![]() | Yield Bogey, Edgar Prado up, heads to the track for the 29th running of the Grade III Jaipur Stakes. |
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Right One, with Julien Leparoux, and Boots Ahead, ridden by Eddie Castro, will also compete in the Jaipur, the first of two graded stakes races on Friday. |
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![]() Upgrade (#4), John Velazquez up, wins the seven-furlong turf event. |
![]() | Birdrun, third from left, stumbles at the start of the 124th running of the Grade II Brooklyn Handicap, nearly losing jockey Rajiv Maragh. |
![]() Redeemed, Ramon Dominguez up, wins the mile-and-a-half Brooklyn. |
Eldaafer, with Paco Lopez, is second. Birdrun and Maragh finished 9th in the eleven-horse field. |
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![]() | Love to Run (#4), Junior Alvarado up, passes Tiz Yankee, Corey Nakatani up, to win race 2 on Saturday, a one-mile contest for maidens three years old and upward. |
The blinkers come off of 6th-place finisher Reflecting. |
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![]() | Mineswept, ridden by Jose Ortiz, wins race 3 on Belmont Stakes Day, a one-mile allowance optional claiming race for New York-breds. |
Overextended and David Cohen finish third. |
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![]() | #4 Define, Irad Ortiz Jr. up, beats #6 Ruthless Alley, Edgar Prado up, in a photo finish to win race 4, one and 1/16 miles on the inner turf for maidens three and upwards. |
Lure of the South, ridden by Ariel Smith, finishes 4th in race 4. |
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![]() | Fast Falcon, Junior Alvarado up, joins the post parade for the Easy Goer Stakes, a mile and 1/16th for three-year-olds. |
![]() Teeth of the Dog, ridden by Joel Rosario, wins the Easy Goer by three and 3/4 lengths. 27-1 longshot Fast Falcon was second. |
Teeth of the Dog is trained by Michael Matz. |
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![]() | Giant Ryan, Willie Martinez up, takes part in the post parade for race 7, the Grade II True North Handicap. |
![]() Caixa Eletronica (orange and blue silks), trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Javier Castellano, wins the $400,000, six-furlong True North. |
While waiting for the equine ambulance to arrive, Willie Martinez supports Giant Ryan, who broke both sesamoids in his left front ankle during the stretch run of the True North. |
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![]() | Tapitsfly, Ramon Dominguez up, wins the Grade I Longines Just A Game Stakes, one mile on the turf for fillies and mares three years old and upward. |
![]() In second place is Winter Memories. |
Dancing in her Dreams and Corey Nakatani are welcomed back after finishing 7th in the Just a Game. |
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![]() Trinniberg wins the 28th running of the Grade II Woody Stephens, a seven-furlong race for three-year-olds. |
![]() | Like Giant Ryan, who was severely injured in the True North, Trinniberg is owned by Shavananda Racing, trained by Bisnath Parboo and ridden by Willie Martinez. |
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![]() | Desert Blanc, ridden by Ramon Domiguez, wins the 111th running of the grade I Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap, a mile and a quarter on the turf. |
Desert Blanc was bred in Great Britain and, except for this and one previous race at Belmont Park, has raced only in France. |
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