NYRA NOTES: Cimbora, Jr. trying his luck with Twenty Six Black in Saturday’s G3 Belmont Turf Sprint

NYRA NOTES: Cimbora, Jr. trying his luck with Twenty Six Black in Saturday’s G3 Belmont Turf Sprint

NEW YORK — Roger Cimbora, Jr. made a bold decision to re-acquire his homebred broodmare Brazo de Oro and is now hoping to see the chestnut produce her first graded winner in Twenty Six Black in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Belmont Turf Sprint, at Belmont at the Big A. Brazo de Oro, by First Dude, sold for $20,000 to Ervin Rodriguez at the 2015 OBS April Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds-in Training and made two off-the-board starts at Camarero in Puert…

Betting Vosburgh Stakes, Joe Hirsch Turf, Gallant Bloom, Turf Sprint at Aqueduct; Odds, Analysis, Picks

Way back when, before the Breeders’ Cup arrived in 1984, most divisional championships were determined in autumn at Belmont Park. The Fall Championship meeting lured the stars to Long Island, and victory in a prestigious stake often meant an Eclipse Award. Rebel's Romance. NYRA Photo. Those races remain fixtures in New York, but instead of deciding year-end trophies they’re Breeders’ Cup preps. The venue is different, too. While Belmont Park is…