Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is heading to the Preakness after all
Mystik Dan is heading to the Preakness next weekend after all, keeping alive the chance of another Triple Crown winner
December 2023
Belmont Stakes to be held at Saratoga as track undergoes $455m renovation
The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course, shifting to upstate New York because of the $455m renovation of Belmont Park
June 2023
Antonucci becomes first female trainer to win Triple Crown race with Arcangelo
Arcangelo won the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday as Jena Antonucci became the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race
New York governor says Belmont Stakes will only happen if air quality improves
New York’s governor warned that the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown, could be affected if air conditions don’t improve by Saturday
US sports leagues postpone games amid air quality concerns from wildfire smoke
Several major US sports leagues have postponed games in New York and Philadelphia due to poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires
May 2023
Secretariat at 50: America’s equine hero endures in the national lore
Secretariat’s Triple Crown records remain unbeaten to this day. Fifty years on, jockey Ron Turcotte reflects on a ‘generous, kind and gentle’ legend
June 2022
Mo Donegal surges from behind to cross finish line first in Belmont Stakes
Mo Donegal finished first and filly Nest was second, giving trainer Todd Pletcher a 1-2 finish at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday
June 2021
Essential Quality wins Belmont Stakes as banned Baffert stays in background
Brad Cox picked up his first Triple Crown victory with Essential Quality’s romp to victory in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday
May 2021
Bob Baffert banned in New York following Medina Spirit’s failed drugs test
I spent half my life in horse racing. The Medina Spirit scandal lays bare why I left
Elizabeth Banicki
June 2020
Tiz the Law becomes first Belmont Stakes winner from New York since 1882
Tiz the Law has won an unprecedented Belmont Stakes, claiming victory Saturday at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule
June 2019
Sir Winston springs final Triple Crown surprise with Belmont Stakes win
Sir Winston captured the $1.5m Belmont Stakes on Saturday, holding off favored Tacitus by a length
July 2018
'A gift from God': unbeaten Triple Crown winner Justify will retire due to ankle
The chestnut colt who became the 13th horse to capture the Triple Crown, and only the second in four decades, will not race again and will retire undefeated
June 2018
American racing is the big winner after Justify’s Triple Crown triumph
Greg Wood
Justify, the second Triple Crown winner in four years, will ensure bumper crowds at his final appearance and huge demand from breeders when he retires to stud
Justify wins Triple Crown in Belmont Stakes – as it happened
Justify becomes the 13th winner of the Triple Crown after his succcess at Belmont Park
Justify reigns supreme in Belmont to become 13th Triple Crown winner
Triple Crown hopeful Justify readies for run at history, but it won't be easy
Justify to run from rail in Triple Crown bid after drawing No1 post for Belmont
May 2018
Justify one win from Triple Crown after fighting off Good Magic in Preakness fog
Justify, the undefeated Kentucky Derby champion, will run for the Triple Crown after winning the Preakness Stakes in enveloping fog at Pimlico
December 2017
New York Islanders to leave Brooklyn for arena next to Belmont Park
The NHL team outbid New York City FC to build a new arena on the grounds of the Belmont Park horse track just east of Manhattan
