• Tiz the Law cruises to victory at Belmont Stakes

    Tiz the Law cruises to victory at Belmont Stakes

    To the roar of nobody, Tiz the Law galloped to victory in the 152nd Belmont Stakes. In a race unlike any other, the New-York bred Tiz the Law captured the first jewel of the Triple Crown in a year when horse racing tradition was flipped on its head because of the coronavirus pandemic. With Manny …
  • They’re off! Belmont perfect place for New York’s sporting restart

    They’re off! Belmont perfect place for New York’s sporting restart

    If you listen close enough, even in the still of morning, you can hear the old thunderclaps of joy that have so often spilled out of this beautiful place, pouring out onto Hempstead Turnpike, surpassing the steady roar of the Cross Island Parkway. Listen close enough and it is June 6, 2015, and there are …
  • Belmont Park to return to racing: Inside hurdles that were cleared

    Belmont Park to return to racing: Inside hurdles that were cleared

    Rick Schosberg begins his Mondays at 4:15 a.m., when he arrives at Belmont Park to train his horses and help the nearly 600 backstretch workers who call the track home to stay safe during the coronavirus era. Racing will finally return to Belmont on Wednesday, but the work of training and caring for horses never …