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New York-breds will take center stage on the Memorial Day holiday slate Monday at Belmont Park as the New York Racing Association hosts its annual New York Showcase Day, featuring an 11-race all New York-bred card, including six stakes races worth $900,000 in purses and highlighted by the $200,000 Commentator.

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Pat McKenna

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced today that Pat Pope has been hired to serve as racing secretary for the Belmont Park spring/summer and fall meets. Pope will assume some responsibilities related to the current Belmont spring/summer meet before starting full time for the upcoming Belmont fall meet.

Bob Ehalt

As the days draw closer to June 9 and Justify's bid for a Triple Crown sweep in the 150th edition of the Belmont Stakes comes into a sharper focus, it inevitably resurrects memories of the great champions before him who competed in the famed race for the last century and a half.

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