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“Racing is different,” Hall of Fame Thoroughbred trainer Nick Zito told Spectrum. “This game will humble kings.”

There are plenty of betting truisms about the Belmont Stakes. But which ones are really true?

With a short field and no Triple Crown on the line, Ron Flatter advises that its difficult to find a good wager for Saturdays big race.

Pedigree fun facts: Greatest Honour Feb 1, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com As a Tapit colt out of a half-sister to two Belmont S. (G1) winners, Greatest Honour has the third jewel of the Triple Crown written all over him. So it’s highly encouraging that he’s burst onto the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with a stellar display as early as the Holy Bull (G3). The Courtlandt Farms homebred became Tapit’s second major contender for the 2021 Derby, after Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) champion...

Pedigree fun facts: Midnight Bourbon Jan 25, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com The Man o’ War sire line hasn’t come up with a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner since Triple Crown sweeper War Admiral (1937), a factoid that current contender Midnight Bourbon hopes to erase. Midnight Bourbon’s sire, Hall of Famer Tiznow, has helped carry the torch for Man o’ War. Over the past century, his male line has been in danger of becoming more of a flicker than a flame at times, but it has persevered....

Sponsored by: Midnight Bourbon and Joe Talamo hold off Proxy and Mandaloun to win the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds From one of the last crops by the now-pensioned Tiznow (by Cees Tizzy), Midnight Bourbon became his sires 81st stakes winner with a victory in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans on Jan. 16. Last year, Midnight Bourbon had shown high-class form. The bay had finished second to Sittin On Go (Brodys Cause) in the G3 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at ...