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Big-Race Showdown: Expert Picks for Jaipur Stakes, Met Mile, Belmont Stakes

For the 10th year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2026 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”

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Whirlaway in the Belmont Stakes winner's circle.

Triple Crown Winner Whirlaway: Calumet's Mercurial and Brilliant Star

It's never a good thing when your boss calls you a knucklehead.

“You can teach him,” quipped legendary trainer Ben A. Jones of Whirlaway in the spring of 1941, “but you can't teach him much. ”

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ABR’s Trifecta Picks for the 2026 Belmont Stakes

The field for the 158th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets has been finalized, and the final jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown will run Saturday evening, June 6, at Saratoga Race Course in front of tens of thousands of fans on site and a national television audience on FOX.

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Triple Crown Power Rankings: No. 1 Spot Up for Grabs in Belmont Stakes

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.

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Saratoga Main Track Trends at the 1 ¼-mile Belmont Stakes Distance

For the third straight year, the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets will be run at Saratoga Race Course and at the shortened distance of 1 ¼ miles.

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