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Betting Advice and Handicapping for the 2018 Belmont Stakes Undercard
by Trevor Whenham - 6/7/2018
The undercard of all of the Triple Crown races are strong and intriguing, but the lead-up to the Belmont Stakes is always the deepest and most competitive. It's really an embarrassment of riches, with five Grade 1 races and three Grade 2 contests on offer starting with the Ogden Phipps in Race 3, and that doesn't even account for the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. It is a little bit of heaven for race fans, and it features a whole lot of big-name horses at the top of their categories. Here's a look at each of the eight graded races on the undercard: Read More >>
2018 Belmont Stakes Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/7/2018
I could try and make these 2018 Belmont Stakes predictions all dramatic or controversial. Pack in a few hot takes. Boldly take a few flyers. But the truth is simply this - Justify is, by my eyes, the best horse in this race by a very wide margin, and if he runs anything close to his race he is going to win by daylight. Read More >>
2018 Belmont Stakes Expert Betting Advice: Pace Scenario
by Trevor Whenham - 6/6/2018
The pace makes the race, as the old saying goes. It's a total cliché by now, but like may clichés it became that way because it is true. But in this edition of the Belmont Stakes it is particularly true. Anyone who tries to tell you that Justify is not the best horse in this field by a wide margin is lying to you. But the best horse in a race doesn't always win - not if he is not able to run the race he needs to run. If Justify finds himself in pace trouble then he won't win - or at least is far less likely to. Conversely, the connections of every other horse in the 10-horse field know that the best way to beat Justify - the only way, likely - is to knock him off his game. That makes looking at the Belmont pace scenarios both more interesting than it could be and more important for bettors to do. Read More >>
2018 Belmont Stakes Live Long Shots
by Trevor Whenham - 6/6/2018
Justify looms very large over the Belmont this year as he takes his shot at Triple Crown glory. He was set at 4/5 in the morning line, and there is a good chance that he will fall well below that by post time. It is truly his race to lose - though by now we have learned too well that great horses are very capable of losing this race. When a horse draws that much attention, we are obviously going to have lots of fat prices - lots of long shots to consider. Hofburg is at 9/2, and Bravazo and Vino Rosso are both at 8/1, so you could argue that every other horse other than the top four is a real long shot. Read More >>
Vino Rosso Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/2/2018
Todd Pletcher did not have the Kentucky Derby that he was hoping to. As has too often been the case, he had plenty of quantity but lacked the quality on the day that he needed. He skipped the Preakness to regroup but is back with two of his Derby horses for another shot in the Belmont. Of the two, Vino Rosso is probably the more impressive and the readier for this spot. But is he good enough to be a factor in this edition of the Belmont? Pletcher is the defending champion in this race, so he's got a streak to defend. Read More >>
Tenfold Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/2/2018
Steve Asmussen didn't have this lightly-raced colt rolling in time to qualify him for the Kentucky Derby, so he aimed for the Preakness instead. And it went as well as he could realistically have hoped - third-place pays nicely, and the horse earned some respect. So now the colt makes just his fifth career start in the longest race there is for three-year-olds. He's got the breeding for it, and he has some momentum coming into the race. So, how much can he build on that last outing? Can Tenfold shock the world in the Belmont Stakes? Read More >>
Restoring Hope Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/2/2018
When everyone - likely including Bob Baffert himself - thinks about Baffert and the Belmont this year, all thoughts are directed to heavy favorite Justify, who has the chance to be Baffert's second Triple Crown winner in four years. But that's just half the story. Baffert will also have Restoring Hope, another lightly-raced colt he tried to get into the Derby but fell short. He is nowhere near the caliber of his stablemate, but his breeding is sound and he has shown flashes of significant potential. Read More >>
Seahenge Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/2/2018
The Belmont Stakes always draws a strange and interesting mix of horses. An iron horse or two - including one aiming for a Triple Crown win, of course - along with several horses that ran in the Derby and skipped the Preakness, and then they are joined by comers from all sorts of different corners. Some of the new comers are often surprising, and Seahenge definitely fits into that category. Read More >>
Blended Citizen Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/2/2018
Doug O'Neill is a controversial character in the sport. The trainer has won three Triple Crown races since 2012, so he knows how to have success at the high level. He also has had far more drug suspensions than any other high-level trainer currently in the sport, though. Some people defend him, saying it is overblown. Others regard him with cynicism and distaste. Every time he has a horse in a high-profile race like this, though, those discussions keep coming up. It is a bit of a dark mark for a colt here that has shown some talent and could be a factor in the Belmont if things break his way. Read More >>
Justify Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/1/2018
Every time I think of Justify over the last couple of weeks I think of Big Brown. Like Justify, that colt was a total freak who was in an entirely different class than the rest of the horses around him. After dominant wins in the first two legs, I went into the Belmont in 2008 as confident as I could possibly be. I watched the race in a cancer ward where my mom was, and I was sure that what would wind up being her last Belmont would be a historic one. I knew it, in fact. Read More >>
