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Joking has last laugh in True North

Fri Jun 10 2016Vance Hanson

Joking was one of the longer shots in Friday's $240,000 True North (G2) at Belmont Park, but the seven-year-old gelding had done his best work over the oval finishing first or second in all seven previous tries on the surface. That fondness for ...
Belmont Stakes card filled with ample possible plays

Fri Jun 10 2016Ted Black

While many thoroughbred racing fans will be waiting until the latter portion of the card on Saturday to take a swing at the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of racing's Triple Crown, serious and novice horse players alike will have ample chances to make ...
Our top picks for the 2016 Belmont Stakes

Fri Jun 10 2016TwinSpires Staff

Jennifer Caldwell Anyone who’s read my previous picks should know who I’m going to pick for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes (G1). I’ve been a Lani (#10, 20-1) lover since the beginning and will be rooting for the Japan’s star runner throughout the 1 ...
Our top longshots for the 2016 Belmont Stakes

Fri Jun 10 2016TwinSpires Staff

Jennifer Caldwell Since Lani is both my top pick and a longshot play all in one, I’m tabbing Cherry Wine (#3, 8-1) as my second choice for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes (G1). The Paddy o’Prado colt continues to improve is placing with each start ...
Silver Mission grabs gold in Tremont victory

Fri Jun 10 2016Ed DeRosa

Todd Pletcher’s most recent stakes winners not only helped the Eclipse Award-winning trainer sweep the two-year-old stakes at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival but also notched the first stakes wins for freshman sires Bodemeister and Mission Impazib ...
How to bet the Belmont Stakes

Fri Jun 10 2016Ed DeRosa

There are two main approaches to wagering strategies: Sometimes it’s about the pick and sometimes it’s about the wagering structure, and when it comes to the Belmont Stakes on June 11 at Belmont Park it’s about the wagering structure. It’s a big ...

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DeRosa’s Belmont Stakes Pick and Longshot

Fri Jun 10 2016Ed DeRosa

The Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) left no doubt who the best three-year-olds in the Triple Crown series are – respective winners Nyquist and Exaggerator (#11, 9-5) . And since only Exaggerator (who was second to Nyquist in the Der ...
Belief in Theogony at 1 1/2 miles pays off in Rags to Riches Stakes win

Fri Jun 10 2016Ed DeRosa

A mare by Curlin won a race at the Belmont Stakes distance named after a filly who defeated Curlin in the 2007 Belmont Stakes. Theogony tracked pacesetter Milaya through the first mile of the 1 1/2-mile Rags to Riches Invitational S. before taki ...
"Thriving" Exaggerator continues to impress Desormeaux

Fri Jun 10 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release After walking on his day off Thursday, Exaggerator returned to the track Friday morning for an energetic gallop under regular exercise rider Peedy Landry. They went out shortly after 9 a.m. (EDT) and spent 15 minutes on Bel ...
What to watch for wagering on Belmont Stakes Eve

Fri Jun 10 2016Ed DeRosa

Conditions of the main track change day to day or even race to race, and this especially seems to be the case during big race weeks, so we offer notes on Thursday’s main track racing know that things are likely to change before Saturday’s Belmont Sta ...
Musings on Belmont's Friday stakes

Fri Jun 10 2016Kellie Reilly

Friday's Day 2 of the Belmont Stakes Festival may turn out to be pretty formful, but there are a couple of spots to unearth potential value.   The Rags to Riches (3RD race) is a shot in the dark about who wants to go 1 1/2 miles. A ...
Friday's Late Pick 4 Analysis at Belmont

Fri Jun 10 2016James Scully

Friday’s Late Pick 4 at Belmont (races 8-11) features a $500,000 guarantee and a pair of stakes. I’ll preview the sequence and play a pair of tickets below. 8 th race : The withdrawal of Private Zone reduces the field to five and Holy Boss (#1) ...
Buying into Creator

Fri Jun 10 2016James Scully

The late addition of Gettysburg to the Belmont Stakes field appears anything but frivolous. Observers can take a different view, but I’ll give my take on his addition. Trainer Steve Asmussen and owner WinStar Farm believe Creator can win the Belmo ...

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