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Belmont Winner Essential Quality a Rare Combination of Talent, Consistency

Making the Grade, which runs through the 2021 Triple Crown races, focuses on the winners of (or top performers in) key races, usually from the previous weekend. We’ll be analyzing impressive winners and evaluating their chances to win classic races based upon ability, running style, connections (owner, trainer, jockey), and pedigree.

America's Best Horses for June 7

Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the final 2021 top 3-year-old rankings below.

AMERICA’S TOP THOROUGHBREDS FOR JUNE 7, 2021

Five Key Takeaways from Belmont Stakes Saturday

Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from the 153rd Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets and other major races on Saturday at New York’s Belmont Park:

Essential Quality Outduels Hot Rod Charlie to Win Belmont Stakes

Essential Quality rebounded from his lone defeat, a fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, to outduel pacesetting Hot Rod Charlie by 1 ¼ lengths in the 153rd

Silver State Victorious in Met Mile to Headline Saturday’s Belmont Undercard

If Silver State had a theme song, it would most definitely be the DJ Khaled anthem "All I Do Is Win."

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