Here are the news and notes from this last weekend in horse racing.
- Rachel Alexandra was a runaway winner (19 1/4 lengths) in the Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday. There was a small entry list to begin with (5) but when two horses scratched there was only a field of 3 to [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 29, 2009
Rachel Alexandra and A Breeders’ Cup Update
June 27, 2009
Rachel Alexandra Returns!
Rachel Alexandra returns to the racetrack today for the first time since her Preakness win. She will be Running the Mother Goose Stakes (Grade 1: $300,000) which is the 9th race at Belmont Park today. The race can be seen on HRTV and post-time is 5:17 EST. In most cases HTB would provide picks but there are [...]
June 24, 2009
Win And You’re In!
The AP brings news of one of my favorite times in the horse racing season, Breeders’ Cup automatic qualifying races are about to start! Hundreds of owners, trainers and jockeys will be working that much harder to win a single race to get them into the Super Bowl of horse racing. There is nothing like it [...]
June 10, 2009
A Quick Look Back At The Belmont
Last Saturday’s Belmont was another enjoyable race to watch even though I was less than impressed by the ABC’s coverage. I prefer the coverage that NBC offers but that is a whole other set of issues.
In terms of the HTB picks they were pretty much spot on! If you swap the order of the “Birds” [...]
June 7, 2009
Belmont Stakes Payouts
Yet another exciting Race! Full analysis will come in the next few days…….
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Horse
Jockey
Win
Place
Show
4
Summer Bird
K. Desormeaux
25.80
9.30
4.70
2
Dunkirk
J. Velazquez
5.40
3.60
7
Mine That Bird
C. Borel
2.60
$2 Exacta (4-2) Paid $121.00
$2 Trifecta (4-2-7) Paid $295.00
$2 Superfecta (4-2-7-6) Paid $852.00
June 5, 2009
Belmont Stakes Predictions
Here are the official HTB predictions for this years Belmont Stakes. The picks for the Derby and the Preakness did not go so well so let’s hope I’ve got my horse sense back!
Win: MINE THAT BIRD (2-1)
This is the second easiest pick HTB has had to make in the triple crown season (after successfully picking [...]
June 3, 2009
Belmont Stakes Post Positions
Belmont Stakes
Post
Horse
Jockey
Trainer
ML Odds
1
Chocolate Candy
G. Gomez
J. Hollendorfer
10-1
2
Dunkirk
J. Velazquez
T. Pletcher
4-1
3
Mr. Hot Stuff
E. Prado
E. Harty
15-1
4
Summer Bird
K. Desormeaux
T. Ice
12-1
5
Luv Gov
M. Mena
D. W. Lukas
20-1
6
Charitable Man
A. Garcia
K. McLaughlin
3-1
7
Mine That Bird
C. Borel
C. Woolley
2-1
8
Flying Private
J. Leparoux
D. W. Lukas
12-1
9
Miner’s Escape
J. Lezcano
N. Zito
15-1
10
Brave Victory
R. Maragh
N. Zito
15-1
June 3, 2009
Borel Calls His Shot
Mine That Bird jockey Calvin Borel, guaranteed again yesterday at the Belmont media lunch that his colt would win the race. That’s pretty fitting I guess because the Belmont is ran in New York and the most famous called shot of all time was done by Yankees great Babe Ruth. It’s a bit of a [...]
June 2, 2009
It’s Belmont Week!
Hello folks! Sorry for the long layoff between posts but I’ll try to make up for it this week as it is time for the Belmont. Below is the list of the projected field along with a few notes. Be sure to check back here during the week to stay on top of the post [...]
