There will definitely not be a Triple Crown winner this year, as Rombauer won the Preakness Stakes and the fact that we're still awaiting the results of drug split-tests for Medina Spirit. Since Bob Baffert came forward a few days after the positive drug test for Medina Spirit and admitted to using a dermatitis cream that contained betamethasone, an illegal drug, it's pretty sure that the race will be awarded to second-place finisher Mandaloun.
The third leg of the Triple Crown is the Belmont Stakes, which will be run on 5 June, with a gate time of 6:47 pm EDT. This is the 153rd running of the Belmont, and the 110th running at Belmont Park. The length of the race is 1 1/2 miles (12 furlongs) on the main dirt track known as "Big Sandy." Colts entered will carry 126 pounds; if any fillies are entered, they will carry 121 pounds. At the moment, there are possible entries, but the actual entries will be known at the Post Position Draw to be held Tuesday, 1 June at 11 am EDT. Medina Spirit will not be present, as the New York Race Track Association has banned Bob Baffert and any of his horses in training from all New York thoroughbred tracks. Mandaloun, assumed to-be-announced-winner of the Kentucky Derby, is being pointed at other races.
The race track record for 1 1/2 miles, and for the Belmont Stakes, is held by Secretariat, who finished the course in 2:24, winning by and astonishing 31 lengths. When Man o'War ran in the Belmont Stakes, the race was 1 3/8 miles, and he set the still-standing track record for that distance - 2:14.20 - and winning by 20 lengths.
Keepmeinmind will be the only colt to have been in all three
2021 Triple Crown races...
Currently, expected runners in the Belmont Stakes are:
Rombauer, winner of the Preakness
Keepmeinmind, who will have run in all three legs of the Triple Crown this year (and his 8-year-old sire, Laoban, died unexpectedly at Win-Star Farms shortly after the Preakness)
Bourbonic, ran in the Kentucky Derby
Essential Quality, ran in the Kentucky Derby
Hot Rod Charlie, finished 3rd in the Kentucky Derby
Brooklyn Strong, ran in the Kentucky Derby
France Go de Ina, ran in the Preakness Stakes
Rock Your World, ran in the Kentucky Derby
Known Agenda, ran in the Kentucky Derby
Overtook, 2nd & 3rd in graded stakes
Rebel's Romance, an Irish-bred colt, winner of the UAE Derby on 27 March
Once the post positions are drawn, and morning-line odds are announced, I will post them here....
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