Vinnie Viola of St. Elias Stable celebrates two grade 1 victories June 6 at Saratoga, including the Belmont Stakes (G1) with Golden Tempo, but his thoughts return to the death of his lifelong friend Dominic DiPrisco.

All-sources handle for the Belmont Stakes, which was carded as race 13 of 14, was $50,876,383, a dip from last year’s $55,456,793.

Nysos wins the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) in style June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.

The rigors of traveling to and competing in the Middle East can be withering for some horses, but not Reef Runner.

Deterministic notches his fifth consecutive graded stakes victory with a repeat victory in the $1 million Manhattan Stakes (G1T) June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.

Golden Tempo, who sprung a 23-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby (G1) five weeks ago at Churchill Downs and skipped the Preakness Stakes (G1), used his same late-running style to capture the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.

Englishman crushes the field in the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.

Nysos wins the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) in style June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.

Classic Q wins the Just a Game Stakes (G1T) June 6 at Saratoga Race Course, defeating French shipper Mandanaba and favored Segesta.

What was billed as a new dawn for the Epsom Derby (G1) ended in an all too familiar scene in the Epsom winner’s enclosure, with trainer Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore partners again victorious.