Will the Belmont Racing Festival finale (Belmont Stakes) be a chalk fest ? We at the Daily Racing Blog are betting it won’t be. The Belmont is usually a very lucrative race. Favorites don’t fare well here. Only three Post Time favorites in the last 15 years have Won the race, and only five favorites have hit the board. Winning the 2002 edition, SAVARA paid a … Continue reading Belmont Picks
Let’s call this years edition of the 1 ½-mile Belmont Stakes “ The Big Mystery At Big Sandy.” The final leg of the Triple Crown will be the first (and probably last) time these horses will be asked to race at a 12-furlong distance. It’s difficult to foresee how any of the horses in this 151st edition of the Test of the Champion will handle the distance, … Continue reading Belmont Field
Saturday’s Belmont Stakes has an expected field of 10 with seven of those having last raced in either previous leg of the Triple Crown series. Horses coming from the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes dominate the Belmont. Since the turn of the century, those runners have completed the Exacta the majority of the time, while a few 3-year-olds from the Peter Pan Stakes (G3) … Continue reading Bred For Belmont
Here is a preliminary list of possible starters for the Belmont Stakes on June 8th at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The post-position draw for the Belmont is set for 5:30 p.m. on June 4th. BOURBON WAR Trainer: Mark Hennig Jockey: Mike Smith Last race: 8th in Preakness (May 18 at Pimlico) EVERFAST Trainer: Dale Romans Jockey: Luis Saez Last race: 2nd in Preakness (May 18 … Continue reading Belmont Stakes Sneak Peak
There were three Triple Crowns in the 1930’s. There were four more in the 1940’s. It was still a big deal, but it wasn’t rare. Back then it was one of those things that racing fans didn’t get to see every year but they did expect from time to time. That is, to witness a 3-year-old horse so much the better of his peers that … Continue reading Tremendous Machine
