Belmont Park closes its reopening weekend on Sunday with a competitive edition of the $175,000 Forever Together Stakes, a 1 1/16 mile turf race for fillies and mares.
The field brings together a defending champion, a Grade 1 winner, an unbeaten streak and an intriguing European import. Oversubscribed returns to defend the race she won last year, while Dynamic Pricing brings established top level turf form. Destino d’Oro arrives on a three race winning streak, and Ashikidah makes her first United States stakes appearance after beginning her career in France.
Oversubscribed returns to defend her title
Oversubscribed won the Forever Together last season with Flavien Prat and returns with the same rider. The five year old mare has already shown that she belongs in stakes company, including a victory in the Wild Applause earlier in her career.
Her most recent start came in April, when she finished second to And One More Time in the Plenty of Grace at Aqueduct. The layoff adds an important question for bettors, but her proven record in this race gives her an obvious place among the leading contenders.
Dynamic Pricing brings Grade 1 credentials
Dynamic Pricing owns the strongest established class line in the field. She won the Grade 1 Just a Game in 2025 and has earned more than $1 million during her career.
She has made three starts this season, highlighted by a close second in the Beaugay. Her combination of experience and high level turf form makes her one of the key runners to assess in Sunday’s race.
Destino d’Oro returns with momentum
Destino d’Oro enters on a three race winning streak and returns after more than six months away from competition. Junior Alvarado has the mount.
The central question is whether she can reproduce that winning form after the extended break against a deeper group of older turf mares.
Ashikidah makes her United States stakes debut
Ashikidah began her career in France with trainer Francis Henri Graffard before being purchased for her move to the United States. She won the Prix Kaldoun at Saint Cloud last September and now stretches into a 1 1/16 mile American turf test for trainer Philip Antonacci.
Antonacci told NYRA that her European form suggested the longer American distance could suit her. That makes Ashikidah one of the more interesting variables in the field, especially for bettors trying to compare overseas form with proven New York runners.
What to watch
The Forever Together offers a useful contrast of profiles. Oversubscribed has race specific success, Dynamic Pricing has the strongest Grade 1 credentials, Destino d’Oro brings current winning momentum, and Ashikidah introduces an international form line.
The race is scheduled for Sunday, September 20, as the stakes feature on the final day of Belmont Park’s reopening weekend. It follows Friday’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, where Forever Young delivered the signature performance of the new Belmont era.
For more on the opening weekend, read OTB Bet’s Belmont Park reopening coverage and the Jockey Club Gold Cup recap.
Sources: New York Racing Association race advance and 2026 Belmont Park stakes schedule.
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