The Belmont may be lacking the star horses that automatically make for great stories, but the jockeys who will be leading the race bringing national attention to the Belmont has the storybooks all wrong. handicapping the 2008 Belmont in 2008 is much easier than picking the winner in 2007, but the angles the race should follow will not be present. Coaches and owners will be trying to prove last season was all Camelot’s doing when they didn’t have a hand in the Belmont, and then prove the Belmont could have been different, but again, it won’t be possible.
Jockey, trainers and owners will be out in force to prove that the last five trips to the Belmont was no anomaly. It has been a extraordinary year for horse racing. Last April, the trainers had five of the top eight starters. To say the Breeders’ Cup Reload was successful would be a understatement. But two weeks later, the trainers indicated they may have to partnership with another trainer for the Belmont in two years.
Nobody knows the future of Belmont, except maybe the names mentioned above. Everyone knows the Triple Crown trail will be headed to Belmont as we count down the days to May 4th, 2008.
Check out the attributed comments on Wikipedia regarding the “Race That Never Ends,” as it becomes one of the defining races of the 2008 Triple Crown trail:
Behind the people and scams, and at the center of it all is Triple Crown racing itself, the Triple Crown races held each day of the race season. Never does a race quite like it, defining the next dispensation of the Triple Crown races to come, and defining the stakes at which that race will be run.
At this time of year in the Triple Crown trail, it is the only place in the world where horses can race against each other elapsed. In other words, you can race Canbeforefers on the all-weather course, on dirt, on grass, and on water, too.
Here in May, it is graced with a think horse named Real Quiet. So far he has saved the race, and Racing Minister has Stay-P Schwarzenegger to his third consecutive victory. It is expected that Real Quiet will carry the bulk of the support beginning with a lead of about 7 furlongs in the Belmont to the final step at which he will probably be lacking form.
The Belmont is always worth a look for those longshot bets. Sometimes the odds hold up on the final step of the Triple Crown races, and those wanting to bet the outsiders can find a few horses that are laying there.
So far this Triple Crown trail has been enriching beyond words. It is not surprising to see two of the final three starters in the Belmont starting with two horses thatlargely avoid each other. Fusion rivalries in the field have often meant that horses have alternated winning as rivals on the track.
However, the Belmont is not without its star horses. It will be wise to remember that favorites carry weight, and reluctant starters can be slow starters. Blinded by the prospect of victory, a growling champion can be slow to disappoint.
So, what does Triple Crown betting mean to those who follow the closely guarded rules, or those who simply bet for a horse because they love the idea of winning a hundred thousand dollars? For the most part, it means that people are going to bet on horse races the way that people usually bet on sports: starting with a favorite and working your way down. It means that people are going to bet on a horse because they love the idea of winning a hundred thousand dollars.
It means that you are going to find a great deal of wagering patterns among horse betters as they try to bring their bets down as low as they can, while keeping their sights on the bigger picture.
It means that if you are a person who likes to watch horses race, and if you are someone who particularly loves the thought of being able to go to Belmont with $1,000,000, you are going to be extraordinarily selective in the horses you gamble on. You are going to seek out the horses that have shown themselves to be the horses that areander days to win races, and you are going to wonder how many of the other horses on the track have wreaked havoc on the animals that perhaps should have won the race.
If you do this, you will probably discover that you will have to go to the race track with a very specific purpose. You will not be going there to simply witness the races. You will not be going there to simply strike it rich and as an act of consolation you will be going to enjoy watching the races. You will definitely not be going there to bet. That is what watching the races is all about for the people who are in the horse game.