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Wagering On Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park Race Course
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Belmont
Stakes 140
When: June 7, 2008
Track: Belmont Park
Distance: 1 1/2 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 2:24 (Secretariat, 1973)
TV: ABC
The 140th Running of the $1
million Belmont Stakes (Gr. 1), an entire 1 ½-mile loop
around the Belmont Main Track, Belmont Stakes
is the longest and most demanding leg of the Triple
Crown Series and will go to post on
Saturday, June 7.
2008
Belmont Stakes Horse Odds
Triple Crown Horse Racing Tools |
Location: Belmont Park in Elmont, NY
Track: 1.5 mile dirt track
Date: June 7, 2008
Televised on: NBC |
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2008 Belmont Stakes Betting
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing
facility located just outside New York City, in the adjacent Nassau County
suburb of Elmont, Long Island.
Its mile-and-a-half (2.4 km) main track is the largest dirt course in
Thoroughbred racing.
Winners of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness
Stakes often make for some intense rematches between the horse
racing's top contenders - a level of competition that makes for even
greater viewing for horse racing betting fans or for those watching it on television.
The third jewel in the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes can make or
break a Triple Crown champion.
For horse racing fans intent on following the Triple Crown, the
Belmont Stakes can be the hardest race
to handicap because of its longer track. The main thing to consider,
then, is picking a horse that has
proven it can go the distance. this means that you have to pay
closer attention to how a horse runs the
races that occur earlier in the season that resemble the Belmont.
Look for the horses that perform well
in other 1 mile long races, as that is the length of the Belmont.
Over the years many horses have won the first two races in the
Triple Crown only to be defeated in the Belmont Stakes.
Belmont Park
Racetrack Info:
Belmont Park is the largest track in the United States. It has
three racing ovals. one grand one-mile main track and two generous
turf courses.
A symbol of the track is the tree located in the center of the
paddock. The Belmont logo represents that tree.
Belmont is the only Triple Crown race without an infield hosting a
mosh pit. It is, however, the only Triple Crown race where
general-admission fans can pile onto the track apron and actually be
lucky enough to see the race.
The Fastest Belmont
Who else? Secretariat set a world-record that still stands for the
mile and a
half distance on a dirt track at 2:24. (He had finished a mile and a
quarter at
1:59, faster than his own Derby record of 1:59 2/5.)
Belmont Trophy
The Belmont Stakes trophy is a Tiffany-made silver bowl, with
cover, 18 inches high,
15 inches across and 14 inches at the base. Atop the cover is a
silver figure of Fenian,
winner of the third running of the Belmont Stakes in 1869. The bowl
is supported by
three horses representing the three foundation
thoroughbreds--Eclipse, Herod and Matchem.
The trophy, a solid silver bowl originally crafted by Tiffany's, was
presented by the
Belmont family as a perpetual award for the Belmont Stakes in 1926.
It was the trophy
August Belmont's Fenian won in 1869 and had remained with the
Belmont family since
that time. The winning owner is given the option of keeping the
trophy for the year
their horse reigns as Belmont champion.
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Belmont Stakes Triple Crown Winners |
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Afleet Alex became part of Triple crown
history books after passing nine horses on the final turn and exploding to
the front to win the 137th Running of the Belmont Stakes in front of 62,274
fans on Saturday at Belmont Park. 6-5 favorite Afleet Alex, who is owned by
Cash is King LLC, won the 1 1/2-mile "Test of the Champion" by seven lengths
in 2:28.75 over a fast track to become the 18th Thoroughbred to win the
Preakness and Belmont Stakes. 12-1 shot Andromeda's Hero, finished second.
More Belmont Stakes Results
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2008 Triple Crown Event Scedules |
Kentucky Derby 134
When: May 3, 2008
Track: Churchill Downs
Distance: 1 1/4 miles
Purse: $2 million
Record: 1:59 2/5 (Secretariat, 1973)
TV: NBC
Preakness Stakes 133
When: May 17, 2008
Track: Pimlico Race Course
Distance: 1 3/16 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 1:53 2/5 (Louis Quatorze, 1996,
Tanks's Prospect, 1985)
TV: NBC
Belmont Stakes 140
When: June 7, 2008
Track: Belmont Park
Distance: 1 1/2 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 2:24 (Secretariat, 1973)
TV: ABC |
POST TIME: 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, Memorial Day, and Friday, June 4; 3 p.m.
Fridays, except Friday June 4; and noon on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 5.
ADMISSIONS: General Admission, $2; Clubhouse Admission, $5. Children 12 and under are admitted free
with an adult. Gates open at 11 a.m.; 8:30 a.m. on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 5.
PARKING: General Parking, $2; Preferred parking, $4; Valet Parking, $6; on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday,
June 5, general parking is $5, preferred parking is $15 and there is no valet parking that day.
SUNSET FRIDAYS: Every Friday during the Spring/Summer Meet, with the exception of Friday, June 4th,
first race post is 3 p.m. Free Grandstand Admission and $3 Clubhouse Admission from 11a.m. -
1 p.m. and, following that, regular admission prices apply.
RESERVED SEATS: Reserved Seats are $2.00 in the Clubhouse and Grandstand on weekends and holidays
Special Pricing applies for Fri. and Sat., June 4 & 5 - Call (516) 488-600 for more information.
Dress code: Suits or Sport Coats required for box seats. Absolutely no shorts or jeans; For the Garden
Terrace Restaurant, gentlemen are asked to wear collared shirts, and women are asked to wear dresses,
skirts for slacks outfits. Absolutely no short or jeans; For the Clubhouse, proper attire is required
at Management’s discretion. No abbreviated wear. No tank tops.
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Future locations For the World Thoroughbred
Championship Breeders Cup |
2008 Santa Anita Park (Oak Tree) Arcadia, CA Oct. 24-25
2009 Santa Anita Park (Oak Tree) Arcadia, CA Nov. 6-7
More 2008 Breeder's Cup Horse Racing here
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