Belmont Stakes: I'll Have Another goes for the Triple Crown *UPDATE--Scratched*

We all know how tough it's been to complete the sweep. Since the last Triple Crown winner (Affirmed, 1978), 11 horses have gone to the Belmont Stakes with a shot at immortality and they've all come up short. Based on the sensational last quarter-mile of the Preakness, nothing Gutierrez and I'll Have Another do would surprise me, but they're not getting my money at less than even money. Good luck to one and all.

1 Street Life, Jose Lezcano, 12-1
2 Unstoppable U, Junior Alvarado, 30-1
3 Union Rags, John Velazquez, 6-1
4 Atigun, Julien Leparoux, 30-1
5 Dullahan, Javier Castellano, 5-1
6 Ravelo’s Boy, Alex Solis, 50-1
7 Five Sixteen, Rosie Napravnik, 50-1
8 Guyana Star Dweej, Kent Desormeaux, 50-1
9 Paynter, Mike Smith, 8-1
10 Optimizer, Corey Nakatani, 30-1
11 I’ll Have Another, Mario Gutierrez, 4-5
12 My Adonis, Ramon Dominguez, 20-1

 

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I'll Have Another may be the best horse, but I think a more-rested Dullahan may pull this one out.

 

Re: Belmont Stakes: I'll Have Another goes for the Triple Crown

Favorite's price will likely be meaningfully-depressed by souvenier hunters punching out tons of $2 win tickets. He paid 15-1 in the Derby and 3-1 in the Preakness. Now, he'll be about even money. I attend weddings, and try hard to duck racetrack funerals.

 

Re: Belmont Stakes: I'll Have Another goes for the Triple Crown

Bump . . . dammit.

 

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Not much interest in this, apparently.

 

Re: Belmont Stakes: I'll Have Another goes for the Triple Crown

That sucks. Has the hockey game been rescheduled yet?

 

Re: Belmont Stakes: I'll Have Another goes for the Triple Crown

I'll Have Another's people (not the horse) apparently have a press conference at 1 p.m. Eastern. The rumors were hot and heavy that the horse will be scratched from Belmont because of "a problem." And it looks like Doug O'Neill has confirmed it.

I'm not sure whether "the problem" is really tendinitis or all the issues swirling around "Drug O'Neill."

 

nothing from WWL.

 

Well, there goes the Triple Crown yet again.

 

Well, that sucks.