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Triple Crown winners' silks grace the Belmont Park infield.

Beginner's Guide to Visiting Belmont Park

While it boasts architectural and historical marvels at virtually every corner, there’s a significant element of New York City where function trumps form. Subway cars, hot-dog carts, pizza joints, and Madison Square Garden — none of these iconic slices of the Apple are particularly pretty. Same with Belmont Park; you want bow ties and buskers, head to Saratoga Race Course.

How to Get to Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is always one of the most exciting events on horse racing’s calendar, and this year is extra thrilling since a Triple Crown is on the line with Justify. Add in a sensational group of top races leading up to the main event, and you can bet that Belmont Park is the place to be on June 9.

Visit Horse Country: Building a Winning Tradition at Stonestreet

Stonestreet Farm in central Kentucky has enjoyed a great deal of success at Thoroughbred racing’s highest level in a relatively short amount of time. Today, the farm founded by the late Jess Stonestreet Jackson is a full-service operation with breeding, training, and racing divisions. That growth was aided by two astute decisions Jackson made shortly after buying the former Buckram Oak estate in eastern Fayette County in 2005.

Dreaming of Owning a Horse? With MyRacehorse You Can, Starting at $100

Over the years, a number of creative ideas have changed the ways fans experience the sport of racing. Fractional ownership, or owning a fractional share of a racehorse, has become common through the formation of a range of racing syndicates and partnerships.

‘A Special Bond’: The Power of Equine-Assisted Therapy

In recent years there has been a rise in the number of organizations and individual therapists who have turned to horses to help veterans heal. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) as a professional practice only dates back to the mid-1990s, when there were only a few people who were testing out ideas for how to use horses in their social work and theraputic practices. That number grew steadily over the years until 2013, when the Obama administration made federal funds available for groups doing EAP work with veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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