Empire Dreams wins Belmont’s $300,000 Empire Classic (The Associated Press)
Empire Dreams beat Royal Posse by three-quarters of a length Saturday to win the $300,000 Empire Classic, the richest of the 11 races for New York breds at Belmont Park. It was the biggest victory for the 4-year-old gelding, who was ridden by Manny Franco and improved to 3-4-0 in eight Belmont starts. ”There was a good pace in front of us and he just reeled them in,” trainer Tom Albertrani said.