Drosselmeyer Wins The Belmont Stakes 2010 at Belmont Park June 5
WinStar Farm’s 13-1 longshot Drosselmeyer, ridden by jockey Mike Smith , won Saturday’s $1-million Belmont Stakes 2010 on June 5 at Belmont Park.
Trained by Bill Mott, Drosselmeyer covered 1 1/2 miles in 2:31.57 and paid $28, $11.60 and $7.70. Fly Down, under jockey John Velazquez, placed second and returned $6.80 and $5.10. First Dude with jockey Ramon Dominguez aboard came in third and paid $9.90 to show.
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2010 Belmont Stakes Field
Twelve horses headed by Florida Derby winner Fly Down will race in the $1-million Belmont Stakes 142 on Saturday, June 5, at Belmont Park.
Raced at 1 1/2 miles, the Belmont Stakes field of race horses carrying 126 pounds with jockeys and morning line odds:
- Dave in Dixie ridden by jockey Calvin Borel with morning line odds of 20-1
- Spangled Star ridden by jockey Garrett Gomez, 30-1
- Uptowncharlybrown ridden by jockey Rajiv Maragh, 10-1
- Make Music for Me ridden by jockey Joel Rosario, 10-1
- Fly Down ridden by jockey John Velazquez, 9-2
- Ice Box ridden by jockey Jose Lezcano, 3-1
- Drosselmeyer ridden by jockey Mike Smith, 12-1
- Game On Dude ridden by jockey Martin Garcia, 10-1
- Stately Victor ridden by jockey Alan Garcia, 15-1
- Stay Put ridden by jockey Jamie Theriot II, 20-1
- First Dude ridden by jockey Ramon Dominguez, 7-2
- Interactif ridden by jockey Javier Castellano, 12-1
The Belmont Stakes is the 11th race in Belmont Park’s June 5 horse racing program. The Belmont post time is 6:32 pm.
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The 142nd Belmont Stakes 2010: Pretenders, Maybes and Contenders
By GREG MELIKOV
Here’s a look at the 12-horse Belmont field in the 142nd Belmont Stakes 2010 at 1 1/2 miles on Saturday from the Pretenders to the Contenders.
The Pretenders
Dave in Dixie: Son of Dixie Union comes off a nine-week layoff after finishing more than 15 3/4 lengths behind American Lion in the Illinois Derby…
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Looking for Longshot in The Belmont Stakes 2010? Here’s a Brief Guide
By GREG MELIKOV
If you’re looking for a longshot to win the Belmont Stakes, this brief guide should prove helpful. Eight of the past 10 Belmont Stakes winners weren’t favored, including four that went off at higher than 10-1.
All but one of those winners broke their maiden at age 2. The exception, however, was no slouch.
Trainer Todd Pletcher’s Rags to Riches went into the Belmont 2007 with three victories in stakes against females and edged the Preakness champ Curlin by a head. The daughter of A.P. Indy was only the third filly to triumph — the first in 102 years.
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Most Belmont Stakes Entries Seeking Second Stakes Win
By GREG MELIKOV
Horses headed to the Belmont Stakes don’t exactly exude class. Seven likely Belmont Stakes starters are seeking their second stakes win.
The seven ran in 27 stakes since January. However, eight of the likely 10-horse Belmont Stakes field never ran in juvenile stakes. For both years, the total record: 7-5-4 in 32 outings.
Looking back over the past decade, four of six Belmont Stakes winners went into the Belmont with at least two triumphs, including a pair that had five each despite losing in the Kentucky Derby.
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One Belmont Stakes Myth Keeps on Kicking
By GREG MELIKOV
The word is out again perpetuating a racing myth that won’t go away — the Belmont Stakes belongs to stretch runners.
A couple of examples from two major horse racing websites that will go nameless:
“Kentucky Derby runner-up Ice Box, the likely morning-line favorite for the June 5 Belmont Stakes, breezed four furlongs in 49 3/5 over the fast Oklahoma track in Saratoga on Tuesday.”
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The Belmont Stakes Lacks Kentucky Derby, Preakness Winners
By GREG MELIKOV
The Belmont Stakes 142 will not have the winning 3-year-old from the Kentucky Derby or Preakness in the Belmont field for the second time in five years.
In 2006, Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro suffered a crippling injury early in the Preakness that proved fatal in early ’07. The Preakness winner, Bernardini, didn’t run in the Belmont or Kentucky Derby. In addition, Jazil, who skipped the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, won the Belmont Stakes.
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Belmont Stakes Horses In Good Shape After The Belmont Stakes 2009
Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird and the next three finishers in the Belmont Stakes came out of the race in good shape and will be rested before coming back for the summer horse racing season.
Race horse trainer Tim Ice said Sunday that his colt Summer Bird could go to Saratoga Race Course to race in the Jim Dandy Stakes on August 1 followed by the Travers Stakes on August 29.
“If we go, like we did for the Belmont, we’ll go well ahead of time, ship up a month before the Jim Dandy,” Ice said of possible Saratoga plans.
The next big stakes races for 3-year-olds are the $1-million Haskell Invitational on August 2 at Monmouth Park and the $1-million Travers Stakes.
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Summer Bird Wins The Belmont Stakes 2009 at Belmont Park June 6; Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird Third
Kalarikkal and Vilasini Jayarana’s Summer Bird, ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, won Saturday’s 141st running of the $1-million Belmont Stakes 2009 June 6 at Belmont Park.
Trained by Tim Ice, Summer Bird raced 1 1/2 miles in 2:27.54 and paid $25.80, $9.30 and $4.70. Dunkirk, under jockey John Velazquez, placed second and returned $5.40 and $3.60. Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird with jockey Calvin Borel aboard came in third and paid $2.60 to show.
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Belmont Stakes Contenders Work at Belmont Park For The Belmont Stakes 141
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird had his first tour of Belmont Park Thursday morning as he galloped briskly over the sloppy, sealed race track in preparation for Saturday’s 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes 2009.
The Belmont Stakes 2-1 morning line favorite Mine That Bird fairly skipped over the surface as he came down the middle of the stretch with exercise rider Carlos Figueroa up.
Charitable Man, the second choice with morning line Belmont Stakes odds of 3-1, jogged twice around the training track with race horse trainer Kiaran McLaughlin looking on.
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