The Hit Farm

Now, the remaining bookmakers will be making it big this Saturday as the 143rd edition of the Belmont Stakes will be run. Although in its 144th year, the race was not run in 1911-12 because of anti-gambling legislation in New York, which resulted in By Tom Luicci/The Star-Ledger Bryan Smith/New York Daily NewsOwner Ahmed Zayat, [...]

Woodford Reserve has been named the “Official Bourbon of the Belmont Stakes” for 2011 and will be included in the signature drink of the Belmont Stakes, the Belmont Jewel. The drink includes bourbon, lemonade and pomegranate juice. By RICHARD ROSENBLATT, AP Sports Writer Mark Lennihan / AP Graham Motion, trainer of Animal Kingdom, watches his [...]