Belmont Stakes 139 Race Entries and Odds

Curlin, Preakness Stakes winner, was named odds-on (6-5) favorite to win the 139th Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park marking the end of the 2007 Triple Crown season.

Kentucky Derby winner Hard Spun was named second favorite with 5-2 odds in what horse racing fans expect to be a showdown between two of the top 3-year-olds. Derby winner Street Sense skips the race and is being pointed to the Travers Stakes in the summer.

The the entry of Kentucky Oaks winner, Rags to Riches, has added spice to Belmont as Todd Pletcher’s horse attempt to become the first filly to win a Triple Crown race since Winning Colors took the 1988 Derby.

Other entries are Imawildcrazyguy, Tiago, CP West, and Slew's Tizzy.

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Kentucky Derby Winner Street Sense Won't Run at Belmont Stakes

Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense won't be running in the 139th Belmont Stakes on June 9,a nd instead will be pointed to Travers Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Classic later this year.

The news came as a disappointment for bettors and horse racing fans who were counting on another showdown of the top 3-year-olds Street Sense, Preakness winner Curlin, and Hard Spun in New York.

Carl Nafzger said he and owner James Tafel debated for two hours the viability of sending the colt to New York for thefinal leg of the Triple Crown. “The competitive side said ‘Go,”‘ Nafzger said. “The logical side said ‘No, no, no.”

This development re-focuses Belmont Stakes odds to Curlin and Hard Spun.

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Belmont Stakes 139 on June 9, 2007

It's the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel of the Triple Crown, on June 9, 2007 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

A new batch of top 3-year olds will battle for the title. Unfortunately, Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense lost to Curlin in the Preakness Stakes, ergo no Triple Crown winning horse again this year.

But that doesn't mean there'll be no excitement left for the Belmont. Horse contenders are now lining up to take a stab at that $1 million purse and the prestigious title that goes with it. The Belmont Stakes is one of the oldest and most respected horse races in North America.

Can Curlin do repeat of his performance at Pimlico? Or will Street Sense stage a revenge. But they'll face a tough race from the other challenges. See Belmont Stakes contenders >>

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Bluegrass Cats Leads Belmont Stakes Field, 3-1

Kentucky Derby runner-up, Bluegrass Cat, was made the favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park, which drew a field of 12 3-year-olds.

Without Derby winner Barbaro and Preakness (gr. I) winner Bernardini in the race, New York Racing Association oddsmaker Eric Donovan went with trainer Todd Pletcher’s colt as the 3-1 morning-line choice Wednesday for the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Pletcher has another Belmont entry, the second favorite Sunriver. Winner of the Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park on May 20, Sunriver was at 4-1 odds to win. Steppenwolfer, the third-place Derby finisher, was 9-2.

Bluegrass Cat, who finished 6 1/2 lengths behind Barbaro in the Derby, will leave from the No. 9 post in the 1 1/2-mile race. The colt will be ridden by John Velazquez, who returned last week after being sidelined since April 20 with a cracked shoulder blade and bruised ribs. Sunriver, with Rafael Bejarano aboard, drew the No. 2 post.

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Handicapping Guide to 2006 Belmont Stakes

By GREG MELIKOV

Some so-called experts say handicapping the Belmont Stakes is the easiest of the Triple Crown races, pointing to the high percentage of winning favorites.

Since 1940, a dozen of 30 odds-on choices won, but the last to do so was ‘78 Triple Crown winner Affirmed. However, during the past 27 years, six post-time favorites lived up to their odds.

That doesn’t mean there has been a scarcity of price horses. In the last 44 years, seven of the highest 10 win payoffs rewarded horseplayers. The largest was in ‘02 when Sarava, with Edgar Prado aboard, returned $142.50.

Prado also rode Birdstone to an upset $74 victory in ‘04, ending Smarty Jones‘ bid for the Triple Crown. He would have been aboard Barbaro if the Kentucky Derby champion hadn’t suffered a career-ending leg injury in the Preakness.

He’s riding in the Belmont after accepting the mount on Deputy Glitters from trainer Tom Albertrani, who saddled Preakness winner Bernardini being pointed toward the top 3-year-old stakes later this summer.

Deputy Glitters has performed dismally since a convincing victory at Tampa Bay Downs. He finished sixth in the Wood Memorial and eighth in the Kentucky Derby.

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Large Field Expected at Belmont Stakes on June 10

For the fourth time in 44 years, it appears the Belmont Stakes on June 10 will be staged without the winner of the Kentucky Derby or Preakness Stakes.

In 2000, Fusaichi Pegasus won at Churchill Downs and ran second to Red Bullet at Pimlico, but neither raced at Belmont. The winner: Commendable. In 1970, Dust Commander triumphed in the Kentucky Derby and Personality took the Preakness, but both skipped the Belmont. High Echelon, third at Louisville, captured the third jewel of the Triple Crown.

One of the most exciting Kentucky Derby contests came in 1962 when Bill Hartack guided Decidedly home ahead of 14 other 3-year-olds. It was one of Hartack’s five victories in America’s Race — he’s tied with Eddie Arcaro for most wins.

After skipping the Kentucky Derby, Greek Money captured the Preakness and Jaipur took the Belmont by a nose. That’s the smallest margin of victory along with Granville in 1936.

Once again winners of the first two Triple Crown legs won’t race in the Belmont, but for different reasons: Derby champ Barbaro is recovering from a life-threatening leg injury in the Preakness while Bernardini will be rested after his impressive victory at Pimlico.

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Bernardini Skips Belmont Stakes Race

Darley Stables has confirmed that 2006 Preakness Stakes winner, Bernardini, won’t be making an appearance in the Belmont Stakes race on June 10, the final leg of US thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.

The decision is another blow for the Belmont, which is already without Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, who suffered career-ending and life-threatening injuries in the Preakness on Saturday.

In just his fourth career start, Bernardini pulled away for a 5 1/4-length in the Preakness but was overshadowed by the serious injury to Barbaro, who broke three bones in his right rear leg and underwent six-hour surgery.

The decision to not run Bernardini in the Preakness was made by Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed, who wants the colt to rest. Bernardini could run in the Jim Dandy, Haskell or Travers Stakes in August.

“Given the fact that Bernardini only broke his maiden in March and won a Grade 1 race in May, we feel that he climbed the ladder of competition quite quickly,” said James Bell of Darley Stables. “Having said that, we believe he deserves a break.”

No horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.

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