Belmont: Gateway To The Breeders’ Cup At Monmouth Articles | Gambling

By: Richard Bleuze

The 33-day Belmont Park fall meeting features stakes galore, including final preps for thoroughbreds hoping to qualify for Breeders’ Cup races in October at Monmouth Park.

Among the stars is Rags to Riches, returning to racing on Saturday following minor physical setbacks that sidelined her after becoming the first filly since 1905 to win the Belmont Stakes.  This just in - Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches suffered a hairline fracture in her right front pastern, and will not race again until 2008.

Serena’s Song, another filly , took on the boys in the ’95 Kentucky Derby, but didn’t fare too well. The daughter of Rahy led for more than a mile, but faded badly and finished 16th in the 19-horse field.

Lear’s Princess was runner-up in two Grade 1 stakes at 1 ¼ miles – the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont on July 21 and the Alabama on Aug. 18 at Saratoga.

Le Chateau has two victories – breaking her maiden at Fair Grounds in February and winning an allowance race at Churchill Downs in May. But the daughter of Chester House hasn’t traveled beyond 1 1/16 yards in nine career outings.

Curlin, third to Street Sense in the Kentucky Derby before winnings the Preakness, will go against older horses in the $750,000 Jockey Gold Cup at 1 ¼ miles on Sept. 30. He might be joined by Street Sense, but trainer Carl Nafzger is trying to make up his mind which of five races will be the Breeders' Cup Classic prep for the son of Street Cry.

However, 4-year-old Lawyer Ron may have something to say about it. Lawyer Ron holds the Saratoga track record for 1 1/8 miles while winning the Whitney and later captured the Woodward.

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