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Joe Hirsch Turf Classic

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1984 - 2003:   Turf Classic
1977 - 1983:   Aqueduct Turf Classic Invitational Stakes
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What the Nation is saying about the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic...

i have Little Mike $4 WP and Finnegan's Wake $10 Show. Plus exacta box Those two with Point of Entry. Overall 24 dollars on the race.
How many handicappers does it take to nail down the all-graded stakes Pick 4 on Super Saturday at Belmont Park? Only two, if their names are Matt Shifman and Brian Zipse. Enjoy our combined analysis on the four big races...Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · I got knocked out in leg 2 of the Grand Slam! · 233 days ago ·
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  • zatt · Still alive ... go Hessonite! · 233 days ago ·
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Horse Racing Nation Managing Editor, Brian Zipse, and blogger, Matt Shifman have combined their handicapping efforts to give you four different tickets for the Pick 4.Read More
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  • travel_vic · Alone on the lead: the best bet in the game. The horse dictates the race to all who follow. Odds will stink however, so will have to look elsewhere IF there is a bet to be found. Watch how the front does in other turfer races UP to that one. · 233 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · I just felt like playing a horizontal, only $6 for some fun. I'll bet the races as they come up odds willing. BEL #7 $0.50 Pick-4 1,5,8,​WT,1,4,​WT,2,4,​WT,5 none $ 6.00 · 233 days ago ·
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Fresh off a pair of dominant Grade 1 victories, Point of Entry enters the Grade 1, $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational on Saturday at Belmont Park as one of the premier turf horses in the country. Read More
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey expressed his pleasure with the way his Super Saturday-bound Point of Entry and Hymn Book worked this morning. Read More
Trainer Dale Romans, who has already has established a personal record for single-season North American earnings in 2012, will have multiple chances to take down additional lucrative prizes over the next two weeks at Belmont Park as he has Shackleford set for the Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso Handicap and...Read More
Scratch Dullahan from this race as his owners have decided on the Jamaica at Belmont instead.
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  • Long Dong · For now Dullahan will be business as usual and train as though he's going to the Jamaica and the Breeders Cup thereafter. As far as Breeders Cup Turf or Breeders Cup Classic (dirt) that is the next decision to make assuming we keep him. Of course his performance on grass in the Jamaica is a determining factor but DO NOT assume he will go to BC Turf even if he should win the Jamaica. Jerry's son Conor (who also knows a lot about racing) predicts Dullahan will be the 2-5 favorite for the Jamaica. We'll see... · 241 days ago ·
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  • Long Dong · The Donegal owned horse going to the Hirsch will be Finnegan's Wake. He may be in over his head here and will really have to have the race of his life to pull that off. · 241 days ago ·
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Point of Entry will try for his third consecutive Grade 1 score and fifth victory in a row as he heads the list of probable starters for the Grade 1, $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational at 1 ½ miles on the turf.Read More
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey sent out a fearsome foursome of workers on Sunday to gear up for upcoming graded stakes at Belmont Park. Read More
  • buckpasser · I am happy that the Phipps family and their relatives the Janneys are back with some good horses. · 245 days ago ·
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  • forego139 · Point Of Entry is one talented dude and must be respected, looking forward to is next start, all race horse And J Velasquez in the irons tuff duo. · 245 days ago ·
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I look for Finnegan's Wake to step up big here.
A look at the top 10 American contenders to carry the torch Court Vision captured from Goldikova last year.Read More
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  • Mary Z. · Or the very good turf miler females? They don't get their own race. Which ones could join the boys? · 248 days ago ·
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  • jasen.mangrum · AmbitiousD, I'm not sure about Summer Front, but I know Silver Max is being pointed to the BC. I know it was 1 1/4, but he's not in the top 10 after that performance against straight 3 year old. Plus, if Obviously & Little Mike both show up for the BC mile, he'll be in for a long day. · 248 days ago ·
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It’s been a long, hard, and more than frustrating task to piece together the puzzle of Horse of the Year, but it seems that finally, at long last, the fog is clearing and leaders are emerging. Read More
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  • Mike in SB · I thought Havre de Grace's win was the most impressive of the weekend by far, and with Flat Out winning the Gold Cup, she has to be the favorite for the Classic. Actually a lot of the Breeders Cup races are starting to look pretty good. Havre de Grace, Uncle Mo and the rest in the Classic makes it look like a better race now than it did a few months ago and the Ladies Classic looks wide open now. If the Arc Winner comes over and So You Think runs in the Classic this could be a very good Breeders Cup. · 595 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Mike I completely agree about the Classic. The fact that you have some definitive stars now makes the race come up much better. I mean with the list of horses i said in my blog, there are what 6 grade one winner heading for the race? Makes it look much more competitive. · 595 days ago ·
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Cape Blanco holds on by a whisker over Dean's Kitten in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.   
