Patrick O’Neill, nephew to two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O’Neill and bloodstock agent Dennis O’Neill, had a different interest from most college kids when he was an undergraduate student and a member of Brown University’s football team. He insisted on adding TVG to the fraternity house’s cable television package; he was the one who watched horse racing at every opportunity, including in class, and in film study prior to practice.

The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival is this weekend with a full slate of fantastic racing, beginning Thursday and running right through the loaded Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets card on June 5.