Rick Needham at Belmont Park
RACE #9 - BELMONT PARK - 5:11 PM EASTERN POST
The Beldame Stakes
9.0 FURLONGS DIRT GRADE I FILLIES AND MARES THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD STAKES $400,000.00 PURSE
#1 ELATE
#5 MONEY'SONCHARLOTTE
#3 BISHOP'S POND
#2 VERVE'S TALE
The Beldame was run at Aqueduct prior to 1957, in 1959, and 1962-68. Run at 1 1/16 miles in 1939, 1 1/8 miles from 1940-76, 1 1/4 miles 1977-89, and 1 1/16 miles in 1990. Run in two divisions in 1946, 1947, and 1952. Run as a handicap prior to 1960. Vagrancy and Barrancosa dead heated for the win in 1942. Here in the 78th running of The Dame, #1 ELATE takes a slight class drop (-1) is the speed leader in this field racing at today's distance of 9.0 furlongs on the dirt, and has hit the board in "POWER RUN FASHION" in each of her last four outings, winning twice in this recent streak of racing consistency. #5 MONEY'SONCHARLOTTE, an 8-1 shot, has won four straight, including back-to-back "POWER RUN WINS" in her last two starts.