Belmont Stakes

The Triple Crown is among the highest pinnacles of achievement in sports. Since 1919, there have been only 13 winners. Can 2024 Kentucky Derby champion Mystik Dan's name echo with the likes of Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Justify amid this year's limited field? The Trend is Not Your Friend: The...

Mo Donegal won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, marking the third different horse to win a Triple Crown race in 2022. Here’s a look at who owns Mo Donegal and how it relates to the stock market. What Happened: Favorite Mo Donegal won the Belmont Stakes by three lengths, beating second place...

This year the Belmont Stakes is taking place under unusual circumstances for a few reasons. First of all, the winner of the Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike, did not race in the Preakness Stakes, eliminating his chance for a Triple Crown. Yet the colt will be in the Belmont Stakes. The winner of the...

Longshot Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby but will miss out on the potential of winning the Triple Crown in 2022. What Happened: Rich Strike’s owner Rick Dawson said his horse will skip the Preakness Stakes, set to be held on May 21. “Our original plan for Rich Strike was contingent...

Just as horse racing was making a comeback in the public eye, with two Triple Crown winners in four years (American Pharoah in 2016 and Justify in 2018), two of the last three winners of the actual Kentucky Derby race have been disqualified. In 2019, Maximum Security was disqualified for...

The horse racing industry has been rocked by a scandal that has an ongoing investigation of Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit and trainer Bob Baffert. What Happened: Medina Spirit won the 147th running of the Derby on May 1, finishing a half-length ahead of runner-up Mandaloun. However,...

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the sports world came to a grinding halt. Instead of watching the NBA playoffs and sizing up the contenders heading into MLB’s All-Star break, punters have been relegated to golf, Korean baseball games and, as always, horse racing. Horse racing...

What if Maximum Security wasn’t called for interference in the Kentucky Derby and went on to win the Preakness Stakes? What if Maximum Security didn’t alter the path of War Of Will, and War Of Will went on to win the race? Instead of a potential Triple Crown, we’re left with a...

Does a Super Bowl trophy glow as brightly when the victory is against a second-string defense? What if the seventh game of the World Series was only seven innings long?Unfortunately, we're about to view a Belmont Stakes with a watered down field. Monopolies in the business world are frowned...

Instead of producing a Triple Crown winner, this year's Belmont will be void of the winner of the Kentucky Derby (Always Dreaming) and the Preakness Stakes (Cloud Computing), as well as the runner-up of the Preakness (Classic Empire). In just another testament to the grueling nature and timing...

On Saturday, Always Dreaming will attempt to win the second leg of the elusive Triple Crown against a field of nine other horses in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Track. Excitement? The Preakness, which usually shapes up as the least attractive race to wager of the three legs, is staying...

One year ago, the horse racing world was abuzz with the prospect of the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, and American Pharoah delivered triumphantly in the Belmont Stakes. No Triple Crown This Year, But It'll Be Quite A Race This year's hope to produce back-to-back winners of the...

As has always been the thrilling scenario, the two weeks between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness fuel fans' fervor for a Triple Crown winner. In 2012, I'll Have Another never made it to the gate for the Belmont, and in 2014, California Chrome could not muster a rally in the stretch for the sweep....

On Saturday, American Pharoah will attempt to win horse racing's Triple Crown at the 147th Belmont Stakes. The feat that has only ever been accomplished 11 times. Three of those 11 winners took place in a five-year span: 1) Secretariat (1973), who still holds the Stakes record at a blazing...

Palace Malice finished first in a field of 14 horses to win the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. The 12 horse beat Preakness winner Oxbow by 3 3/4 lengths in a time of 2:30.70 and paid $29.50 to win on a $2 ticket. Kentucky Derby Winner Orb finished 3rd. A crowd of 47,562 was in...