Belmont Day Results
– As usual, Alan at Left at the Gate has a superb post up covering all of Saturday’s stakes action at Belmont, and Steve Haskin painstakingly details Jazil’s Belmont victory in the Blood-Horse. About all I have to add is that Jazil earned a 102 Beyer speed figure for his Belmont win, and that the colt will be pointed toward the Travers at Saratoga on August 26, as will runner-up Bluegrass Cat and third place finisher Sunriver.
– Gary West wraps up this year’s Triple Crown season: “It was a long five weeks.”
– Lava Man became a Grade I winner on the dirt and turf on Saturday with a brilliant wire-to-wire victory in the Charlie Whittingham at Hollywood. “He reminds me of a horse like John Henry,” said jockey Corey Nakatani of the gelding, claimed for $50,000 in 2003 and now undefeated in four starts for trainer Doug O’Neill and with earnings of more than $2.5 million.
