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European invader Cape Blanco, making his United States debut, denied champion Gio Ponti a third straight victory in the Grade 1, $600,000 Man o' War when he held him off in the stretch to win by 2 1/4 lengths July 9 at Belmont Park.

On paper, Kaleem Shah's May Day Rose stands tall among the six 3-year-old fillies entered for the Grade 3, $150,000 Azalea Stakes as the lone 2010 graded stakes winner in the bunch.

key grass race on the North American calendar, the G1 Man 'o War attracted a field of eight turf horses, including defending champ GIO PONTI, who would later be named an Eclipse Award winner as the nation's top grass horse.

Gio Ponti, the dual Eclipse Award winner last year as the top older male and the leading grass horse, scored his first win of 2010 on Saturday in the Grade 1, $600,000 Man o War Stakes at Belmont Park.

Gio Ponti extended his Grade 1 winning streak to three with a 1 3/4-length win over Musketier on Saturday in the $500,000 Man o' War Stakes on the turf at Belmont Park.

It was presented to trainer Christophe Clement earlier this week that a victory by Gio Ponti in Saturday's Grade 1 Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park would put his horse at the top of the turf division.

Horses from New York, California, Germany and France combine forces to create one of the more interesting grass races held in America so far this year.

Although it is nearly three months until the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe will be run at Longchamp, this past weekend was chock-full of events that will have an impact on the great race.

Curlin made it close but finished second in his first test of the turf.

Curlin opens a new chapter in an already remarkable story Saturday in the Grade 1, $500,000 Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park.

Curlin, the 2007 Horse of the Year, has not picked an easy spot to make his turf debut, as Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park is developing into one of the top turf races of the year in North America.

The New York Racing Association made some subtle and not-so-subtle changes to its 2008 stakes schedule, one that features 111 graded stakes and more than $34 million in purses.

Doctor Dino's victory in the Man o' War Stakes did not bode well for American Breeders' Cup Turf hopefuls. Timeform rates him just the 50th best older European horse in training.

After missing out on two seven-figure races by a total of two lengths, Doctor Dino finally had his day to shine, outfinishing a stubborn Sunriver by a head to win Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park.

Todd Pletcher hopes a return to the firm turf course at Belmont Park results in a return to the winner's circle for Sunriver, who faces six rivals in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Man o' War Stakes at 1 3/8 miles.

A strong European contingent of six horses will invade Belmont Park next Saturday, three for the 1 3/8-mile Man o' War Stakes and three for the 1 1/8-mile Garden City Stakes.