The Turk is starting to salivate. Starting Friday, Race Fans are blessed with no less then 8 graded stakes matches at Belmont Park to hunt for glory with.
Get your red flair pens ready. This is one of racing's great weekends. The Turk would have loved going to Belmont to be a part of this, but Mrs. Turk, Little Turk and I will be venturing to Chicago for the Arlington Millions in July and we hope to catch Mine That Bird in Saratoga later this summer. To all my fellow bloggers and the race fans who write to me, I hope you have a great time and decent weather.
On Friday June 5th
BELMONT
Brooklyn Stakes. (Grade 2)
$200,000; 3 Year Olds and Up
1 1/2 Miles
BELMONT
Hill Prince Stakes. (Grade 3)
$100,000; 3 Year Olds
1 Mile (Turf)
And Saturday June 6th
BELMONT
Belmont Stakes. (Grade 1)
$1,000,000; 3 Year Olds
1 1/2 Miles
BELMONT
Woodford Reserve Manhattan Stakes. (Grade 1)
$400,000; 3 Year Olds and Up
1 1/4 Miles (Turf)
BELMONT
Just a Game Stakes. Presented by Fly Emirates (Grade 1)
$400,000; 3 Year Olds and Up
1 Mile (Turf)
BELMONT
Acorn Stakes. (Grade 1)
$250,000; 3 Year Olds
1 Mile
BELMONT
Woody Stephens Stakes. (Grade 2)
$250,000; 3 Year Olds
7 Furlongs
BELMONT
True North Stakes. (Grade 2)
$250,000; 3 Year Olds and Up
6 Furlongs