What is the probability the two horses that won the same top-drawer stakes would be the sire and dam of a winner of that same race, who would then go on to sire two winners and be the maternal ...

The Suburban Handicap (gr. I) at Belmont Park may have lost its top star when Invasor was retired following an injury sustained in a June 23 workout, but that doesn’t mean the race has lost intrigue.

Despite having become something of a forgotten race – it lost its Grade 1 rating in 2009 – the Suburban Handicap has continued to draw interesting and talented fields. Horses who finished first or ...

With a Saturday card that included a pair of Grade 1 turf invitationals (the Belmont Oaks and Belmont Derby), as well as the 131st running of the Suburban Handicap, Belmont Park was the main focus of ...

The $500,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park wasn't the richest of the five Grade 1 races run Saturday, but it was by far the best as a neck and a nose separated the first three finishers after a ...

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If Funny Cide’s connections were hoping a switch to jockey Jerry Bailey would prove magical for the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, they were mistaken. Reinforcing the argument that the ...

Nearly nine years ago, trainer Richard Mandella had a memorable Breeders’ Cup Day. Not only did the Hall of Famer win Breeders’ Cup races with Phone Chatter and Kotashaan, he won two other stakes on ...