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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Jun 7, 2022 10:30:38 GMT -5
The 154th Belmont Stakes airs on Saturday, June 11 from 3-5 p.m. ET on CNBC and from 5-7 p.m. on NBC. Coverage is also available on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock. The post time for the Belmont is 6:44 p.m. ET.
Post position, horse, trainer, jockey, odds
1. We the People, Rodolphe Brisset, Flavien Prat, 2-1
2. Skippylongstocking, Saffie Joseph Jr., Manny Franco, 20-1
3. Nest, Todd Pletcher, Jose Ortiz, 8-1 (filly)
4. Rich Strike, Eric Reed, Sonny Leon, 7-2
5. Creative Minister, Kenny McPeek, Brian Hernandez Jr., 6-1
6. Mo Donegal, Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz Jr., 5-2
7. Golden Glider, Mark Casse, Dylan Davis, 20-1
8. Barber Road, John Ortiz, Joel Rosario, 10-1
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 7, 2022 23:59:58 GMT -5
Wow! Such a tiny field!! It has to be one of the smallest ever.
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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Jun 9, 2022 13:38:49 GMT -5
Here are my picks:
1st- Nest
2nd- We the People
3rd- Creative Minister
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 10, 2022 19:41:56 GMT -5
Uh oh!
1. Nest
2. We The People
3. Mo Donegal
We like Creative Minister, too, but we'll go with Mo Donegal and hope the filly can beat the boys. With such a small field, I'm thinking there will be maybe 5 horses together at the top of the stretch.
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Post by Ætheling on Jun 11, 2022 10:23:31 GMT -5
🏇🏇🏇 My three horses are: 🏇🏇🏇
We The People
Golden Glider
Rich Strike
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Post by Bootsie (1995-2013) on Jun 11, 2022 13:01:25 GMT -5
Ætheling and I made our usual Belmont cocktails for everyone. Help yourselves!
The Belmont Jewel has bourbon, lemonade, pomegranate juice, and orange zest.
The White Carnation has vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, Club soda, and cream.
The Belmont Breeze has whiskey, Harvey's Bristol cream, sugar syrup, lemon juice, orange juice, cranberry juice, 7-Up, club soda.
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 11, 2022 18:25:05 GMT -5
Ooooooooooo, I'm going to have a White Carnation! Thank you, Bootsie and Ætheling!
Order of Finish in The Belmont:
1. MoDonegal
2. Nest
3. Skippylongstocking
4. We The People
5. Creative Minister
6. Rich Strike
7. Barber Road
8. Golden Glider
The filly, Nest finished strongly and easily beat all the boys except for MoDonegal. Rich Strike was last throughout the race, passing only 2 horses to finish sixth. Talking with his trainer after the race, the trainer said it was his fault, instrucing the jockey to keep Rich Strike off the rail and it caused him to fight with his jockey and not settle and relax. You could see in the replay that "Ritchie" wanted to get to the rail.
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Post by Apollo (In Memory) on Jun 11, 2022 18:32:40 GMT -5
*tiptoes in to grab a Belmont Jewel to drink . . . tiptoes out*
*whispers --* Thanks, Bootsie and Ætheling!
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Post by Ætheling on Jun 12, 2022 18:58:56 GMT -5
🏇 Congratulations to Athena, on picking two of the top three! 🏇 🏇 And congrats to Twinkle, for correctly choosing one of the top three! 🏇 |
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 12, 2022 21:48:30 GMT -5
Thank you, Ætheling. Everyone had We The People somewhere on their order of finish. He did finish fourth.
Before the race they had a bit about how Rich Strike will be kept from biting his lead pony. The guy in charge said RS would have the same lead pony if he won that he had in the warmup. The camera followed them while on the track and warming up and RS was trying to bite the pony and the pony's rider jerked on the lead every time RS tried to bite (which is what I would do -- that horse needs to be taught manners.) Whether it was trying to bite the pony or not being able to, RS was working himself into a lather (the announcers mentioned it) and was not relaxed as he entered the starting gate.
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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Jun 13, 2022 11:08:33 GMT -5
Congrats Athena (In Memory) for picking the winner. It's made me sick the way so many act like Rich Strike is some hero or something for winning the Kentucky Derby under such long odds. Afterward he showed conduct very detrimental to the sport. If a human had acted like that, they'd have been arrested & perhaps gotten a lifetime ban from the sport. I think that horse is crazy & shouldn't be allowed to run. On a much more positive note, I am proud of Nest. She raced one heck of a race. If she had broke well, she very well might have won! |
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 14, 2022 12:59:38 GMT -5
Well, I think Rich Strike will be put in the group, "Horses that finished first in the Kentucky Derby and were never heard from again."
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