013 Longines Kentucky Oaks winner Princess of Sylmar in the $1 million Ogden Phipps June 7.

On his first day ever in New York, Steve Coburn, part owner and breeder of California Chrome, was interviewed by NBC and spent the rest of the time as a tourist.