  • shores · he did a great job!! also a great effort from dean's kitten. i hope nothing's wrong with Winchester... · 597 days ago ·
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Another turf scratch: Teaks North, winner of Monmouth Park’s Grade I United Nations, is out of the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, leaving a field of five in which Arlington Million winner Cape Blanco of Ireland is the odds-on favorite.Read More
A month after Naipaul Chatterpaul claimed Mission Approved for $35,000 in June, 2010, the New York-bred finished second by a neck to Gio Ponti in the Grade 1 Man o' War; a year later, he won the Grade 1 Manhattan. Next Saturday at Belmont, the trainer is hoping that Top Surprize will follow his stab...Read More
Cape Blanco, the 2010 Irish Derby victor, is looking for his third straight Grade 1 triumph in the United States in Saturday’s 1 ½-mile Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational.Read More
All systems are “go” for Mission Approved’s planned start in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational after the 7-year-old breezed one mile on Belmont Park’s inner turf course on Thursday.   Mission Approved, winner of Belmont’s Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap in June, was clocked i...Read More
Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational winner Winchester and Grassy, recent winner of the Grade 2 Bowling Green Handicap, tuned up this morning for Super Saturday’s Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, working five furlongs in company over the inner turf.   With assistant trainer Christophe...Read More
Winchester, who will attempt to defend his title in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational on Super Saturday, turned in a five-furlong breeze toward that goal on Sunday morning at Belmont Park. Sent out in company with Mr. Ryder, Winchester was clocked in 1:03.56 over Belmont's firm inner ...Read More
  • medlocke · Winchester's gonna have his hand's full with Cape Blanco!! Cape Blanco's not just a 10f horse. He's got a win in the G1 Irish Derby over 12f, and a 2nd place finish behind Harbinger, but ahead of Youmzain, Daryakana, and Workforce in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes over 12f. · 610 days ago ·
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  • rossington · I expect Winchester to be as equally a formidable opponent for Cape Blanco over 1-1/2 as Gio Ponti was over 1-1/4 in the Man O' War and Arlington Million. That said, I still can't see past Cape Blanco winning a third straight American G1 turf stakes in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic. Cape Blanco's a proven G1 winner at 1-1/2 himself in Europe. Where it's no secret that the middle distance turf competition is a good deal tougher than it is in America. JMO. · 608 days ago ·
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Cape Blanco, who has made two successful cross-Atlantic raids so far in 2011, will make another trip from Ireland to the United States to compete in Belmont Park’s Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational on October 1, trainer Aidan O’Brien confirmed via email. Read More
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  • Zenyatta-Perfection Personified · He is the best turf male in running in North America. · 611 days ago ·
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  • joepo · I agree with you medlocke. With Nathanial not coming over and Acclamation goiing north of the border to skip the BC turf, Caple Blanco may be a possible "single" in BC turf race on pick 3, pick 4 and pick 6 tickets. If he looks good in 1 1/2 he should be ready and well rested for BC. Looks like Treasure Beach may not run until mid - october for his next race. If he does run in BC turf, I would take Cape Blanco over him because he will be fresh, TB wont be. · 611 days ago ·
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View DetailsView Video09/29/12Bel91 1/2mT03+ MJoe Hirsch Turf Classic-G1Point of EntryTreasure BeachKindergarden Kid2:33.73
View DetailsView Video10/01/11Bel61 1/2mT03+ MJoe Hirsch Turf Classic-G1Cape BlancoDean's KittenGrassy2:36.61
View DetailsView Video10/02/10Bel91 1/2mT03+ MJoe Hirsch Turf Classic-G1WinchesterPaddy O'PradoGrassy2:36.09
View DetailsView Video10/03/09Bel91 1/2mT03+ MJoe Hirsch Turf Classic-G1InterpatationGio PontiGrand Couturier2:41.22
View DetailsView Video09/27/08Bel91 1/2mT03+ MJoe Hirsch Turf Classic-G1Grand CouturierInterpatationSummer Patriot2:34.84
View DetailsView Video09/27/03Bel21 1/2mT03+ MJoe Hirsch Turf Classic-G1SulamaniDeeliteful IrvingBalto Star2:27.51
View Details10/07/00Bel31 1/2mT03+ MJoe Hirsch Turf Classic-G1John's CallCraigsteelEla Athena2:28.58