Belmont Stakes

I'll Have Another was pulled from the Belmont the night before the race on account of a tendon injury and was actually retired. The horse won five out of his seven races. And so, Once again, we must wait another year to get the chance to see a Triple Crown Winner. (If I had a bucket list, this would be on it somewhere). The loss was rather a dissapointment to me and I still haven't gotten over it enough to watch the Belmont without I'll Have Another (Until I was writing this post and had to find it for you). A horse named "Union Rags" won by a neck in the Belmont.
You can read a little bit about him here.

He's the horse on the inside in this picture:

And here is the footage for the Belmont Stakes. Enjoy!

The Preakness Stakes: The First Triple Crown Winner Since 1978?

So I was a little behind on the Preakness news, which ran on Saturday, May 19th. And just went last night to the Preakness website http://www.preakness.com/race-info almost to jump out of my chair in my excitement to find that I'll Have Another had also won the Preakness.

So obviously, the next question is, can he win the Belmont and thus the Triple Crown? The Belmont is called "The Test of Champions" and so shall it be for I'll Have Another. The last horse to win the elusive Triple Crown (and only the eleventh in the entire history of the sport) was Affirmed in 1978.

I'm rather nervous, because I remember watching Big Brown in 2008 and being almost certain that, at last, we had a Triple Crown winner, only to be hugely disappointed when Big Brown was hardly a contestant in the Belmont.

I'm still hoping, because I want to see a Triple Crown winner, but I don't want to get my hopes up too high.

Well, on to a few details of the Preakness.

Once again, I'll Have Another and Bodemeister were in competition for first place,  I'll Have Another winning by only a neck. Bodemeister is not going on to the Belmont. Supposedly, so that he can "rest", though he came off of the Preakness well. I'm thinking this is a little strange since Bodemeister was I'll Have Another's only competition. It seems to me that if he does win the Belmont, the victory will be a little tainted by the fact that his rival was taken out of the race. But that's just my opinion.

Here's the footage of the race.

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The 2012 Kentucky Derby

After searching I finally found the 2012 Kentucky Derby video. If you missed it (like I did) here is the link.

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/racing-wagering/toteboard/2012-05-05/11

Pictures of the 138th Kentucky Derby Winner, "I'll Have Another" :

The Race

The Winner's Circle

A Day-After-the-Race Walk

The odds for "I'll Have Another" in the Kentucky Derby were:   15-1

The 137th Preakness will be Run on Saturday, May 19th. More info here:

http://www.preakness.com/race-info

And the Belmont will be run on Saturday, June 9th. More info here:

http://www.belmont-stakes.info/belmont-schedule.php

I will post links to the videos, and pictures of the winners, of these two races as well.


And to wrap it all up, here's a little video about the probabilities of "I'll Have Another" winning the Triple Crown.

http://youtu.be/QozqSQY5oYk

And the guy who wrote this article seems to be a little more optimistic about the odds:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1175149-kentucky-derby-2012-winner-ill-have-another-is-a-threat-for-the-triple-crown