2010 Belmont Stakes Predictions & Odds

The Belmont Stakes- Preview & Predictions

The 142^nd running of the Belmont Stakes will take place this Saturday, June 5^th at Belmont Park in Elmont New York. Post time is scheduled for 6:32 P.M (ET) and is race number 11 of a 13 race card. The final and longest of the three Triple Crown races, The Belmont is a grade I stakes race for three year old Thoroughbreds with a total prize purse of $1,000,000. It is contested on a dirt track over a distance of     1 ½ mile.

With a field of 12 entries, here is a brief preview along with the current odds for a few of the horses to watch in Saturday’s race.

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2010 Belmont Stakes Preview

142nd Belmont Stakes - Saturday June 5, 2010
Belmont Park in Elmont, New York

Post time approx. 6:30 PM EST
TV: ABC, beginning at 5 PM EST

With Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin’ at Lucky being no-shows for this Saturday’s 142^nd running of the Belmont Stakes race, the absence of a heavy favorite makes for some tempting wagering.

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Preakness Stakes Predictions & Picks

135^th Preakness Stakes on NBC
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Post time approx. 6:05 PM ET

Super Saver and jockey Calvin Borel will try to take the next step to becoming racing’s first Triple Crown winner since 1978 when they team up for the 135^th running of the Preakness Stakes at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore this Saturday afternoon.

Borel piloted the three-year old bay colt to a win at Churchill Downs on May 1^st, and will try and win the second leg of the famed Triple Crown before heading to the daunting Belmont Stakes to claim the coveted title that only 11 horses have managed since 1919.

But first he will have to get by a field of 11 other horses — two short of the maximum — chasing a $1 million purse around the 1-3/16 mile course.

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2010 Preakness Stakes Preview

This Saturday may 15^th is the 135^th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland. Better known as the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness is a grade I stakes race for three year old Thoroughbreds with a total prize purse of $1,000,000. It is contested on a dirt track over a distance of 1 3/16 mile making it the shortest of the three Triple Crown races. Post time for the race is scheduled for 6:15 P.M. (ET).

The most exciting aspect of this race is to see if the winner of the Kentucky Derby, Super Saver can successfully add the second jewel in pursuit of the elusive Triple Crown of horse racing. The third race is the Belmont Stakes, scheduled to be run on June 5^th.

In the history of these races dating back to the late 1800’s only 11 horses have ever won all three. The last Triple Crown winner was back in 1978 when Affirmed accomplished this feat. 11 horses have won the first two legs, but failed to capture the third with a loss in the Belmont. Right now the current odds have Super Saver at +475 he will win the next two races and -700 he will not.

Here is a look at the current odds for all 12 horses currently listed in the field for Saturday’s race.

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2010 Kentucky Derby Preview and Predictions

This Saturday, May 1^st is the 136^th “Run for the Roses” in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. This is the first and most prestigious crown jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown which consists of this race along with the Preakness and the Belmont. A field of 20 of the top three year old Thoroughbreds as determined by their graded stakes race earnings as been assembled and is ready to take part in the most exciting two minutes in sports. Here is a look at some of the horses that have the best chance to win.

The Favorites

Lookin at Lucky         +200

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2010 Kentucky Derby Preview, Predictions, Odds

When your sitting back
In your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
– The Rolling Stones

Since 2000, only three of the horses who were favorites at the start of the Kentucky Derby have finished in the money, and this year’s 136^th running of the Kentucky Derby is shaping up to be no different.

Already scratched from the 2010 lineup was heavily favored, Todd Pletcher’s Eskendereya, whose dramatic withdrawal because of a leg ailment was only to be followed by another Pletcher frontrunner–Rule, who came out of his Monday workout not looking his best and will not make it to the starting gate on Saturday.

As the news from the Pletcher barn hit the wire, all bets has shifted to another early favorite, Lookin’ At Lucky and his trainer –three-time Derby winner Bob Baffert. The two have found themselves back atop of the pile just ahead of Sidney’s Candy, Conveyance, Super Saver and Blue Grass winner Stately Victor.

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2009 Breeders’ Cup Preview, Predictions, Odds

The 2009 Breeders’ Cup will be run this weekend on Friday November 6^th and Saturday November 7^th from Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, Ca. This year’s Cup features races in 14 different divisions over the two day period with 6 races scheduled for Friday and 8 races slated to run on Saturday. The following is a brief description of each race along with some of the horses to keep an eye on.

The Marathon- Friday November 6^th Post Time: 3:35 P.M. (EST)

Distance: 1 ¾ Mile       Track: Dirt     Purse: $500,000

Contenders: Nite Light, Father Time, Mastery

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Horses to Watch in 2009

Who are the horses to watch in 2009? Below is a  list of runners compiled by our pro handicappers that will significantly improve or do well next time out, won three times, ran second 10 times and finished third twice since May 7. These thoroughbred horses are worth considering when developing your horse betting strategy.

ARLINGTON PARK

Nan Ann Rocks: Broke slowly 10th and last, trailed by 10 ½ lengths after a half-mile, swung wide for the drive, rallied from sixth in stretch to make up more than 2 ¼ lengths and finished third beaten three-quarters of a length and a nose at a mile on the turf June 6; ran final half in 47 1/5,

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