Belmont Stakes Betting - Maximizing Winnings in Belmont, Playing Exotics

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Big Brown has a chance to make history this year in this years online betting Belmont Stakes event. No horse has won the Triple Crown, made up of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, since Affirmed in 1979. That means folks betting on horses will have all eyes on Big Brown come June 7th.

So will all of the money. That means, of course, that Big Brown will almost undoubtedly go off as one of the shortest priced favorites in the history of the Belmont. Not only that, but for true BetUS online racebook betting fans Big Brown presents a very real problem. How will any real online racebook handicapper make any money on a short-priced favorite like Big Brown?

The answer is in the exotics. Big Brown’s win in the Kentucky Derby, when he went off as the 5 to 2 favorite, yielded a plus $3,000 trifecta. His win in the Preakness, when he went off the 1 to 5 favorite, yielded a trifecta over $300.

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