Tag: Shackleford

You could have won more than $70K in the Belmont for a $2 bet!

June 11, 2011.Reading time 2 minutes.

If you had bet on the top four finishers (superfecta) in the order they crossed the finish line, you could have taken home more $70,000 for a $2 bet. That’s because today’s Belmont Stakes was a race where betting the long shots paid off. The winner, Ruler on Ice, paid 24-1; Stay Thirsty paid 16-1; […]

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Who will win the 2011 Belmont Stakes?

June 10, 2011.Reading time 3 minutes.

The 143rd Belmont Stakes will be run tomorrow in New York. Belmont is a track that I used to visit as a child. My maternal grandfather was a big racing fan and I happily tagged along with him whenever I was invited. I never went for the big race, but it didn’t matter to me […]

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Shackleford takes the Preakness; no Triple Crown for Animal Kingdom

May 21, 2011.Reading time less than 1 minute.

No matter how much I yelled “go, go, go!!!” at the TV set, Animal Kingdom wasn’t able to catch Shackleford before the wire. He made a good run for it but ran out of track too soon. Shackleford ran a great race, leading wire to wire. He’s obviously not a distance horse but the Preakness […]

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