Horse Racing

Horse racing fans are eagerly waiting for 2010 Belmont Stakes event but big disappointment for the Super Saver, the Derby winner and Lookin At Lucky, the Preakness winner fans. The 2010 Belmont Stakes will be on June 5th at Belmont Park. This will be the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes, and will be shown live on ABC and ESPN.

Trainer Dale Romans is hoping he can finally get to the top in the last leg of the Triple Crown on June 5 Belmont Stakes. Romans trains First Dude, who finished second in the Preakness on Saturday and will go on to the Belmont.

 142nd Belmont Stakes Horse Racing Betting Odds And Picks: The 2010 Belmont Stakes, last Triple Crown race of this year will be take place on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY.

With out 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and 2010 Preakness Stakes winner Lookin at Lucky won’t be in the field for the Belmont Stakes this year still plenty of excellent horses looking to win this race.

Dublin, who finished 7th in the Kentucky Derby and 5th in the Preakness Stakes also not participated in the Belmont Stakes. Another favorite Horse Paddy O’Prado as his run in the Triple Crown is over, finished sixth in Preakness Stakes after finishing third in the Kentucky Derby.

First Dude will be the favorite in the 142nd running of the Belmont Horse Race.

Entries for the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes:

1. First Dude – 2nd in the Preakness Stakes
2. New Madrid – 6th in the Arkansas Derby
3. Game On Dude – 1st in the Lone Star Derby
4. Stately Victor – 8th in the Kentucky Derby
5. Stay Put – 5th in the Louisiana Derby
6. Uptowncharlybrown – 3rd in the Lexington Stakes
7. Yawanna Twist – 4th in the Preakness Stakes
8. Fly Down – 1st in the Dwyer Stakes
9. Ice Box – 2nd in the Kentucky Derby
10. Drosselmeyer – 2nd in the Dwyer Stakes
11. Spangled Star – 3rd in the Withers Stakes
12. Make Music For Me – 4th in the Kentucky Derby

Odds are a bit much on the First Dude as favorite in this horse racing @Sportsbook.

Vaction for the Paddy O’Prado as his run in the Triple Crown is over, finished sixth in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes after finishing third in the May 1 Kentucky Derby.

He will skip the June 5 Belmont Stakes and instead will be rested for five or six weeks before resuming his racing career.

In the past several years, there have been horses that have come to the Belmont after impressive runs at both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. This year, the Belmont will not have either horse that won the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Super Saver winner of the Kentucky Derby and Lookin at Lucky winner of the Preakness Stakes already out of Belmont Stakes.

“Paddy came out of the race just great,” said Jerry Crawford of Des Moines, who manages the Donegal Racing partnership that owns Paddy O’Prado. “He has no problems at all.

“Right now, Paddy and his owners need a little rest. I think the horse is in better shape than the owners, but it’s been fun.”

The owners won’t be getting that much rest. They have to decide where Paddy’s racing future lies — on a dirt track or a grass one.

Paddy O’Prado won the Palm Beach Stakes on turf and was second in the Blue Grass Stakes on a synthetic surface before running on dirt tracks in the Derby and Preakness.

“The whole turf versus dirt question is one we have to tackle,” Crawford said. “ It would be nice to pick a surface and stay there.”

If Paddy O’Prado were to return to turf, he could be pointed for the $600,000 Virginia Derby on July 17.

He won’t run in the June 25 Iowa Derby, but that race is a possibility for his stablemate, Vow To Wager.

The Donegal partnership turned down offers before the Preakness from Kentucky breeding farms interested in buying a percentage of Paddy O’Prado’s breeding rights. “I think now that’s down the road,” Crawford said.

Paddy O’Prado was the first horse owned by Iowa residents to run in the Triple Crown since Blumin Affair in 1994, and both horses had the exact same results. Blumin Affair also finished third in the Derby, sixth in the Preakness and then missing the Belmont.

Horses that finish in the top three in the Kentucky Derby generally run well in the Preakness, but that didn’t happen Saturday. Not only was Paddy O’Prado sixth, but Super Saver’s eighth-place finish was the lowest by a Derby winner since Dust Commander was ninth in 1970.

Looking back on the Preakness, Crawford said Paddy O’Prado just didn’t run his race.

The plan was for jockey Kent Desormeaux to have Paddy O’Prado just off the lead going into the first turn, because the Pimlico surface had been favoring speed. Breaking from the No. 10 post, Paddy was six lengths behind and kept wide on the first turn. He made a mild run in the stretch to close from ninth to sixth.

“I just thought we were never in position to win the race,” Crawford said. “You had to be on or near the lead. Kent was in a no-win situation. If he had saved ground, he would have been even further back,. He tried to get position, and that kept him further outside.”

Crawford initially had planned to skip the Preakness and run in the Belmont, but changed his mind when Paddy O’Prado came out of the Derby still eager to run.

“I don’t have any (second thoughts),” Crawford said. “He trained so aggressively after the Derby, and he had such an unfortunate trip in the Derby that we felt like we had to do to the Preakness.”

Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky will also skip the Belmont. That leaves Ice Box, second in the Kentucky Derby, as the biggest name for the 11/2-mile race.

Another Big Event of this year Horse racing, 142nd Belmont Stakes will be held at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 5. After Finishing 2010 Preakness Stakes, Mike Pegram said that all he wanted to see was his horse, Lookin At Lucky, make the turn for home with a clear path ahead of him.

