We asked our handicappers — including two Maryland Handicapping Series winners — for their Belmont Stakes selections. The question: Chrome or Strong?
Steve Cauthen hit Affirmed left-handed and the horse surged to beat Alydar in the 1978 Belmont. But how did Cauthen come to have the whip in his left hand?
Nothing’s gone to plan for Tonalist’s breeders. But he’ll enter the Belmont starting gate June 7 with a shot to deny California Chrome’s shot at history.
Closers don’t win the Belmont Stakes, and other Triple Crown notes and analysis.
Five Maryland horsemen who’ve run in the Triple Crown gave us five different, varying perspectives on lengthening the time from Derby to Preakness to Belmont..
Triple Crown seeker California Chrome drew the two-hole (and 3-5 odds) for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes; plus, Midlantic-breds in the day’s stakes.
We spent a few minutes with NYRA paddock analyst Maggie Wolfendale to get a sense of what she’ll be looking for from the Belmont Stakes horses.
We spent a few minutes with well-known bloodstock expert Sid Fernando to discuss breeding, the Belmont Stakes, and the Triple Crown.
In 1977 Seattle Slew stumbled out of the Kentucky Derby gate and had no place to go — until Bill Shoemaker made room for a fellow rider in trouble.
Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas expanded on his thoughts to expand the time between Triple Crown races.
