Saturday Belmont Park, Race 11 The Belmont Stakes By Mike Beer A Special Offer on Unlimited TimeformUS PPs for Bloodhorse Readers However you feel about California Chrome (and let's face it, emotions are...
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OK, from a physical aspect, that’s not going to help you much in your handicapping, because it’s hard to find fault in any of the Belmont starters stabled at Belmont Park. So, now we turn to post positions...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") As the lone twelve-furlong grade I race run on dirt in this country, the Belmont Stakes stands alone in the world of handicapping; an island in an ocean of races that...
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So, it’s California Chrome against the world in the Belmont Stakes. Well, not quite the entire world; just the entities that will challenge him on June 7. As much as his human opponents would love to see...
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One would think that analyzing the pedigrees for the Belmont Stakes hopefuls would be fairly easy, considering the extreme distance of the race and the lack of true mile and a half horses. It should be...
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Here we go again. Let the questions begin regarding California Chrome’s attempt June 7 to become the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Triple Crown. The doubts that nipped at the heels of this son of...
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Sometime between the Santa Anita Derby and the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands , I decided that California Chrome was no longer worth betting. And it’s cost me, but more in terms of prestige than...
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By Nicole Sauer Since 1973, an average of five Kentucky Derby (gr. I) starters have ran back in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I). By that standard, this year's class of sophomores is under-performing, with...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") In the wake of California Chrome’s impressive victory in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) last Saturday, it’s easy to let the excitement take over and start thinking about...
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A couple of years ago, I wrote the back story of Mine That Bird’s amazing Triple Crown journey. Now, with the motion picture “50-1” having its premiere in Albuquerque, N.M. Wednesday, March 19, I have...
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