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AMERICAN PREVIEW: Foxes can prove wily in Belmont Derby 2023-07-08

A pair of Grade 1 turf contests for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park take center stage on the United States racing calendar this weekend,

The Foxes (IRE) has been facing tougher horses, and running faster, than the rest of the Belmont Derby Invitational field so gets top billing

European invaders The Foxes and Silver Knott take on formidable U.S.-based opponents Kalik and Webslinger in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Belmont Derby

Robert LaPenta, eFive Racing Thoroughbreds, and Madaket Stables’ Canadian-bred Kalik was an impressive gate-to-wire victor of the Pennine Ridge (G2), a nine-furlong turf test for sophomores Saturday at Belmont in which he bested the late-closing Far Bridge by one length with race favorite Silver Knott in third.

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Robert LaPenta, e Five Racing Thoroughbreds, and Madaket Stables’ Kalik earned his first stakes win with a gate-to-wire score in Saturday’s $200,000 Pennine Ridge (G2), a nine-furlong inner turf test for sophomores, at Belmont Park.

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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps a trio of turf stakes for three-year-olds during the first week of June.

NYRA) will host a Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday, featuring stakes action from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs