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Tag Archives: Belmont fall 2018

Round-Up: Fall Stakes Races at Belmont, Parx, and Woodbine

What else does one do on a rainy Saturday than work on some long, long, LONG overdue website updates? Here, a collection of this fall’s stakes races I covered for Brisnet/TwinSpires–a fun fall of racetrack travel. Grade 1 Frizette at Belmont Park: Jaywalk Owners: Cash is King and Leonard C. Green Trainer: John Servis Breeder:…

October 27, 2018 in Belmont fall 2018, Parx, Uncategorized, Woodbine.

“He brings us so much joy”: 9-year-old Kharafa goes for his fourth Ashley T. Cole

New York-bred Kharafa won the Ashley T. Cole Stakes at Belmont Park for the first time in September, 2013. He was four years old, and the winner’s circle ceremony was especially poignant. The win was Kharafa’s first in a stakes race, and his owner and breeder, Lawrence Durocher, had died four months earlier, leaving daughter…

September 22, 2018 in Belmont fall 2018, New York-breds.

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