Naples Bay

You can probably guess from the title what three fillies I’m about to talk about; Sassy Image, Winter Memories and Éclair de Lune. Memorial Day weekend is always one of the most exciting few days in spring for racing enthusiasts, it ushers in the changing of the guard in a manner of speaking. Most o...Read More

Winter Memories lived up to her role as the 3-5 favorite Monday afternoon at Belmont Park, sweeping wide on the turn and rolling to an easy three-length victory over Celestial Kitten in the 17th running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Sands Point.   Ridden by Jose Lezcano, Winter Memories eagerly went...Read More

Multiple graded-stakes winner Winter Memories, fresh off a rousing victory in her 3-year-old debut, heads a field of seven fillies entered in Monday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Sands Point, the co-feature on Belmont Park’s Memorial Day card.   The Sands Point, a 1 1/16-mile turf race, shares the spotl...Read More

Trainer Christophe Clement will have a full hand in next weekend’s turf stakes at Belmont, with Cheetah and Giants Play in the Sheepshead Bay, Mystical Star and Naples Bay expected for the Sands Point, and the New York-bred Akilina set to go in the one-mile Mount Vernon.   Cheetah, bred in Gre...Read More