The June 5 "Test of Champions" could also be the last day of racing in New York, including the prestigious Saratoga meeting slated to begin on July 23.


"We're about to find out if he's good enough," said Pegram. "He put his head down and the jockey put his head down, and he proved he was good enough.

"When they turned for home and had a clean trip, that's all you can ask for. (Jockey) Martin (Garcia) turned him home and I was confident right there, even though there were a few horses that looked like they might chase him down. This horse doesn't get chased down and he didn't."

Trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday that Lookin At Lucky would skip the Belmont Stakes. Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver also will not run in the final leg of the Triple Crown.

"If he was going for the Triple Crown, I'd take him to New York," Baffert said. "But I'm going to take him home to freshen him. ... I just want to have something for the fall."

Still basking in his third victory in a Triple Crown race -- the first two came in 1998 when Real Quiet won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes -- Pegram said Lookin At Lucky is unlikely to run the Belmont Stakes.

The Belmont, the final leg of the Triple Crown, is June 5. Pegram said Lookin At Lucky was due to fly home to California on Sunday, and odds were against him running the most demanding leg of the Triple Crown trilogy.

"He doesn't have anything else to prove," Pegram said. "But you never know. If the horse is doing good and running good, maybe we'll let him run. If not, we'll give him a couple of months off."

Lookin At Lucky next could run Aug. 1 at the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

Pegram said any Triple Crown race victory is "special" and that Lookin At Lucky came to the Preakness with something to prove, just like the owner's previous Triple Crown race winner.

"When we came here with Real Quiet, people were saying he wasn't a deserving Kentucky Derby winner, and he proved them all wrong," Pegram said. "With Lookin At Lucky, he was the 2-year-old champion and he had something to prove after the Kentucky Derby, and all we asked for was a good trip and that's what he got."

Pegram said he's been confident in Lookin At Lucky, who went off at 5-2 odds, ever since he purchased the horse for $475,000 with co-owners Karl Watson and Paul Weitman last year.

"That comes from Baffert," Pegram said of the confidence. "I've know him for a long time and from the day we bought him, Bob said he was a great horse and had some great runs in him. Bob said he was ready to run and Lookin At Lucky proved it."

Lookin at Lucky is the Winner of Preakness Stakes 2010. After the successful Kentucky Derby 2010, the 135th Preakness Stakes 2010 will be held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Preakness Stakes 2010 Horse Race results were already out as the Preakness horse racing competition is already finished. Lookin at Lucky is the Winner of the Preakness Stakes 2010. Lucky rebounded from a disappointing performance in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. Congratulations to jockey Martin Garcia and trainer Bob Baffert. Both of you guys did a job well done!

For the other Preak Stakes Results 2010, First Dude and Jackson Bend joins Lookin at Lucky in the list of Preakness Stakes 2010 Winners. Congratulations to all the Preakness winners!

The 2010 Preakness Stakes betting odds haven’t yet been finalized, but already Sports Betting is giving you a taste of the horse racing odds action that’s coming on May 15. While we have pony action all year round, you know that there’s nothing like Triple Crown betting. Can Super Saver win the second leg and set up a frenzied Belmont Stakes betting race? That remains to be seen. In the meantime, here’s a look at which jockeys have Preakness betting experience. Remember, not all of these horses have confirmed at the moment. These are the experienced jockeys who MAY be riding in the Preakness Stakes.

Calvin Borel (Super Saver odds) – He has one Preakness Stakes win under his belt, as well as a runner-up finish at the Triple Crown race. He’s one of the reasons Super Saver is a strong horse racing play.

Kent Desormeaux (Paddy O’Prado odds) – He is a two-time winner of the Preakness and is aboard a horse that had a good showing at the Kentucky Derby.

The count down started for 2010 Preakness Stakes. The second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown is set for Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The second jewel in the Triple Crown goes off on Saturday, as Calvin Borel and Super Saver look to be the first Triple Crown winning combo in 32 years.

Borel actually won the Preakness last year on Rachel Alexandra as an 8/5 favorite from the 13th post – the first horse to ever win from the outside post.

This year, Borel is aboard Super Saver, who came into the Kentucky Derby in the middle of the pack to take a spectacular win in the mud at Churchill Downs. Keep an eye on the weather for this weekend at Pimlico, as this horse loves to run in the slop.

Other notable contenders are the other top finishers at Churchill Downs, including Derby favorite Lookin at Lucky who starts from the 7th post position and and Paddy O’Prado who comes out of the 10th hole.

Here are the latest post positions and opening Preakness Stakes odds:

Post	Horse	Odds	Jockey
1	Aikenite	20-1	J. Castellano
2	Schoolyard Dreams	15-1	E. Coa
3	Pleasant Prince	20-1	J. Leparoux
4	Northern Giant	30-1	T. Thompson
5	Yawanna Twist	30-1	E. Prado
6	Jackson Bend	12-1	M. Smith
7	Lookin At Lucky	3-1	M. Garcia
8	Super Saver 5-2	5-2	C. Borel
9	Caracortado 10-1	10-1	P. Atkinson
10	Paddy O’Prado 9-2	9-2	K. Desormeaux
11	First Dude 20-1	20-1	R. Dominguez
12	Dublin 10-1	10-1	G. Gomez