Thursday, September 30, 2010
Contact: Dan Silver
dsilver@nyrainc.com
NO LIVE RACING OR SIMULCASTING AT BELMONT PARK ON THURSDAY; TELEBET AND INTERNET WAGERING AVAILABLE
ELMONT, N.Y. – Due to heavy rainfall and high winds, there will be no live racing or simulcasting at Belmont Park on Thursday, September 30. NYRA Rewards telebet and internet wagering will be available.
Belmont features five prestigious Grade 1 races on Saturday, October 2, highlighted by the 93rd running of the Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational. Among others, the race includes Blame, winner of five straight graded races including the Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in his most recent start, Rail Trip, a multiple graded winner trying conventional dirt for the first time, and Fly Down, runner-up in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes and the Grade 1 Travers for Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito.
Additional Grade 1 races on Saturday are the $500,000 Flower Bowl Invitational for fillies and mares going 1 ¼ miles on the turf, the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational for 3-year-olds and up going 1 ½ miles on the turf, the $350,000 Beldame for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on the main track, and the $350,000 Vosburgh for 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs on the main track.
Fans at Belmont on Saturday will receive a free baseball cap in celebration of the biggest day of racing during the fall championship meet, with paid admission, while supplies last.
NYRA is also offering a $500,000 Guaranteed All-Grade 1 Pick 4 on Saturday, comprising the Flower Bowl, Beldame, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, and Jockey Club Gold Cup.
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