Congratulations to Drosselmeyer Winner of the Belmont Stakes?
... and to Trainer Bill Mott on getting his 1st Triple Crown race winner!
Another Upset in the Belmont Stakes!
Drosselmeyer came from off the pace to catch the front running FirstDude and Game on Dude inside the sixteenth pole to win by 3/4 of a length while holding off the fast closing Fly Down!
The favorite Ice Box finished a disappointing 9th. Later it was discovered that he displaced his palate during the race.
Fly Down and First Dude were co-second favorites.
The last time the post time favorite won the "Test of Champions" was in 2005 when Afleet Alex won. Since then the winner has paid $14.40 (Jazil), $10.60 (Rags to Riches), $79.00 (Da'Tara), $25.80 (Summer Bird) and Drosselmeyer - $28.00.
The final time in the 1 1/2 Mile race was a slow 2:31.57. It was the slowest since 1995 when Thunder Gulich won.
Again, I think this is evident of this years' 3-year old crop of runners being a grade below what we normally see in the Triple Crown series! But it was a very competive group of runners.
Uptowncharleybrown ran a very good 5th but was disqualified to last when it was discover that he lost an 8lb. saddle weight during the race. Derby 4th place finisher Make Music for Me who finished a disappointing 10th had lost a shoe early in the race.
Drosselmeyer's victory gave trainer Bill Mott his FIRST Triple Crown series race winner. Mott has been a top trainer for many years and is truly one of the good guys in horse racing!
Owners WinStar Farms, who also owns the Derby winner Super Saver, made a BIG jockey change to Hall of Famer Mike Smith dropping Kent Desormeaux who had ridden Drosselmeyer in 6 of his 8 previous races.. It proved to be the CORRECT move!
Trainer Bob Baffert mad a similar move with Lookin at Lucky to win the Preakness Stakes!
Trainer Nick Zito again figured in the outcome of the Belmont Stakes as he trained the 2nd place finisher Fly Down as well as the favorite Ice Box. He always seems to either have the Belmont upset winner or an in-the-money runner. This year he had an in-the-money runner in ALL 3 legs of the Triple Crown series with Ice Box 2nd in the Derby, JacksonBend 3rd in the Preakness and Fly Down in the Belmont. Not a bad year!!
Watch Video Race Replay Belmont Stakes - Drosselmeyer Upsets!
In our Belmont Stakes selections we felt that there would be an upset winner. However, we felt it would be one of the Kentucky Derby runners and not one of the Dwyer horses so we made Statley Victor our selection.
We did feel that ONLY the Derby and Dwyer runners would make up the Exacta and Trifecta and that the other runners except for First Dude only had a shot at coming in 4th to complete the Superfecta. Therefore there were only 6 runners that could finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd and that is what happened! We just selected the wrong longshot to win!
We did have a good day with our Under Card Selections having (4) Winners on Top and (2) other Top selections coming in 2nd.
The winners were in Race 1 ($11.00), Race 2 ($4.30), Race 6 ($4.40) and Race 7 ($4.20) which was our Best Bet on the card.
Our selections also had (6) Exacta, (2) Trifecta, (1) Pick 3 and (2) Daily Doubles.
The Exacta winners were Race1 ($20.40), Race 4 ($16.40), Race 6 ($15.20), Race 7 ($16.00), Race 9 ($474.00) and Race 10 ($147.00). Total Won in Exactas was $689.00 for $2 wagers.
In 13 races on the Day's Card there were (5) winning favorites with (4) other finishing second along with (2) second favorites winning!
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