Midnight Storm wins $250,000 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar

California Chrome early favorite to win 2016 Breeders Cup’ Classic
And they’re off…

Shh She’s Ours wins $75,000 Desert Stormer II at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Shh She’s Ours led all the way to win the $75,000 Desert Stormer II Stakes for fillies and mares by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday at Santa Anita.

Cloud Control, Louisville First win NY Stallion Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) Cloud Control and Louisville First were the upset winners of the $100,000 divisions of the New York Stallion Stakes for 3-year-olds on the turf Sunday at Belmont Park.

Melatonin wins Gold Cup by 1 1/2 lengths at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Melatonin won the $500,000 Gold Cup by 1 1/2 lengths Saturday at Santa Anita.

By the Moon wins Belmont’s Bed o’ Roses
NEW YORK (AP) By the Moon beat Wavell Avenue by 1 3/4 lengths Saturday in the $150,000 Bed o’ Roses Handicap for fillies and mares at Belmont Park.

Far From Over captures comeback in Belmont feature
NEW YORK (AP) Far From Over returned from a lengthy layoff to win the $80,000 allowance feature Friday at Belmont Park.

Little Hitman edges Credo in Monmouth Park feature
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) Little Hitman grabbed the lead at the top of the stretch and held off the late charge by Credo to capture the $50,000 allowance feature at Monmouth Park on Friday by nearly a length.

Robillard holds on to win Belmont Park feature
NEW YORK (AP) Robillard held off Itsonlyactingdad by a neck Friday to win the $85,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.

Momameamaria wins Belmont feature by 5 1/2 lengths
NEW YORK (AP) Momameamaria easily dispatched three rivals Wednesday in the $80,750 allowance feature for fillies and mares at Belmont Park.

Ancient Secret wins Belmont’s Wild Applause Stakes by a head
NEW YORK (AP) Ancient Secret rallied to beat Thundering Sky by a head Sunday in the $100,000 Wild Applause Stakes for 3-year-old turf fillies at Belmont Park.

Cheekaboo wins Honeymoon Stakes by a head at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Cheekaboo won the $200,000 Honeymoon Stakes for 3-year-old fillies by a head in a three-way blanket finish Sunday at Santa Anita, where the temperature reached 103 degrees.

Undefeated Songbird cruises to win at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Songbird won the $200,000 Summertime Oaks for 3-year-old fillies by 6 1/2 lengths Saturday at Santa Anita to improve to 8-0.

Betting Line wins North America Cup harness event
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ontario (AP) Betting Line came on in deep stretch to win the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.

Bradester wins Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Bradester took charge at the start and held off Eagle by a half-length Saturday night in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs to claim a spot in this fall in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita.

Obviously dominates Poker Stakes at Belmont Park
NEW YORK (AP) Obviously was the decisive pacesetting winner Saturday in the $300,000 Poker Stakes on the turf at Belmont Park.

Mexico’s Daniel Suarez sets sights on NASCAR Xfinity title
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) Promising young driver Daniel Suarez had his breakout moment last weekend, holding off Kyle Busch at Michigan to become the first Mexican winner in NASCAR national series history.

Spin Cycle wins Belmont feature at 8-1
NEW YORK (AP) Spin Cycle pulled an 8-1 upset in the $65,000 allowance feature for New York breds Friday at Belmont Park.

Majestic Heat wins Santa Anita feature after 8-month layoff
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Majestic Heat won the $60,000 feature by 1¼ lengths on Friday at Santa Anita after an eight-month layoff.

Chief Lion roars in Belmont Park feature
NEW YORK (AP) Chief Lion extended his winning streak to three with a 1 1/2-length victory Wednesday in the $85,000 allowance feature at Belmont Park.

Clarification: Belmont Stakes story
NEW YORK (AP) In a story June 11, The Associated Press reported that trainer Steve Asmussen was cleared by racing authorities in Kentucky and New York of allegations made by PETA about the way he treated his horses. The story should have specified that while Asmussen was cleared of most of the allegations, the New York Gaming Commission fined him $10,000 for unlawfully administering Thyroxine, a hormone, within 48 hours of races.

American horse Tepin wins at Royal Ascot
ASCOT, England (AP) American mare Tepin won the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday in her first race in Europe.

Report: Jockey Russell Baze retires after riding nearly 13,000 winners
The Hall of Famer’s last ride was Sunday at Golden Gate Fields.

Golden Gate Pick 6 surface switch ends bettors’ dreams of massive payout
Jockeys wouldn’t ride on the turf course midway through the sequence.

