Jon Lindo is a syndicated handicapper, long-time thoroughbred owner, and publisher of the Lindo Report. Jon is also a regular contributor to Race Day Las Vegas Radio show on KSHP 1400 in Las Vegas and Thoroughbred Los Angeles Radio show, heard in Las Vegas at www.thoroughbredla.com.
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Despite so many abnormal factors in a most abnormal year, the best horse won. Heavily favored Tiz the Law, had a perfect stalking trip.
The Belmont Stakes, traditionally the final leg of the Triple Crown following the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, instead kicks off the sequence Saturday at Belmont Park.
No Southern California amusement park provides the type of roller coaster ride racing horse trainer Bob Baffert has been on the last five weeks.
The coronavirus pandemic has left horse racing scrambling to make up for postponements and to shift to the “new normal.”
Nadal, the undefeated winner of the Arkansas Derby and a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby, was injured in a workout at Santa Anita on Thursday and has been retired.