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  • From DRF (The Inside Post): Always in a Tiz will run in Belmont Stakes 2013.Posted 1 day ago
  • Mucho Macho Man breezed 5f in 1:01.40 (4/11) at Fair Hill on 5-24. Posted 1 day ago
  • Wise Dan targets the G2 Firecracker 'Cap at Churchill on June 29.  Posted 1 day ago
  • Jockey Chantal Sutherland will return to saddle at Del Mar. Posted 2 days ago
  • Itsmyluckyday to skip Belmont Stakes 2013 in favor of Pegasus Stakes on 6-16.  Posted 2 days ago
  • Rosie Napravnik will ride Code West in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 2 days ago
  • From DRF (The Inside Post): Mylute will not run in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 2 days ago
  • Eblouissante breezed 4f :49.17 (18/44) at Belmont (dirt Training) on 5-22. Posted 3 days ago
  • Giant Finish will make his next start in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 3 days ago
  • Unlimited Budget is expected to face males in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 4 days ago

Russ Harris, Coastal and the 1979 Belmont Stakes

With so many handicappers and Triple Crown fans intent on riding the Charitable Man bandwagon into the Belmont Stakes winners‘ circle on Saturday, I offer this embellishment-free memory.

I do this because I can never look at another impressive Peter Pan Stakes winner and not think of Coastal, and I can’t think of Coastal without thinking about a recently retired colleague and competitor, Russ Harris... Read More

 

What the Nation is saying about Russ Harris, Coastal and the 1979 Belmont Stakes...


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