Hofburg Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/1/2018
Tonalist, who won the Belmont in 2014, was a son of Tapit. So was Creator in 2016. And Tapwrit last year. So, it's no surprise that Hofburg, the only son of Tapit in the Belmont field this year, is getting more attention from bettors than he would likely get if he had his same record and lesser breeding. Hofburg is well-situated to be the second betting choice in the Belmont Stakes by post time - he's there right now in the futures betting. It's a low price for a lightly-raced horse that has yet to have a real breakthrough in a major race. But he is well-bred enough and seemingly talented enough to, if you'll pardon the pun, justify the attention. Read More >>
Bravazo Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/1/2018
D. Wayne Lukas, the trainer of Bravazo, has won 14 Triple Crown races, with his last in 2013. He's 82 but showing no signs of ever slowing down. Calumet Farm, which owns and bred this colt, has won the Kentucky Derby a record eight times, the Preakness a record seven, and has produced two Triple Crown winners, but the last Derby came in 1968. The two legends of the sport came together to win the Preakness in 2013 with Oxbow. Can they recapture some magic - and relive old times -- here with an upset in the Belmont? Read More >>
Gronkowski Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/1/2018
As I write this I don't yet know if Bandua is going to be entered in the Belmont Stakes or not. That is relevant to a Belmont preview of Gronkowski for one reason - If Bandua is entered than Gronkowski will no longer be the most head-scratching, toughest-to-judge horse in the field. The Kentucky Derby made the decision to open a spot in the gate for the winner of a series of races in Britain this year. Read More >>
Free Drop Billy Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/1/2018
Some previews are easier to get excited about than others. This falls into the less-excited category for me. This is a horse that I just didn't like heading into the Derby, and he rewarded my pessimism by being just as underwhelming as I expected. His jockey would be close to the last guy I would pick to ride a top horse. And I just don't see how this horse is a real factor in the Belmont - or really why he belongs here at all. Read More >>
Noble Indy Odds to Win the 2018 Belmont Stakes with Picks and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 6/1/2018
Noble Indy offered us a sight we don't often see heading into the Kentucky Derby. He had won three of four career starts for one of the world's best stables, and had won a major Derby prep race, the Louisiana Derby, as the favorite. Yet he went off in the Derby at 59/1, the kind of price typically reserved for truly hopeless runners who barely scraped their way into the field. It was strikingly odd. Except unfortunately he ran to that price, fading horribly to finish 17th in the race. Read More >>
2018 Belmont Stakes Expert Handicapping: Fresh Horses
by Trevor Whenham - 5/31/2018
We hear a lot of talk about fresh horses in the Belmont Stakes and the threat they can potentially be. For the sake of this discussion here, let's define fresh horses simply as horses that have not run in both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes - every horse other than Bravazo and Justify, in other words. It's always an interesting discussion to look at fresh horses - and especially so when a Triple Crown is on the line and an inevitably tired horse is trying to summon one more great race from deep within. Read More >>
Horses that Can Win the Belmont Stakes in 2018
by Trevor Whenham - 5/31/2018
There could be as many as 12 horses entered in the Belmont Stakes. That means that there are as many as 12 horses that can win the Belmont - a lesson that seemingly impossible long shots like Sarava and Da'Tara have forced us to learn over the years. But, at least on a theoretical level, the number of horses in the field that actually have a good chance of winning the Belmont is a smaller number. Fairly significantly smaller, I would argue. Read More >>
Kentucky Derby Horses in the 2018 Belmont Stakes
by Trevor Whenham - 5/31/2018
In the last 20 runnings of the Belmont Stakes, 14 horses that have won have also run in the Kentucky Derby. It only makes sense, then, that we pay extra attention to the horses entered in the third leg of the Triple Crown who also ran in the first. It's important to note, though, that many of those 14 Belmont winners were pretty lousy in Kentucky. It's just about having been there, not having won. In fact, Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is the only Derby winner to go on to win the Belmont since Swale did it in 1984. Read More >>
How to Place a Bet on the Belmont Stakes in 2018
by Trevor Whenham - 5/24/2018
Lots of people who are reading this here are probably sports bettors who don't bet on the horse races very often - if at all. But when a horse like Justify comes along, and a Triple Crown is on the line, a bet in the Belmont Stakes can be tough to resist. Maybe the last time you placed a bet was in 2015 when American Pharoah was in this same situation - and that turned out well for you. Don't worry, though - we're here for you. If you are one of those far-from-regular horse race bettors, we have all you need to help you out. Here's how to place a bet on the Belmont - a simple five-step approach to give you a shot. Read More >>
Where to Bet on the Belmont Stakes 2018
by Trevor Whenham - 5/24/2018
The Belmont Stakes in a year when a Triple Crown is possible is one of those things that even casual bettors who never pay attention to horse racing are often drawn to. Placing a bet on the winner - or beating him with a big long shot - is your shot at playing a part in history. Betting on the ponies is affordable and fun. And you have plenty of options when it comes to where you place your bets as well. No matter what your needs or level of interest, there is a place to make a bet. Where to bet on the Belmont? Let's look at the options: Read More >>
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