2008 Belmont Stakes Picks - Belmont Stakes Odds

Catch the best Belmont Stakes picks on June 7, 2008. The frenzy is going to achieve maddening heights at Belmont Park when you get a rundown on the Belmont stakes picks and betting tips, odds to win the Belmont and the Triple Crown, and information on top contenders, jockeys, and trainers. The Belmont Stakes Picks are scheduled to be released soon.

It is the 140th Belmont Stakes this year, after Kentucky Derby betting at Churchill Downs and Preakness at Pimlico. The last leg of the USA Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes is held five weeks after the Kentucky Derby at Belmont Park, New York. This is a horse racing event that is celebrated with excitement, which is comparable to the Derby event in Louisville, and the Preakness at Pimlico. Simply speaking, the Belmont Stakes picks and odds have a huge role to play as the avid horse bettors and Triple Crown horse racing aficionados gear up to watch the spectacle which has acquired a legendary status.

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Belmont is the third and final leg of the prestigious Triple Crown Race for top 3-year-old thoroughbreds in America. Horse bettors and Triple Crown horse racing fans have yet to come across a race that can mean so much in terms of money and prestige. Not even the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness can bring about quite as much excitement at the Belmont. This is a race where legends are born and history is made.

1800 sports predicts Big Brown to win the 2008 Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown! The last colt to win the Triple Crown was Affirmed in 1978. Big Brown is a big and powerful horse who won the 2008 1 1/4 mile Kentucky Derby in 2:01.82 by 4 3/4 lengths. He was the first Derby winner since Regret in 1915 to have raced only three times previously. Big Brown is also the third horse in 60 years to win after racing in just two Derby preps.



The Belmont Stakes was first flagged off on June 19, 1867, at the Jerome Park race course, a peculiarly fashioned English-style track. A colt called "Ruthless" emerged as Belmont's first winner, garnering a prize winning amount of $1,850. The race has become a tradition of competition ever since. There were no races held in the years of 1911 and 1912. However, the Belmont Stakes was re-established and it remains even now as the most important competition for stamina, grit and zeal. Make your Belmont Stakes Predictions Today!!



Belmont Park is situated in Elmont, NewYork. It is a 430 acre race track. The Belmont race track covers a distance of 1.5 miles, which is shorter than the 1 and 5/8 miles that existed during the earlier years. In the year 1926, Belmont was run at a distance of 1 and 1/2 miles, and the distance has been the same ever since. Trust your gambling instincts, do some online research and place your best Belmont Stakes picks forward!



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by Arthur Bodley at 1800-sports.com on June 05, 2006


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