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Manhattan Handicap offers Belmont Stakes appetizer
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Turf specialists will offer the final stakes appetizer Saturday leading into the 146th Belmont Stakes when 10 go to post for the $1 million Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park.
Set to go off about 70 minutes prior to the 1 1/2-mile "Test of the Champion" t
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California Chrome does some schooling for Belmont Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Belmont Stakes favorite California Chrome did some schooling and galloping Thursday morning ahead of Saturday's 146th Belmont Stakes.
Trained by Art Sherman, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner was schooled at the starting gate before
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Palace Malice to face 12 in Met Mile
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Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Approximately two hours before the running of the 146th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, last year's Belmont winner Palace Malice will take on 12 rivals in the $1.25 million Metropolitan Handicap (Met Mile) at Belmont Park.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Palace Malic
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Odds are against California Chrome's Triple Crown win
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - California Chrome is the 3-5 morning line favorite to become the 12th Triple Crown winner in racing history. However, the last seven odds-on Belmont Stakes favorites have failed to win and complete the magnificent feat.
One has to go all the way bac
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Ogden Phipps features three of the best
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Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Three of the best thoroughbreds in training, all 4-year-old fillies, will meet for the first time this year in Saturday's $1 million Ogden Phipps Stakes at Belmont Park on the Belmont Stakes program.
Two-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder, Princess of Syl
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Up the Backstretch: 'Chrome' is poised to triple the fun
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Don't change horses in mid-stream. Leave with the one who brought you.
Those are the proverbs or cliches that seem apropos for betting this week's 146th Belmont Stakes.
California Chrome has proven he's the best 3
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California Chrome seeks Triple Crown in Belmont Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - California Chrome, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, will attempt to become just the 12th Triple Crown champion with a victory Saturday in the 146th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
The chestnut colt, trained by Art Sherman, has been
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Belmont Stakes Tidbits and Trivia
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POST PARADE
Horses went directly from paddock to post until the "post parade" was introduced to American racing in the 1880 Belmont Stakes.
First Ru
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This week in Belmont Stakes History
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May 29, 1897: Scottish Chieftain, owned by Marcus Daly, became the only Montana-bred to win the Belmont Sta
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Weekly Television Schedule
June 6 - California Chrome: The Unlikely Champion, 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. NBC Sports Network
- Belmont Stakes Classics, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. NBC Sports Network
- Belmont Park Live Coverage, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m NBC Sports Network
- California Chrome: The Unlikely Champion, 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. NBC Spor
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
June 6 - Belmont Park: Belmont Gold Cup Invitational, $200,000, 4&up, 16f
- Belmont Park: True North S. (G2), $250,000, 4&up, 6f
- Prairie Meadows: Hawkeyes H., $75,000, 3&up f/m, 8.5f
June 7
