The Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap is on tap for this Monday, May 27 from Belmont Park in Elmont, New York and is just one of three Grade 1 races on the packed Monday card. A generous purse of $750,000 will be on the line for horses three years old and upward willing to race one mile on Belmont Park's main dirt track.
Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas will be the scene of the Grade 3 Lone Star Park Handicap this Monday, May 27. Horses three years old and up[ward will take center stage as they race 1 1/16 miles on Lone Star's main track for a $300,000 purse.
The Grade 2 Sands Point Stakes will be run this Monday, May 27 from a very busy Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race will feature three year old fillies willing to go 1 1/16 miles on Belmont Park's turf track for a purse of $200,000.
The Grade 2 American Handicap comes our way from Betfair Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California this Saturday, May 25. A purse of $150,000 will be on the line for horses three years old and upward willing to go one mile on Hollywood Park's turf track.
Belmont Park in Elmont, New York will be the scene of the Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay Stakes this Saturday, May 25. Fillies and mares three years old and upward will be featured as they go 1 3/8 miles on Belmont Park's turf track for a $200,000 purse.
The stars seemed to be aligning for Shug McGaughey ahead of the Preakness Stakes Saturday. There was already whispers of his impressive colt Orb becoming part of a very elite group of Triple Crown winners - the first since 1978 to record the increasingly impressive-looking feat.
The Grade 2 Dixie Stakes is on tap for this Saturday, May 18 from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Preakness Stakes undercard. Horses three years old and upward will be after the winner's share of the $300,000 purse when they go 1 1/8 miles on Pimlico's turf track.
The Second Jewel in the 2013 Triple Crown comes our way this Saturday, May 18 from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Kentucky Derby winner Orb will try to replicate the feat of I'll Have Another as a group of the best three year olds around go 1 3/8 miles on Pimlico's main track for a lucrative purse of $1 million in the 2013 Preakness Stakes.
The Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes will come our way from Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore this Saturday, May 18. Horses three years old and upward will be featured in this one mile turf race as they chase the winner's share of the $100,000 purse.
Betfair Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California will play host to the Grade 3 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap this Saturday, May 18. Fillies and mares three years old and upward will take to Hollywood Park's synthetic track and go 1 1/16 miles for a purse of $150,000.