Ron Turcotte remembers Secretariat’s Belmont Stakes and the completion of the Triple Crown.

Conditions are near-perfect at Belmont Park for Belmont Stakes Day, June 10. The skies are sunny at 9:30 a.m. ET, with a mild temperature of 65 degrees. Air quality is also good, with an Air Quality Index registering just a 21.

The June 10 AU$1 million, 1,600-meter JJ Atkins Plate (G1) brings a mouth-watering array of scripts and scenarios befitting Eagle Farm’s time-honored group 1 for 2-year-olds.

Trainer Wesley Ward’s Royal Ascot-bound quintet registered their final breezes the morning of June 9 over the turf course at Keeneland.

Godolphin’s homebred Pretty Mischievous narrowly prevailed over a stubborn Dorth Vader to notch her second consecutive grade 1 victory in the June 9 $500,000 Acorn Stakes (G1) on a record-setting Belmont Festival Friday at Belmont Park.

Higher Ed was among seven debut starters for A &A Ranch’s freshman sire Sporting Chance June 9 at Ruisdoso Downs.

Fillies by Bucchero and Street Boss breezed quarters in :20 3/5, sharing honors for the fastest work at the distance at the fifth session of the 2023 Ocala Breeders’ Sales June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.

Andy Serling & Paul Verderosa look ahead to the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes and the Grade 1 Met Mile.

A daughter of champion European sire Frankel stole the show for the second day in a row at the Inglis Great Southern Sale, selling Friday for AU$475,000 (US$320,198) to the stallion’s biggest Australian supporter.

A confident and patient ride from William Buick landed Siskany in the winner’s circle following the $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup (G2T) at Belmont Park June 9.