Hero Figure, Castle Village Farm’s newest horse, is entered in the 8th race at Belmont on Thursday, September 15th. Hero Figure, a son of Fusaichi Pegasus, will make his turf debut in a $35,000 claiming race. We claimed him for $17,500 in August at Saratoga. Rajiv Maragh will ride for CVF trainer Bruce Brown.

Castle Village Farm’s Bishop of Nola ran a solid third in today’s 5th race at Belmont, and was claimed away by trainer Rudy Rodriguez. CVF claimed Bishop of Nola last summer at Saratoga. In eight starts for us since then, he had two wins at the allowance level, a second and three thirds, with earnings of over $80,000

Castle Village Farm’s 4-year-old gelding Bishop of Nola tries foir his second victory of the year in Sunday’s 5th race at Belmont, September 11. The race is a New York-bred N2X allowance/optional claimer at a mile and a sixteenth on the turf. Bishop of Nola, who won at this level at Belmont on June 25th, will be entered for the $25,000 claiming price. Alex Solis will ride for trainer Bruce Brown. The Daily Racing Form morning line makes Bishop of Nola the third choice, at 5-1.