Page 7 - Johna Nerud News Today

Sponsored by: 2020 Breeders Cup Sprint winner Whitmore The defending Champion Sprinter Whitmore has shown no signs of slowing down in his 8-year-old campaign. He will again look to put his ability on display, facing some of the top sprinters in the country in Saturdays 37th running of the Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga Race Course. The prestigious six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and upward pays homage to the influential owner, breeder and racetrack operator who ...

Mind Control Snaps Losing Streak With Win In Nerud Stakes At Belmont Sponsored by: Mind Control (outside) wins the John A. Nerud Stakes by a head over Firenze Fire (inside). Mind Control had not seen the inside of a winners circle since March 2020 when he won the Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York, N.Y. The 5-year-old horse had gotten close in his last eight starts, finishing second to Mischevious Alex in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct back in April. Sunday,...

Pick 6 Carryover For Sunday Card At Belmont Park Sponsored by: Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Sundays Pick 6 will be bolstered by a $130,681 carryover as the multi-race wager went unsolved on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The $1 Pick 6, implemented at the current 48-day Belmont spring/summer meet, returned $21,780 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly. Saturdays Pick 6 sequence kicked off in Race 5 when longshot True Palace [No. 6, $37.60] lit up the tote board for...

Truth Hurts Gets First Stakes Win In Perfect Sting At Belmont Sponsored by: Truth Hurts wins the Perfect Sting Stakes at Belmont Park. Truth Hurts, trained and co-owned by Chad Summers with J Stables, registered a dominant victory in Saturdays $100,000 Perfect Sting Stakes for older fillies and mares contested at one mile over a sloppy and sealed main track at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The eighth running of the Perfect Sting was originally scheduled for one mile on the Widener tur...

Sponsored by: Happy Saver (rail) prepares to make his winning move under Irad Ortiz Jr. in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher expressed excitement for the 4-year-old debut of Wertheimer et Freres undefeated Happy Saver, who is entered in Race 3 on Belmonts Friday program – a one mile allowance optional claiming event at the Elmont, N.Y., track. The son of Super Saver last raced in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup in September at Belmont, where he defeated s...

Sponsored by: Belmont Park The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 48-day Belmont Park spring/summer meet, which will feature 59 total stakes races worth $16.95 million in total purses. The spring/summer meet will open on Thursday, April 22 and continue through Sunday, July 11. On February 10, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that live sports and entertainment venues will be permitted to re-open to a limited number of spectat...

Grade 3 Winner Killybegs Captain Retired To Mill Creek Farm In New York Sponsored by: Killybegs Captain wins the De Francis Dash Graded stakes winner Killybegs Captain was retired this month and will enter stud in 2021 at Anne Morgans and Tim Littles Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, N.Y. The 7-year-old son of Mizzen Mast out of the Holy Bull mare Al Maha will stand his initial season for $2,500 live foal/stands and nurses. Campaigned by Curragh Racing and trained by John Terranova, Kill...