Horse Racing News

It is hard to believe a year has passed since Dogwood Stable's Palace Malice galloped all the way around Big Sandy to upset the Belmont Stakes at odds of 13-1.

The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes has had a significant purse bump from $200,000 to $500,000 that will be sought by a wide-open field of eight runners on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 7 at Belmont Park in New York.

The 4-year-old homebred daughter of Discreet Cat -- To Marquet, by Marquetry, will attempt to add to her streak when she takes on a classy, hard-knocking field of fillies and mares June 7 in the $750,000 Longines Just a Game Stakes at Belmont Park.

Thirteen 3-year-old fillies will seek to get lucky in the $750,0000 TVG Acorn Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 7 at Belmont Park in New York.

The 2014 renewal of the Knob Creek Manhattan Stakes June 7, a race with a strong collection of past winners, features three trainers -- Shug McGaughey, Bill Mott and Christophe Clement -- who have won the race three times each.

A sporting gesture put two-time champion Beholder on a plane to Belmont Park last week for the brewing rematch between her and 2013 Longines Kentucky Oaks winner Princess of Sylmar in the $1 million Ogden Phipps June 7.

On his first day ever in New York, Steve Coburn, part owner and breeder of California Chrome, was interviewed by NBC and spent the rest of the time as a tourist.

California Chrome is the 3-5 early favorite to win the Belmont Stakes and become horse racing's 12th Triple Crown champion.

There is much more on the line Saturday for California Chrome than a shot at winning the Triple Crown

The owners of California Chrome signed their first major sponsorship deal for the horse ahead of his attempt to be the first Triple Crown winner in 36 years.