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Tag: Gambling
Saratoga Main Track Trends Give Inside Speed the Edge in 2025 Belmont Stakes
For the second straight year, the Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course and at the shortened distance of 1 ¼ miles. Horseplayers that follow track trends will have to adjust their handicapping accordingly because Belmont Stakes trends from past editions at Belmont Park and at the race’s traditional 1 ½-mile distance will be irrelevant for this year’s race.
Can Supersonic Blue Get Third Straight Win in Paradise Creek Stakes?
The $150,000 Paradise Creek Stakes for 3-year-old turf sprinters drew a well-matched field of nine horses set to run six furlongs Saturday at Belmont at the Big A.
Betting on a Breakthrough Effort in Keertana Stakes
The spring meet at Churchill Downs is well underway after a successful Kentucky Derby-Oaks week. The first of two stakes races on tap at the historic Louisville track for the Memorial Day holiday weekend is Saturday’s $250,000 Keertana Stakes, which drew a competitive field of eight long-distance fillies and mares scheduled to run 1 ½ miles on the Matt Winn turf course. The weather forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s, and post time is set for 4:55 p.m.
