Rachel Alexandra to run in Mother Goose Stakes
Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra will be back to the races on June 27 at Belmont Park. After beating the colts, including Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, in the Preakness, Rachel will race against fillies in the Mother Goose Stakes.
Nicanor, brother of Barbaro, a winner at Delaware Park
Associated Press
WILMINGTON - Barbaro's brother has another win to celebrate.
Nicanor won an allowance race on the turf at Delaware Park yesterday, covering 11/8 miles in 1 minute, 52.95 seconds. He went off as the favorite, won by 13/4 lengths and paid $2.80, $2.40 and $2.10.
Borel, and Mine That Bird, will win Belmont
TOMORROW'S Belmont Stakes is not a complicated handicapping proposition. You either believe in Calvin Borel and Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, you go with Charitable Man, the horse that should control the pace, or you throw out Dunkirk's Kentucky Derby and take the $3.7 million yearling that was so impressive when finishing second in the Florida Derby.
Your guide to the Belmont Stakes
by Dick Jerardi
Dick Jerardi provides analysis on every horse at tomorrow's Belmont Stakes and gives his picks for the top finishers.
Jockey Calvin Borel is biggest star in Belmont field
IF HORSE RACING could find a way to bottle the feeling from the Triple Crown and stretch it out over a calendar year, it would be the NFL. But it really can't, so it isn't.
Mine That Bird becomes 2-1 favorite for Belmont
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Mine That Bird is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, when Calvin Borel will attempt to become the first jockey to win all three Triple Crown races with different horses.
Devon Horse Show
Invincible and owner corral prizes
Ellen Toon of South Salem, N.Y., rode her Invincible to the Championship in Amateur Owner Hunters (over age 35) yesterday at the Devon Horse Show.
Rachel Alexandra still uncertain for Belmont
Daily News Wire Services
Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra worked a half-mile at Churchill Downs, but the filly's owner said it might be another week before he decides whether to enter her in the Belmont Stakes.