Belmont Stakes

It's a weekend full of sports playoffs, but the NBA and NHL championships may be taking a back seat to the Belmont Stakes horse race.  Seems like everyone is talking about California Chrome and his shot at winning the triple crown.  Will he become the first horse to win it in 36 years?  Click to watch former trainers and jockeys offer their predictions for the race and some tips on how to bet the

Palace Malice, who finished twelfth in the Kentucky Derby, did not let thirteen-to-one odds stop him from running to victory in the 145th Belmont Stakes.

The final leg of racing's "Triple Crown" is this weekend with the 145th running of "The Belmont Stakes" at historic Belmont Park, Elmont, New York. And once again, there will be no triple crown winner, as two different horses won the "Kentucky Derby" and "Preakness Stakes". The race is a mile and a half.

Late breaking news according to CNN, "I'll Have Another" has been scratched from Saturday's 144th Belmont Stakes, so no Triple Crown Winner again this year. The last Triple Crown horse was Affirmed in 1978.

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The final leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing takes place this Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Saddle up for the 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes, a mile and a half race. Unfortunately as in most recent years, there will be no Triple Crown winner this year.