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2009 Belmont Stakes Horse Racing Betting

Borel aims for ‘Triple Crown’ on Mine That Bird 

It will be déjà vu for jockey Calvin Borel at the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. 

Borel could pick up a personal Triple Crown as he jumps back on Mine That Bird, the favorite to win the $1-million, 1.5-mile ‘Test of Champions’ in New York. 

Borel rode then-longshot Mine That Bird to victory at the Kentucky Derby, and then switched to the filly Rachel Alexandra for the Preakness Stakes, riding her to the winner’s circle. The filly was not entered in the Belmont Stakes.

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2009 Belmont Stakes Odds / Preview

2009 Belmont Stakes Preview – Belmont Park 2009

Event: 3rd Leg Of The 2009 Triple Crown – The 2009 Belmont Stakes
Date: Saturday June 6th, 2009
Location: Belmont Park in Elmont, NY
Post Time: 1PM (EST)

The Belmont Stakes will be run this Saturday June 6th at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. This race is the third jewel of the Triple Crown and the longest of all three. We have already seen a 50-1 shot, Mine That Bird win the Kentucky Derby and had a philly, Rachael Alexandra run away from all the colts in the Preakness so you have to wonder what surprises are in store for us in the Belmont. Here is a preview of the top contenders for Saturday’s race along with their current odds from Bodog.com.

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134th Preakness Stakes Betting Preview

2009 Preakness Preview – Pimlico 2009

Event: The 134th Running Of The $1,000,000 Preakness Stakes – The Miiddle Jewel Of The Triple Crown
Date: Saturday May 16th, 2009
Location: Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, MD
Post Time: 6:15PM (EST)
TV Network: NBC, 5:00PM (EST)

After watching one of the greatest upsets in Kentucky Derby history as 50-1 shot, Mine That Bird won going away, it is hard to know what to expect in next Saturday’s 134th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico race track in Baltimore.

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Horse Betting Pick of the Day

Horse Pick of the Day – Santa Anita Park

Horse Pick of the Day: Santa Anita – Race 6

Race-day: 2/11/2009Race-time: 3:36 pm est.

Often times the best wagers for online racebook fans are maiden races. Maiden races are races where all horses are striving for their first victory.

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Horse Betting Pick of the Day

January 3rd Horse Pick of the Day – Gulfstream Park Race 7

Gulfstream Park resumes racing on Saturday and online racebook fans couldn’t be happier! Some of the best jockeys, trainers and horses will run during the winter at Gulfstream Park.

It’s truly one of the best places for sports betting fans to find overlays because the fields are almost always full.  

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Dec 8th, 2008: Horses To Watch

Greg Melikov’s December 8th Horses to Watch

Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should do well or improve significantly next time out, won six times, ran second eight times and finished third once since Oct. 24. These thoroughbreds are worth considering when charting your horse betting strategy.  

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Pago Hop Stakes Free Horse Race Pick

Saturday Horse Racing Pick of the Day

The Fairgrounds Racetrack in New Orleans often times provides some nice online racebook overlay horse bets. One of the reasons is because the fields are always full at the Fairgrounds.

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Horse Pick of the Day – Hollywood Park Race 7

Dec 4th Horse Pick of the Day – Hollywood Park Race 7

Hollywood Park resumes racing after two dark days on Wednesday afternoon for some online betting action. This restricted stakes at Hollywood, Race 7 on the card, provides BetUS online racebook fans a chance to make a few wagers on two quality mares and a quality filly that, hopefully, will provide some sports betting profits.

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Horse Race Offtrack Betting Tips

Off Track Betting – the Z Factor

Believe it or not, the owner in this game of racing is often overlooked by a racebook bettor and sometimes it can be a mistake.

Take, for instance, the King of Chicago Frank Calabrese. The owner has seen over 1,000 of his runners reach the winner’s circle at a near 30% clip in his lifetime and his runners have earned over $21 million in purse money.

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Aqueduct Racecourse | Churchill Downs Weekend Picks

Weekend Stakes Action – Grade III Stuyvesant Handicap and Grade III Cardinal Handicap

Two Grade III’s are on tap this Saturday. One occurs at Aqueduct Racecourse and the other at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Sports betting fans should note that the biggest races of the year have already occurred. That can be either a good thing or a bad thing for online horse betting fans. The bad thing is that we won’t see Curlin and Raven’s Pass run again. The good thing is that we might find some nice overlaid bets in some of these fields.

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Greg Melikov’s Horses to Watch Nov 12th, 2008

Betting on Horse Racing – Greg Melikov’s Horses to Watch

Horses racing worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should do well or improve significantly next time out, won six times, ran second five times and finished third three times since Oct. 1. These thoroughbreds are worth considering when charting your betting strategy.

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Hollywood Park Race 7 Free Pick

November 5th Horse Pick of the Day – Hollywood Park Race 7

Hollywood Park Race 7 is a classic claiming race where what’s obvious may not be how things shake out. Such is the case with most of the races on Hollywood Park’s cushion track.

Online racebook fans need to make sure that they know exactly where the overlays are. Sports betting success with horse racing virtually requires it.

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Free Breeders Cup Predictions

Breeders’ Cup – Pick 3 Wagering Strategy – Races 5 Through 7

The second leg of the Pick 3 Races 5 through 7 in Breeders’ Cup Day is the second running of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.

For online racebook fans, finding a winner in this race is not going to be easy. After all, there are some horses coming from Europe that look like they have great form. There are also some horses coming out of dirt and artificial surface races that look to be in terrific form.

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Breeders Cup Handicaping Free Racebook Picks – Oct 23rd, 2008

Padding Your Bankroll on Thursday October 23

National horse racing handicapper Michael Dempsey will attempt to pad his bankroll and yours with his daily column. He will feature several plays of the day from major tracks along with coverage of major stakes races, longshots, and will keep you up to date on what is happening on the circuits he covers.

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Belmont Park Free Racebook Picks – Oct 10th, 2008

Padding Your Bankroll on Friday October 10

National horse racing handicapper Michael Dempsey will attempt to pad his bankroll and yours with his daily column. He will feature at least one Pick 3 or Pick 4 play from a major track along with coverage of major stakes races, longshots, and he will keep you up to date on what is happening on the circuits he covers.

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Santa Anita Race 7 Free Pick

Oct. 9th Horse Pick of the Day – Oak Tree at Santa Anita Race 7

When a really good trainer decides to drop a horse, online racebook fans had better pay attention. Not because that horse automatically could be a good online horse bet. It’s that the horse in question might not be good enough to win the claiming race the trainer has put him in.