Belmont Park

Jose Ortiz closed out the meet with a record of 59-44-38 from 246 starts and total purse earnings of $4,921,926, putting him at a win rate of 23.98 percent and in-the-money percentage of 57.32.

Glen Hill Farm's Craig Bernick, breeder and co-owner of 3-year-old Aspen Grove, saw his Justify filly trounce the field in the July 8 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T) at Belmont Park, proving the best in the 1-1/4 mile inner turf test.

August Dawn Farm's Maple Leaf Mel remained perfect through five starts with a powerful gate-to-wire effort to provide her namesake trainer Melanie Giddings her first career stakes win in Saturday's Grade 3, $175,000 Victory Ride at Belmont Park.

In her first start on North American soil, Glen Hill Farm and Mrs. John Magnier's Aspen Grove tucked away a victory in the $500,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1T) when edging Prerequisite in the stretch July 8 at Belmont Park.

Far Bridge benefitted from a heads-up ride by Jose Ortiz to hold off favored The Foxes by about one length and win the July 8 $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1T).

Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead to the Grade 1 Fasig-Tipton Belmont Oaks and Grade 1 Belmont Derby at Belmont Park.

With the big guns from England and Ireland taking a pass, the July 8 renewal of the Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1T) features a showdown between a pair of fillies trained by Chad Brown and a duo from the barn of…

The Pennine Ridge Stakes (G2T) has been a reliable barometer of success for the next logical step on the stakes calendar, the $750,000 Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T).

Breezing for the first time since his victory in the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1), Blue Rose Farm's Arcangelo recorded a swift five-furlong workout in :58.49 July 5 at Saratoga Race Course.

Highly consistent graded stakes winners Major Dude and Nagirroc will go head-to-head against six other sophomores in the ninth running of the $250,000 Manila Stakes (G3T) July 7 at Belmont Park.