Belmont Park Celebrates 100 Years and Opening Day at All Horse Racing.ELMONT, N.Y. -- All Horse Racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with , http://www.allhorseracing.com, a privately held international gaming company, today announced that its members will be able to participate in the Opening Day celebrations at Belmont Park. On Wednesday, May 4th, Belmont Park will celebrate its centennial with parties and prizes for those who make the trek to the bucolic 430-acre park located in Long Island's Nassau County. But, thanks to All Horse Racing, people from around the world can make wagers on opening day and enjoy the excitement as if they were at the race. The Belmont Stakes is the third jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown. After the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, riders prepare for the final race. Who has the record time at the Belmont Stakes? Who else? Secretariat set a world-record that still stands for the mile and a half distance on a dirt track at 2:24. He had finished a mile and a quarter at 1:59, faster than his own Derby record of 1:59 2/5. "Belmont is a unique place, there's nothing like Belmont Park," said Hall of Fame jockey Jorge Velasquez. "When I walked in, I said, `Wow! What a beautiful place.' It suited my style, you know, coming off the pace, so I enjoyed it very much, I loved to ride here." More information on Belmont Park and the Belmont Stakes race can be found at http://www.allhorseracing.com/belmontstakes.php . As part of its annual Triple Crown Challenge, All Horse Racing is offering free bets on the Kentucky Derby as well as free bets on the other two jewels of the Triple Crown, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Other companies involved with online horse racing include Magna Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MECA MECA Maine College of Art MECA Middle East Children's Alliance MECA Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (Washington, DC) MECA Marriage Equality California MECA Mars Environmental Compatibility Assessment ), Youbet.com (NASDAQ:UBET), TVG Network (NASDAQ:GMST GMST Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time GMST General Military Subjects Test GMST Genov Modified Stroop Test ) and BrisBET.com. All Horse Racing is a privately held, international gaming company focused on the thoroughbred and harness horse racing market. Members have the ability to place wagers online or over the telephone on over 100 racetracks including Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Philadelphia Park, Pimlico Race Course Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Pimlico officially opened in the fall of 1870, with the colt Preakness winning the first running of the Dinner Party Stakes. and Belmont Park. Real time audio and video feeds are available for hundreds of races each day. There are no membership fees. Members and visitors have free access to From the Horse's Mouth, by Greg Melikov, special Allhorseracing.com correspondent and columnist. Additionally, thoroughbred and harness racing news is provided on a daily basis from collected news sources and strategic partners. With operations in Ireland, Canada, Venezuela, Antigua and Nevis, All Horse Racing also receives and utilizes the services of Sportingbet (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :SBT SBT Symplastin bleeding time .L), a United Kingdom company which is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . Sportingbet is the world's largest publicly traded online betting, gambling and gaming company. More information on All Horse Racing is available at http://www.allhorseracing.com |
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