Evo Campo wins $75,000 Possibly Perfect at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Evo Campo won the $75,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes for fillies and mares by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday at Santa Anita.

Irad Ortiz Jr. wins 3 more at Belmont including the feature
NEW YORK (AP) Irad Ortiz Jr., fresh from his victory aboard Creator in the Belmont Stakes, won three more races Sunday at Belmont Park, including the $77,000 allowance feature.

A little help gets Creator to Belmont Stakes winner’s circle
NEW YORK (AP) A little gamesmanship, a celebrity chef added to the mix, and a stirring finish paid huge dividends all around when Creator came through in the Belmont Stakes.

Creator edges Destin by a nose to win the 148th Belmont Stakes
The third jewel in the Triple Crown.

This is how close the Belmont Stakes was at the finish
The race came down to the wire.

Baffert, Zayat back at Belmont, recall Triple Crown moments
NEW YORK (AP) On his first visit back to Belmont Park since American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, Bob Baffert basked in the memories.

Belmont Stakes wagering advice as Exaggerator rolls in as the favorite
The third leg of the Triple Crown is Saturday at Belmont Park.

Exaggerator even-money in early wagering on Belmont Stakes
The Preakness champ looks to make it two straight.

Exaggerator seeks slice of history in Belmont Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) Even without a Triple Crown on the line, there’s always a slice of history waiting at the finish line of the Belmont Stakes.

“Lucky” Dale Romans looks for first Belmont Stakes victory
NEW YORK (AP) Dale Romans counts himself ”lucky” that he and three passengers did not suffer life-threatening injuries in a car crash while leaving Churchill Downs following the Kentucky Derby.

Suffused wins Belmont Coronation Invitational
NEW YORK (AP) Suffused finally found a distance to her liking in the $200,000 Belmont Coronation Invitational.

BELMONT: Sizing up the field for final leg of Triple Crown
NEW YORK (AP) Preakness winner Exaggerator is the 9-5 morning-line favorite in a field of 13 3-year-olds for the 148th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. A look at how the field shapes up for Saturday’s final leg of the Triple Crown (horses listed by post position, with trainer, jockey, analysis, morning-line odds):

Preakness winner Exaggerator 9-5 favorite in Belmont Stakes
Preakness winner Exaggerator is the 9-5 morning-line favorite in a field of 13 entered for Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Belmont Stakes post position draw with morning-line odds
Exaggerator is the 9-5 morning-line favorite.

Preakness winner Exaggerator 9-5 favorite in Belmont Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) Preakness winner Exaggerator has been made the 9-5 favorite in a field of 13 for Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Racehorse drowns in pond while training at Indiana track
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) A racehorse has drowned after veering off the track and into a pond at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino in Anderson.

Kent Desormeaux out of rehab, ready for Belmont Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has returned from a drug and alcohol rehab center and was aboard Preakness winner Exaggerator for a morning workout at Belmont Park.

Kent Desormeaux out of alcohol rehab, ready for Belmont
NEW YORK (AP) Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux returned from a short stay in a drug and alcohol rehab center and was aboard Preakness winner Exaggerator for a morning workout before Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.

Belmont Stakes cheat sheet
The third leg of the Triple Crown is Saturday in New York

Time and Motion wins Belmont’s Wonder Again Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) Time and Motion showed patience Sunday in winning the $200,000 Wonder Again Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Belmont Park.

Hunt wins $75,000 Siren Lure Stakes on turf at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Hunt pounced on pacesetter Act a furlong from the finish and went on to a 1 1/2-length victory Sunday in the $75,000 Siren Lure Stakes at Santa Anita.

Belmont Stakes: Some close calls, high payouts, small crowds
NEW YORK (AP) If you’re looking for close calls in the Belmont Stakes, there’s been a few. Nine have been decided by a neck, six by a head and three by a nose – one of which quashed a Triple Crown.

Beholder wins Grade 1 Vanity Mile for 8th straight victory
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Beholder beat Stellar Wind to win the Grade 1 Vanity Mile by 1 1/2 lengths at Santa Anita, extending her winning streak to eight races.

Hall of Famer Desormeaux in rehab
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has entered an alcohol rehabilitation program in Utah, but plans to return to ride Preakness winner Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes next week.

Camelot Kitten purrs in Belmont’s Pennine Ridge Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) Camelot Kitten won by a neck Saturday in the $200,000 Pennine Ridge for 3-year-olds on the turf at Belmont Park.

Brandy’s Girl wins Crank It Up Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) Brandy’s Girl took the lead around the far turn and drew off in the stretch to win the $60,000 Crank It Up Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday, beating Tizanillusion by 2 1/2 lengths.