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BW Gottschee sweeps top two spots at indoor tourney
Photo courtesy of Ovid Cusu
BW Gottschee 2005 Academy’s Blue and White teams fi nished fi rst and second, respectively, in the Rockland Community College Indoor Tournament U13 division that concluded on Jan. 14. The Blue Team
went 5-0 and the White team only lost to the Blue team.
Tickets for Belmont Stakes Festival go on sale next week
Th e New York Racing Association
(NYRA) announced that it will begin
selling tickets next week for the threeday
Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at
Belmont Park
Th e highlight of the festival is the 150th
running of the $1.5 million Belmont
Stakes, the third jewel of horse racing’s
Triple Crown.
“A three-day celebration of the storied
history and bright future of NYRA racing
and the Belmont Stakes, the 2018 Belmont
Stakes Racing Festival will include the
very best in thoroughbred racing alongside
world-class entertainment and premium
hospitality options,” said NYRA
President and CEO Chris Kay. “Join us
at Belmont Park from June 7 to June 9
to witness history as we crown the 150th
champion of the Belmont Stakes.”
Th e Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, to
take place at beautiful Belmont Park from
Th ursday, June 7, through Saturday, June
9. With the 150th running of the Belmont
Stakes as its centerpiece, the 2018 festival
will include 18 stakes races over the three
days with purses totaling $9.5 million.
NYRA will be off ering exclusive pre-sale
opportunities ahead of the Jan. 25 general
sale. For additional information about the
2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, and
to sign up for notifi cations about pre-sale
opportunities, visit https://www.belmontstakes.
Photo via Facebook/NYRA
com/tickets/2018-ticket-info.
Tickets offi cially go on sale on Jan. 25 at
10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.
Tapwrit won the 2017 Belmont Stakes.