Date: Saturday June 6th, 2009
Location: Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
Post Time: 6:30PM (EST)
TV Network: ABC, 5:00PM (EST)

Belmont Park at Elmont, New York will be receiving the best horses to compete in the last leg of the triple crown. Eleven horses will be lining up at the starting line, but all eyes will be focused on MINE THAT BIRD and RACHEL ALEXANDRA that gave us a duel in the preakness like it hasn’t been in a very long time, Mine that bird closed strong and it wasn’t enough to get Rachel Alexandra in the final stretch but this will be a longer and more demanding race so anything can happen.

Mine that Bird has been trained by Bennie Woolley Jr. and the owners are Double Eagle Ranch & Buena Suerte Equine. The horse didn’t have that many expectations for the first race (Kentucky Derby), in fact been a 50/1 underdog made one of the most amazing races ever at the Derby, he has a lot to offer and he will be at New York giving us another exciting show.

Rachel Alexandra is questionable for this race and it seems the decision of whether the horse will participate or not will be given until next week. The horse worked out at Churchill Downs and it has been the first workout, they will see if the filly is ready to face a long race with all that pressure on its back. Trainer Steve Asmussen feels the horse should workout and let the owners take the decision based in the best interest of the animal, it was a good workout but we have a lot of work to do said the trainer. Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick are the owners and they will make the decision as soon as they realize if the horse is ready for it or not.

This will be the full list of contenders for this race:

Charitable Man

Chocolate Candy

Brave Victory

Dunkirk

Flying Private

Luv Gov

Mine that Bird

Miner’s Escape

Mr. Hot Stuff

Rachel Alexandra

Summer Bird

From this list of 11 horses my prediction won’t be a surprise, Rachel Alexandra is not fully ready for this long race so the winner of the 141st Belmont Stakes will be Mine that Bird making 2 of 3 races and becoming one of the greatest underdogs in history.

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2009 BELMONT STAKES BETTING ODDS AND PREDICTIONS

Main Course: 1 1/2 Miles
Last Turn to Finish on Main Track: 1,097 feet
Widener Turf Course: 1 5/16 Miles
Inner Turf Course: 1 3/16 Miles
Attendance Capacity: 85,000 – 90,000
Total Seating Capacity: 32,941

Some more interesting facts on Belmont Park is the frequency with which prior winners sire future winners,
a total of eleven Belmont Stakes winners have sired at least one other Belmont winner.

Man o’ War heads the list of Belmont champion sires. Not only did he win the race himself in 1920, but three of his subsequent sires won it as well: American Flag in 1925, Crusader in 1926 and War Admiral in 1937, who went on to win the Triple Crown.

Commando won the 1901 running, then sired Peter Pan, the 1907 champ and the Colin, the 1908 winner.
1930 champion Gallant Fox sired both Omaha (1935) and Granville (1936).

Count Fleet won the 1943 edition, and then sired back-to-back Belmont winners with Counterpoint (1951) and One Count (1952).

1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew sired a Call To The Derby Post favorite in Swale, who won both the Derby and the Belmont in 1984, as well as A.P. Indy, who won the Belmont in 1992. 1999 Belmont winner Lemon Drop Kid is also a descendant of the Slew.

The following horses have sired one Belmont winner each: Duke of Magenta of 1878 sired Eric (1889); Spendthrift of 1879 sired Hastings (1896); Hastings then followed his again by siring Masterman, the 1902 winner. The Finn of 1915 sired Zev (1923); Sword Dancer of 1959 sired Damascus (1967); last but not least, Triple Crown winner Secretariat of 1973 sired Risen Star, the 1988 winner.

This year Big Brown is looking to break the drought of Triple Crown winners with 2 convincing wins at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness only Belmont stands in his way of glory.  GamblersPalace.com is happy to offer sportsbook odds on this years Belmont Stakes winner:

Big Brown -310 (risk $310 to win $100)
Casino Drive +340 (risk $100 to win $340)
Denis of Cork +900 (risk $100 to win $900)
Tale of Ekati +1800 (risk $100 to win $1800)
BehindattheBar +2200 (risk $100 to win $2200)
Anak Nakal +3500 (risk $100 to win $3500)
Macho Again +3500 (risk $100 to win $3500)
Readys Echo +3500 (risk $100 to win $3500)
Icebad Crane +4400 (risk $100 to win $4400)
Mine Lane +4400 (risk $100 to win $4400)
Spark Candle +4400 (risk $100 to win $4400)
Tomcito +4400 (risk $100 to win $4400)

My Pick:  Well obviously Big Brown is an overwhelming favorite at -340 and I don’t expect that to change much and hes worth betting on in the racebook but -340 in the sportsbook on a horse is ludacris! your better off laying down 10 $10 bets on all the long shots and then in the racebook do a couple boxed trifectas with Big Brown and some long shots.  Big Brown will most likely win but the long shot bets are waaay too juicy to pass on.

UPDATED June 4th:

NEWS FLASH FOLKS!!! Casino Drive is looking good in the practice runs and has the Bookies rethinking their numbers, his odds are moving down across the board to a mere +300 at some shops while he is still available at GP for a sweet +340.  Better get it before it comes down, Casino Drive is looking like the only threat to Big Brown’s Triple Crown aspirations.

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2008 Belmont Stakes Betting Odds and Pick

This year the Belmont Stakes has been disredarded in some aspects because of the lack of popular runners in the field.  This year there will only be 7 ponies to pick from and Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense will not be one of them.  The reports are vague but it seems that owner Jim Tafel had decided after the Preakness that without the chance of the Triple Crown that it would not be worth entering the last leg, in fact I don’t blame him as he has just sold the rights to breed his Kentucky Derby Champion to a middle eastern Sheikh who owns Darley Stud Farm, owners of numerour high profile race horses. 

So without Street Sense to choose from, Curlin has become the favorite with Hard Spun right behind him.  But before you go and jump on the favorite lets consider a few things: 

1. This is the longest leg of the Triple Crown at 1.5 miles long,  the race will not be won by a sprinter, it just won’t happen.  Serious strategy changes will have to be made by the jockeys to gage their horses down the stretch.

2. Field of 7 horses, pole position will have absolutley nothing to do with the horses chances, there will be no one to run into, in fact the horses might forget they are racing due to lack opponents….Just kidding.

3. Many times a jockey fails to hit the gas at the appropriate time and miscalculates his horses stamina.  It happens to the best of them.

So my point is, is that this race because of the length and small field is really open to anyone and if you do your homework on this try to profile a horse that has been known to finish top 3 in longer distance tracks, they will be more conditioned and already have a rythem to their racing as opposed to a horse that likes to sprint and will have to tweak his rythem to accomodate the longer track.

Heres current live lines listed in the sportsbook(*note lines will be constantly changing):

1. Imawildandcrazyguy +2000
2. Tiago +1000
3. Curlin -120
4. C P West +1200
5. Slews Tizzy +2000
6. Hard Spun +250
7. Rags to Riches +300

Personally I like C P West to win, good value at +1200 plus hes trained by the great Nick Zito. Whats your Pick?

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139th Belmont Stakes

Heres a list of Belmont Contenders:

Personally, I gotta like the rematch between Curlin and Street Sense, but at 1.5 miles long, this race will not be won by a sprinter, oh no.  I would look into some more strategical runners that might look to be slow and steady and then make a fast break at the last turn and still have enough energy to get ahead. As always I like the underdogs.  The lines should be coming out tomarrow after all the runners are confirmed and I will have updates and picks before the weekend.

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2007 Belmont Stakes – Run for the Carnations