Note: Breaking news just as I was about to leave: Casino Drive may be out of the Belmont: http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2008/June/06/casino-drive-physi Saturday. Belmont Day. Triple Crown Day…perhaps a date with history. Thirteen races are scheduled, with the feature of course being...

Denis of Cork would be the horse to pull the upset, but the Triple Crown drought will end....( read more )

Post positions were drawn today for the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. As we all know, the big story is Big Brown’s quest for the Triple Crown. Nine other horses will contend with the super-colt as he tries to make history as just the 12th horse ever to win the Triple Crown. ...

Big Brown will begin his 12-furlong quest for immortality and attempt to become not only the first winner of the Triple Crown but also the first successful odds-on favorite to win the Belmont Stakes in 30 years with the rail to his left and a maiden named Guadalcanal in the adjacent stall in the barrier...

Asking a horse to compete against the best at a mile and half in only his third career race is not a risk I'm about to take -- especially at short odds....( read more )

Japanese-owned Casino Drive, Spark Candle and Champagne Squall, working in company, at Belmont on Sunday with Belmont Stakes starter Casino Drive eventually overtaking his workmates. The move does appear on the work tab. “We got him in 1:10 and 3,” joked Nobutaka Tada, spokesperson for owner Hidetoshi...

By Jenny Kellner / NYRA On Saturday, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will be saddling Shadwell Stables’ Alwajeeha as she goes for her second consecutive stakes victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 Sands Point at a mile and an eighth on the turf at Belmont Park. But with the $1 million Belmont Stakes a little more...

The connections of the Japan-based Casino Drive, the only apparent threat to Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes, are said to be considering the Hill Prince Stakes on the June 7 undercard as a potential spot for stablemate Spark Candle, who was coupled with his undefeated traveling companion in the Peter...

Big Brown's hoof cool and draining; Casino Drive gallops, Prado has the call Both Big Brown and Casino Drive, the undefeated principal figures in the June 7 Belmont Stakes, galloped at Belmont Park on Wednesday. Neither did much. Both looked terrific. Hoof-repair specialist Ian McKinlay said that...

Big Brown seems to be on his way to our first Triple Crown in 30 years. However, it is by no means a sure thing....( read more )