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After the running of
the Kentucky Derby 134 and the 133rd running of
the Preakness Stakes comes the 140th running of
the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in horse
racing’s Triple Crown.
Belmont Stakes Betting Information
2008
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Belmont Stakes 140
Where is the Belmont Stakes? Belmont Park
When is the Belmont Stakes? June 7, 2008
The 140th running of
the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes will be held at Belmont
Park on Saturday, June 7, with first-race post at
noon. ABC-TV and ESPN will provide live coverage of
the day’s events.
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The 2008 Belmont Stakes
prize purse is $1 million. The third jewel of the Triple
Crown is the Belmont Stakes, held five weeks after the
Kentucky Derby at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
The first Belmont in the
United States was not the famous stakes race or even the
man for whom it is named. Rather, the first Belmont was
a race horse that arrived in California in 1853 from his
breeding grounds of Franklin, Ohio. The Belmont Stakes,
however, are named after August Belmont, a financier who
made quite a name and fortune for himself in New York
politics and society. Obviously, Mr. Belmont was also
quite involved in horse racing, and his imprint is even
intertwined within the history of the Kentucky Derby.
Big Brown is going for
horse racing’s triple crown and oddsmakers have
established him as a 2/7 favorite. Big Brown had
absolutely no trouble at the Preakness Stakes on May 17,
running away with an easy victory.
The horse with the next best odds is Casino Drive at 9/2
and Denis Of Cork at 10/1. The two thoroughbreds with
the longest odds to win the Belmont Stakes are Mint Lane
and Tomcito, both established at 50/1.
Belmont
Stakes Contenders and Triple Crown Horse Racing Info
140th Belmont Stakes Odds to win
– Belmont Park Elmont, New York
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Preakness Stakes Horse Racing Odds - Triple Crown
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Location: Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland
Track: 1-3/16th mile track
Date: May 19, 2008
Televised on: NBC Sports, 4:00 p.m. ET
 Maryland is the home of Pimlico Racecourse where the second leg of the world-famous thoroughbred Triple Crown races, the Preakness Stakes, are being held every third weekend of May.
Home of the prestigious $1 million Preakness Stakes, the race that determines whether the Kentucky Derby winner will have a chance to grab the Triple Crown. Preakness Stakes has a rich history, it was first run two years before the Derby, in 1873, and was named after the horse who won the 1870 Dinner Party Stakes, Preakness.
The highlight of a 26-race stakes spring schedule worth $3.9 million, the 133rd running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes set to take place on May 17 at Pimlico Race Course includes a number of changes. One of those changes, the renaming of the Sir Barton Stakes to the Barbaro Stakes, is a fitting tribute to the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner whose racing career and life was cut short following a tragic fall at the 2006 Preakness Stakes.
Preakness Stakes at Pimlico
The 2008 Preakness Stakes is a Grade 1 stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, run at a classic distance of 1 3/16 miles (9.75 furlongs; 1.91 km) on a dirt track. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg), while fillies carry 121 pounds (55 kg).
Fans love the turf races because they attract larger fields of horses, which makes the outcome for the bettors more interesting. Last year's Pimlico spring meet showed a 5 percent increase in total wagering over the year before, despite eight fewer live racing days. The average daily handle at the track was almost $7 million, up 26 percent from 2005.
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