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Belmont Predictions
Five weeks after the Derby is run there will be plenty of people heading to the races and making Belmont predictions. This is the final and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown and it normally takes a different kind of horse to compete in this race than the first two. Jeff Alexander and his team will be going over all the news from around the race track of how each horse is looking and how the humans behind the horse are feeling about their chances of winning. This means that if you want to win without doing any work at all then you should check out our expert Belmont picks. These selections are the top selections you can get out of the handicapping world and will help make you a profit.
The good news is that making Belmont predictions is easier than the first two races since you will have more information available at the tips of your fingers. The horses have had five extra weeks to compete, train, and have us evaluate those performances. You will have to do your homework and take a look at the races leading up to the event, but what are you looking for. You will want a horse that can get it done at long distances. At the Derby the horses are bumping and grinding against up to twenty different horses and at the Preakness you want pure speed against a slim crowd. There will be another set of ten horses or so at the Belmont, but it’s stamina and not speed you will want to key in on.
One thing to look at when making Belmont predictions is the family history of the horse. There have been a total of eleven Belmont winners who later sired another champion. This was a popular form of handicapping back in the day, but the last horse that bred a winner was Triple Crown winner, Secretariate of 1973. He sired Risen Star who took home the prize in 1988. Still, look for a history of endurance in the horse’s lineage and you’ll have a better chance of coming out on top in the end.
By Jeff Alexander - 5/29/2007
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