Pat McKenna

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that, due to the construction of vehicular and pedestrian tunnels designed to provide access to the Belmont Park infield, the 2022 Belmont Park fall meet will be held at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Pat McKenna

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that the recently concluded Belmont Park spring/summer meet generated $13,437,509 in average daily handle.

NYRA Press Office

Trainer Ken McPeek has garnered plenty of knowledge and experience since starting his first runner in 1985. He’s known for his fearlessness when taking a gamble with his horses, like when he sent out Sarava to a shocking 70-1 victory in the 2002 Belmont Stakes for the dark bay’s first try against graded company, and more recently, scored a Grade 1 Preakness victory with upset filly Swiss Skydiver in 2020.

Mary Eddy

Trainer Chad Brown notched a record-extending seventh consecutive training title at the Belmont spring/summer meeting with 47 victories, the record for most wins earned by a trainer at a Belmont spring/summer meet. Irad Ortiz, Jr. secured the leading rider title with 48 wins while Michael Dubb paced all other owners with 16 wins. The Belmont spring/summer meet was conducted for 44 days from April 28 through July 10.

Keith McCalmont

WellSpring Stables’ homebred Market Alert outdueled a game Therisastormbrewin to capture the $100,000 Saginaw, a 1 1/16-mile test for state-breds 4-years-old and up on Closing Day of the spring/summer meet at Belmont Park.

Brian Bohl

Classic Causeway earned multiple graded stakes wins on dirt in his eight-race career before trainer Ken McPeek entered him against top-caliber divisional competition for his turf debut in the Grade 1, $1 million Caesars Belmont Derby Invitational.