Belmont Stakes betting is far from an exact science, in fact since
1990 it has resembled more of a crapshoot. Mediocre horses whose only
redeeming quality was stamina have won the third leg of the Triple Crown and
then disappeared in the same ghostly manner with which they mysteriously
arrived. Horses like Sarava, Birdstone, and Go And Go came from nowhere and
returned there right after.
The reason that Belmont Stakes odds are turned upside down and why this
race has become the graveyard for Triple Crown hopes is that the Belmont is
now an anachronistic anomaly, at least as far as US horse racing is
concerned. It is the only Grade 1 (Group 1 in other parts of the world, why
must the Americans be different with everything) race contested over a mile
and a half, the standard Derby distance.
That's not the only three-year-old Grade 1 event, but the only one
period. It means that horses in America are simply no longer bred to go that
far, and the horses that pitch up for this race are often anomalies as well
who will not perform well before or after.
Horses like Thomas Jo, Sunday Break, Nolan's Cat, Indy Storm, and Royal
Assault all turned in career efforts in the Belmont Stakes even though they
were ignored in the betting. And after the Belmont? well it was back to
obscurity for all of them and others besides.
The best horses have come to the Belmont Stakes with the nation
betting that they will capture the Triple Crown, but they have all failed in
recent years. Real Quiet came agonizingly close, but War Emblem, Funny Cide,
and Smarty Jones were simply unable to stay the course on the day.
The Belmont Stakes is the hardest part of the Triple Crown for many
reasons, and we didn't even mention the other trend whereby vanquished
Kentucky Derby foes skip the Preakness, regain their fitness and form, and
return to the Belmont to knock out now tired opponents. Empire Maker did
this to Funny Cide and the odds are it will happen again in the Belmont
Stakes before another favorite gets home.
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