Belmont Stakes · Handicapping

Belmont Festival 2017 Selections

Thursday Stakes Selections: Wonder Again Stakes (Race 3): 4 – Fifty Five Last time out was her first race for Chad Brown and she ran well running very wide in that Aqueduct stakes.  She beat La Coronel two back in the Florida Oaks, a horse that has been toying with many of the other horses… Continue reading Belmont Festival 2017 Selections

Belmont Stakes · Handicapping · Triple Crown

Belmont Stakes Day 2016 Selections

The Final Leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, is the final race of a major card of stakes races from Belmont Park.  With the Met Mile and Manhattan on the undercard, just the three final stakes races are amazing, but the whole day is filled with excitement, and mostly full fields.  This is… Continue reading Belmont Stakes Day 2016 Selections

Belmont Stakes · Triple Crown

What American Pharoah Winning the Triple Crown Would Mean to Me

Sir Barton.  Gallant Fox.  Omaha.  War Admiral.  Whirlaway.  Count Fleet.  Assault.  Citation.  Secretariat.  Seattle Slew.  Affirmed.  11 horses stand in immortality after winning the Triple Crown.  Spectacular Bid.  Pleasant Colony.  Alysheba.  Sunday Silence.  Silver Charm.  Real Quiet.  Charismatic.  War Emblem.  Funny Cide.  Smarty Jones.  Big Brown.  I’ll Have Another.  California Chrome.  13 horses have failed… Continue reading What American Pharoah Winning the Triple Crown Would Mean to Me

Belmont Stakes · Handicapping · Triple Crown

Belmont Stakes 2015 Full Card Selections

On Saturday, American Pharoah runs for history, a Triple Crown.  11 have done it before him.  13 have failed since the last.  Can American Pharoah be the 12th or the 14th?  When the Belmont Stakes goes off just before 7pm, we will find out what list American Pharoah will become a part of.  But before… Continue reading Belmont Stakes 2015 Full Card Selections

Belmont Stakes · Triple Crown

Belmont Stakes 2015 Post Position Draw

This morning at Rockefeller Center, NYRA ran the post position draw for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Saturday Card, which includes the Belmont Stakes, where American Pharoah runs for immortality, the Triple Crown. 10/1 – Mubtaahij (I Ortiz, Jr., M DeKock) 15/1 – Tale of Verve (G Stevens, D Stewart) 12/1 – Madefromlucky (J Castellano,… Continue reading Belmont Stakes 2015 Post Position Draw