By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The 2024 Triple Crown reaches its pinnacle this Saturday with the 156th running of the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1). Due to renovations taking...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The 2023 Triple Crown wraps up on Saturday with a stellar renewal of the $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1) at Belmont Park. You can make a case that...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The 2022 Triple Crown winds down on Saturday with the 154th running of the historic $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1) at Belmont Park. Held over the...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman If you're reading this post, then you're probably wondering who I've picked to win Saturday's 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) at Belmont...
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There certainly hasn’t been much usual about 2020, and the June 20 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) was just another example of it. If there were any sense of normalcy, it is that the winner...
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There is no doubt people are going take different views of this year’s makeshift Belmont Stakes (G1) when assessing just how impressive Tiz the Law was dominating his field to capture the mile and an eighth...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman A few short weeks ago, the $1 million Belmont Stakes was shaping up to be an intriguing battle between Grade 1 winners Tiz the Law, Nadal, and Charlatan...
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The field has been drawn for this year's version of the Belmont Stakes (G1), and whether you feel it belongs in the classification of classic race or just another mile and an eighth prep for the Kentucky...
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We didn’t pay that much attention—or have much in the way of retention—while enduring an English literature class at the University of Kentucky, but we remember a quote from poet James Russell Lowell given...
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If you think watching racing from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs and other tracks in front of empty grandstands is kind of eerie try watching the races from Royal Ascot where the event normally is highlighted...
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