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2024 belmont stakes picks

Astute blog followers know that the Belmont Stakes is my favorite race of the year as it usually presents great opportunities to make some cash. We’ve had success over the years and the trend continued last year with the cold deck exacta. Lets get right to the picks, and my top 4 predicted order of […]

Add it all up and my takeaway is….against this weak field, Todd Pletcher looks to have this race cornered with two superstars. Assuming we take the Pletcher plunge, and invest in his runners, then the $64,000 question becomes —- Will we be laughing and cashing our tickets like Billy Ray Valentine did when he cornered the Orange Juice market in the movie Trading Places, or will we be ripping up our tickets in agony, despair and disgust like Randolph and Mortimor Duke did on the trading floor?

Welcome to the 2021 Belmont !! Here is what we know coming into this year’s race…. 1 – Bob Baffert is a thief, and his horse Medina Spirit is about to be DQ’d from a derby win – Note, this is the same guy that sent out Restoring Hope, a longshot with no chance in […]

An unconventional Belmont Stakes is on tap today….no fans, new distance, and it will be the first leg of the Triple Crown. These changes most likely mean that we will have to change our approach regarding handicapping, as the normal patterns and form indicators from the TC Trail, won’t be in play. To me, it […]

Whitey is heating up after a solid Preakness…. Moving onto the Belmont….Here are the main story lines for this year’s Test of a Champion…. No Triple Crown on the line… Typically, over the last dozen years or so, when there hasn’t been a TC at stake, chaos has reigned supreme, with medium priced horses, and […]

35 horses have won the Derby and Preakness yet only 12 have been able to win the Belmont Stakes, and capture racing’s most elusive prize – the Triple Crown. Justify will be looking to become lucky 13, and validate the greatness and promise of his young career. So, the story-line is set for the 150th […]

Heading into the 2017 Belmont, story lines are blurred as both the Derby and Preakness winners are skipping the Belmont Stakes, leaving a field of 12 signed on to test their meddle in the grueling mile and a half race over Big Sandy – the local reference to historic Belmont Park. Ponycapper followers know that […]

Belmont Story Lines: 1. Morning Line Debacle Are you kidding me? Who is the dope that set these morning line’s for this year’s Belmont? Exaggerator’s ML at 9/5 is one of the worst assignments of a line for a favorite in modern history. 9/5 should be even money or 6 to 5 at post time. […]

I will open with my stat of the week – In the last 36 years, only 6 favorites have won the Belmont. There has to be something to this and I am beginning to think it may be at least another year for a triple crown winner. I know, I know – I predicted Pharoah […]