Horse Racing Discussion Thread

[OlympicIRL 5,726]

[Dragon 2,031]

The 239th Derby Stakes

Epsom, England

2 June 

1st - Masar     (Prize money $1.13 million)

Jockey - William Buick   Trainer - Charlie Appleby   Owner - Godolphin  

2nd Dee Ex Bee

Jockey - Silvestre De Sousa  Trainer - Mark Johnson  Owner Hamdan bin Mohammed Al-Maktoum

3rd Roaring Lion

Jockey - Oisin Murphy  Trainer John Gosden  Owner - Qatar Racing

 

Edited June 4, 2018 by Dragon

[NaBUru38 218]

2018 Belmont Stakes

 

Location: Belmont Park, New York, United States

Date: Saturday June 9

Purse: US$ 1.5 million

Distance: 1.5 miles (2414 meters)

Criteria: 3-year-olds (126 lb for colts, 121 lb for fillies)

Edited June 3, 2018 by NaBUru38

[NaBUru38 218]

Also next weekend at Belmont Park:

• Metropolitan Handicap     - 3-and-up, US$ 1.2 M
• Manhattan Handicap        - 4-and-up,     US$ 1.0 M
• Ogden Phipps Handicap    - 4-and-up fillies and mares, US$   750 k
• Just a Game Handicap    - 4-and-up fillies and mares, US$   700 k
• Acorn Stakes - 3-year-old fillies, US$ 700 k

Edited June 3, 2018 by NaBUru38

[phelps 8,302]

10 ore fa, NaBUru38 ha scritto:

2018 Belmont Stakes

 

Location: Belmont Park, New York, United States

Date: Saturday June 9

Purse: US$ 1.5 million

Distance: 1.5 miles (2414 meters)

Criteria: 3-year-olds (126 lb for colts, 121 lb for fillies)

 

more on that...

 

Belmont Stakes are the 3rd of the 3 races of the well known US Triple Crown...

and this year, for the 22nd time, we have a horse that won the first 2 "chapters" (Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes): his name is Justify

but the Belmont Stakes are longer and quite different from the other 2 races, so the Triple was completed only 12 times, the last one being the 2015 triumph by American Pharoah (and before him, the last TC hero was Affirmed in 1978)...

 

all you need to know on the Triple Crown races, it's on this website:

http://www.triplecrownraces.com/

[Quasit 869]

22 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

more on that...

 

Belmont Stakes are the 3rd of the 3 races of the well known US Triple Crown...

and this year, for the 22nd time, we have a horse that won the first 2 "chapters" (Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes): his name is Justify

but the Belmont Stakes are longer and quite different from the other 2 races, so the Triple was completed only 12 times, the last one being the 2015 triumph by American Pharoah (and before him, the last TC hero was Affirmed in 1978)...

 

all you need to know on the Triple Crown races, it's on this website:

http://www.triplecrownraces.com/

 

For £1 Million, from 2004.

 

https://youtu.be/KqHmf0yh9R4?t=41

 

[heywoodu 16,016]

Still, all those American races don't even come close to races like the Epsom Derby and those kind of races that were already held well over 200 years ago 

[OlympicIRL 5,726]

Il y a 1 heure , Quasit a déclaré:

 

For £1 Million, from 2004.

 

https://youtu.be/KqHmf0yh9R4?t=41

 

 

An Irish guy getting a horse racing question for £1 million, what were they thinking?

 

[NaBUru38 218]

There's only 10 entries for the Belmont Stakes. It seems ridiculously low to me, I would expect around two dozens of horses.

[NaBUru38 218]

Justified won at the Belmont Stakes with a time of 2'28.18, becoming the 13rd horse to claim the Triple Crown.