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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 it's difficult to find a good wager for Saturday's 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 Essential Quality. Tapit also has the promising Proxy, runner-up in the Lecomte (G3). From the si...
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. While Man o’ War’s greatest son, War Admiral, left his legacy as a broodmare sire, another son,...