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Odds to win the Breeders Cup Classic 2011

Odds to win the Breeders Cup Classic 2011: The Breeders' Cup World Championships are slated for this weekend at the legendary Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. The crown jewel of the annual event, the 1 1/4-mile Breeders' Cup Classic, is scheduled to get underway at 6:15pm ET on Saturday, November 5 (ESPN). The Grade 1, $5million race features a …

by Matt Foust on November 3rd, 2011 Leave a comment »

2011 Belmont Stakes Post Positions

The 2011 Triple Crown horse racing season ends today with the Grade-1 $1-million running of the 2011 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park near New York City. This race is the ultimate endurance test to see which three-year old can handle the grueling 1 1/2-mile lap. Again, there will not be a Triple-Crown winner, not since Affirmed won the triad in …

by Reno Gold on June 11th, 2011 Leave a comment »

2011 Belmont Stakes Picks

I begin today's Belmont Stakes blog quoting myself from back on May 21, the day of the Preakness. "My favorite of today's long-shots is Shackleford, coming off at 12-to-1 odds, posting from Gate-5." I wasn't so lucky with my Kentucky Derby pick, but came close with Nehro, finishing second behind Animal Kingdom, a colt not on my radar screen. For …

by Reno Gold on June 9th, 2011 Leave a comment »

2011 Preakness Stakes Odds & Picks

Animal Kingdom was not a great horse, a 20-to-1 Kentucky Derby long shot, until he won it. For today's 2011 Preakness Stakes , the public's perception on the colt is much different, now coming off a 2-to-1 favorite posting from Gate-11. Today's second leg of the Triple-Crown should be a fast and exciting race with the top-horses bunched together near …

by Reno Gold on May 21st, 2011 Leave a comment »

2011 Preakness Stakes Prop Bets

2011 Preakness Stakes Prop Bets:

by Matt Foust on May 18th, 2011 Leave a comment »

Nehro scratched from 2011 Preakness Stakes

Nehro, one of the top thoroughbred colts of the 2011 Triple-Crown season who finished second to Animal Kingdom in the 2011 Kentucky Derby, will not run in the Preakness Stakes this weekend according to his owner, Ahmed Zayat. Prior to the scratch, Nehro was coming off at 5-to-1 Preakness Stakes Odds at most horse books. "It's a very hard decision, …

by Reno Gold on May 17th, 2011 Leave a comment »

2011 Preakness Stakes Entries

The field for the 136th running of the Preakness Stakes is set, at least for the time being, at 14 horses. The 2011 Preakness Stakes Entries include Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom as well as Derby runners Dialed In, Nehro, Mucho Macho Man, Shackleford, and Midnight Interlude. Also in contention for Saturday's Run for the Black-Eyed Susans are Astrology, Dance …

by Matt Foust on May 17th, 2011 Leave a comment »

2011 Preakness Stakes Odds

With the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby now complete, all attention has moved East toward the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The historic track serves as home for the second leg of the Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes, which will take place on Saturday, May 21st. 2011 Preakness Stakes Odds have Derby winner Animal Kingdom listed as …

by Matt Foust on May 11th, 2011 Leave a comment »

Soldat 2011 Kentucky Derby Odds & Predictions

Great things were expected from three year old colt Soldat after four consecutive strong runs preceding this years Kentucky Derby preliminary, G1 $1-million Florida Derby. In the race, he came in a disappointing fifth; while rival Dialed-In went on to win. Soldat and Dialed-In were co-favorites at Gulfstream Park but now it's Dialed-In getting all the attention as Kentucky Derby …

by Reno Gold on May 7th, 2011 Leave a comment »