Maggie Wolfendale and Andy Serling preview the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes, the Grade 1 Manhattan and the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps.

Del Mar announced June 3 that Trevor Denman, the iconic racing commentator who called every race at the seaside oval from 1984-2019, will return to the track’s roof for the 2021 season after sheltering in place throughout 2020.

Santa Barbara will head a team of five for Aidan O’Brien in the Cazoo Oaks (G1) as 14 fillies stood their ground for the third Classic of the season June 4 at Epsom Racecourse.

In a training career filled with a multitude of superlatives, May 5, 2021, was a crescendo for Todd Pletcher. 

Godolphin’s Phaistos was the top seller of the racehorse session on the final day of the Magic Millions National Sale on the Gold Coast June 3.

Al Aasy has been 2-for-2 so far in his 4-year-old season and is coming off a victory in the May 15 Aston Park Stakes (G3) at Newbury Racecourse.

Sol Kumin of Madaket Stables said he and his partners have already sent 25 of their 2-year-olds to trainer Bob Baffert in California and will continue racing with him even though the trainer has been barred from entering horses at Churchill Downs.

Fausto Gutierrez, who has been training for San Jorge Stable since 1986 (St. George Stable in English), is the Todd Pletcher of Mexico, having won consecutive trainer titles at Las Americas Racetrack in Mexico City 10 times.

The Pennine Ridge Stakes for this year will be officially listed as a grade 3 stakes, while the Paradise Creek Stakes and Penn Oaks will be non-listed black-type stakes.

Sol Kumin of Madaket Stable said he and his partners have already sent 25 of their 2-year-olds to trainer Bob Baffert in California and will continue racing with him even though the trainer has been barred from entering horses at Churchill Downs.