It’s no surprise to see that Big Brown is a Red-Hot Favorite for Triple Crown Glory in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday with the trick for many horse racing bettors is to get on early enough to get a respectable price from the bookies in the third and final leg of the Triple Crown.
Whilst many expect Big Brown will make light work of his rivals in the Belmont classic despite the dramatic step up in distance, I’m going for the Japanese raider who is bred to run the trip.
Leading online bookmaker BetUS has installed Big Brown a red-hot favorite to become the first horse since Affirmed 30 years ago to take the Triple Crown. Again, I’d be putting my money on the Japanese champion.
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Will Big Brown write his place in history with victory in the “Test of Champions” or will he be found out over the 1 ½ miles of the Belmont?
My tip is that the Japanese raider Casino Drive will be first past the post. Big Brown’s trainer Richard Dutrow has dismissed Casino Drive’s chances, Now, I don’t know the man, but i do know this about the man, he is not the sharpest tool in the shed.
On Breeding alone the horse must be in with an undeniable chance of winning the race. The last two winners of the Belmont, Jazil and Rags to Riches, are a brother and sister to Casino Drive.
The colt never raced as a 2YO suffering injury, has been shipped all over Japan avoiding an Equine influenza outbreak and then travelled 16 hours and then straight into quarantine before stepping out in just his second race start to take out the Peter Pan.
Fact: The Japanese have the best long distance horses on the planet.
One thing that surprises many observers when they watch a Japanese trained horse “work” is that they walk around the track instead of the “traditional” gallop. You can rest assured that the Japanese know what they are doing.
Two Japanese horses did nothing but walk in preparation for a tilt at the 2006 Melbourne Cup a 2 mile race at Flemington Racecourse in Australia. They finished side by side with just the bob of the head separating them on the line, they ran first and second.
The main reason I’m tipping Casino Drive in the big one on Saturday is that he is bred to run the trip. Big Brown has shown brilliance in every start but over longer trips that brilliance isn’t what wins you races unless they jog along. They wont jog along in the Belmont which tilts the odds in favor of the Japanese Raider.
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