Belmont Gambling Made Interesting by The Distance
Belmont gambling will be still be exciting as horses run a mile and a half for the first time in their careers, even though the Belmont won't have a Triple Crown at stake.
Belmont probabilities prefer Ice Box but with a mile and a half distance, anything is possible.
Belmont gambling won't contain Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver or Preakness winner Lookin at Lucky. There are supposed to be 11 horses though that will go to the post on Saturday. The Belmont is an arduous contest and many trainers don't prefer to race their horses at this distance. Horses that get the Belmont usually don't get their next contest. In truth, only 3 times has a horse secured the Belmont and then secured his next contest in the past decade. Point Given did it in 2001, Birdstone in 2004 and Summer Bird last year.
Belmont probabilities on Saturday will be the fourth time in the past 50 years and the third time since 2000 that neither the Derby winner nor the Preakness winner will be in the contest. Two years ago there was a Triple Crown at stake but Big Brown was a washout in the Belmont. 4 years ago it was Jazil winning in Belmont probabilities in a contest that did not contain the Derby winner Barbaro or the Preakness winner Bernardini.
There are a variety of unknown horses in this year's Belmont gambling lineup. Although it seems more likely that Ice Box, First Dude or Fly Down will triumph, one of them might actually make their mark. That doesn't mean that horses like Game On Dude, Make Music for Me, Spangled Star and Drosselmeyer won't get some action on the gaming board. History indicates that anything can happen in the Belmont, which is a tough contest.
You don't have a great deal to go on when you consider the length of a mile and a half in the Belmont. The horses in the field have never raced this far and they will likely never race this far again. It is all up in the air as to whether a horse can make the distance. It is still up in the air as to how a horse will handle the mile and a half, though pedigree is a factor.
The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes are the 3 races that encompass the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The Kentucky Derby is one and a quarter miles and is presented at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Preakness Stakes is raced over one and 3/16ths of a mile at the Pimlico Contest Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Put on every year in Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, the Belmont Stakes is the last leg of the Triple Crown. Winning all 3 of the races in the Triple Crown, which is for 3-year-old thoroughbred horses, is deemed the biggest achievement a thoroughbred can ever attain. Even so, no horse in the United States has won the Triple Crown since 1978, when Affirmed won it.
Belmont probabilities prefer Ice Box but with a mile and a half distance, anything is possible.
Belmont gambling won't contain Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver or Preakness winner Lookin at Lucky. There are supposed to be 11 horses though that will go to the post on Saturday. The Belmont is an arduous contest and many trainers don't prefer to race their horses at this distance. Horses that get the Belmont usually don't get their next contest. In truth, only 3 times has a horse secured the Belmont and then secured his next contest in the past decade. Point Given did it in 2001, Birdstone in 2004 and Summer Bird last year.
Belmont probabilities on Saturday will be the fourth time in the past 50 years and the third time since 2000 that neither the Derby winner nor the Preakness winner will be in the contest. Two years ago there was a Triple Crown at stake but Big Brown was a washout in the Belmont. 4 years ago it was Jazil winning in Belmont probabilities in a contest that did not contain the Derby winner Barbaro or the Preakness winner Bernardini.
There are a variety of unknown horses in this year's Belmont gambling lineup. Although it seems more likely that Ice Box, First Dude or Fly Down will triumph, one of them might actually make their mark. That doesn't mean that horses like Game On Dude, Make Music for Me, Spangled Star and Drosselmeyer won't get some action on the gaming board. History indicates that anything can happen in the Belmont, which is a tough contest.
You don't have a great deal to go on when you consider the length of a mile and a half in the Belmont. The horses in the field have never raced this far and they will likely never race this far again. It is all up in the air as to whether a horse can make the distance. It is still up in the air as to how a horse will handle the mile and a half, though pedigree is a factor.
The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes are the 3 races that encompass the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The Kentucky Derby is one and a quarter miles and is presented at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Preakness Stakes is raced over one and 3/16ths of a mile at the Pimlico Contest Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Put on every year in Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, the Belmont Stakes is the last leg of the Triple Crown. Winning all 3 of the races in the Triple Crown, which is for 3-year-old thoroughbred horses, is deemed the biggest achievement a thoroughbred can ever attain. Even so, no horse in the United States has won the Triple Crown since 1978, when Affirmed won it.
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