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Tag: Belmont Stakes

The Underground Man, two times two, and Justify

So said Fyodor Dostoevsky in his masterpiece “Notes from Underground“: With the ant-heap the respectable race of ants began and … More

Belmont Stakes, meanderings, Triple Crown

Saturday Stakes Action at Belmont and Arlington!

Over at Picks and Ponderings, I look at stakes action both here and out east! Saturday’s card at Arlington features … More

Arlington, Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Picks and Ponderings

Picks and Ponderings: 2017 Belmont Stakes Point/Counterpoint

We’ve reached my favourite leg of the Triple Crown: the Belmont Stakes. Perhaps the most consistent part of this year’s … More

Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Irish War Cry, Picks and Ponderings

Picks and Ponderings: 2017 Belmont Gold Cup Preview

Friday’s card at Belmont features the fourth edition one of my favourite races of the year: the Belmont Gold Cup … More

Belmont Gold Cup, Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Picks and Ponderings

Picks and Ponderings: Belmont Stakes Preview

It’s almost here — my favourite race of the Triple Crown, the Test of the Champion, the Belmont Stakes.  Over … More

Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Exaggerator

Belmont chat with Dane and Ben

Set your clocks: Thursday morning at 9:05am CDT, I will be back on Sports Town Chicago to talk Belmont Stakes … More

Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, on the radio

our chapter

eleven names have always hearkened back to what the books of history have said mute tones of sepia and white … More

Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby, meanderings, Preakness, Triple Crown

soundtrack to a Triple Crown

when you’re thinkin’ you’re a joke and nobody’s gonna listen to the one small point i know they’ve been missing … More

Belmont Stakes, meanderings, Triple Crown

post-Belmont on WLS!

American Pharoah has won the Triple Crown, and people are talking. Tomorrow morning, I will be back on WLS 890 … More

Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes Day!

Belmont Stakes day is finally here!  Maybe we will see a Triple Crown today, and maybe there will be another … More

Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes

Friday morning: talking Belmont on WLS

If you missed me on Sports Town Chicago this morning, or just can’t get enough Belmont chat on the radio, … More

Belmont Stakes

Picks and Ponderings: 2015 Belmont Stakes Point/Counterpoint

Eight horses have entered Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.  American Pharoah hopes to complete a Triple Crown…and after the prep season and … More

Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Frosted, Keen Ice

talking Belmont on Thursday at Sports Town Chicago!

This Thursday morning at 9:05am CDT, I will be back on the Dane and Ben show at Sports Town Chicago! … More

Belmont Stakes

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