If you look through racing history closely enough, you’ll find horses that had the misfortune of racing at the wrong time.
It’s the hand that fate dealt talented horses like Sham and Alydar, who became supporting characters to Triple Crown champions Secretariat and Affirmed.
The 158th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets June 6 will once again carry a special designation in the Triple Crown history books, as for the third consecutive year it will be held at historic Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York while Belmont Park puts finishing touches on a m
It was a relatively quiet racing week in North America prior to Memorial Day, which featured five graded stakes around the country including three at Santa Anita Park and a big day of racing at Lone Star Park in Texas.
As the oldest of the three Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets has seen its fair share of upsets, and the majority of those have come in roughly the last third of the race’s 157-year history.
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