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Triple Crown Contender - On to the Preakness And The Belmont Stakes (plus horse race betting for beginners)

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I'll Have Another , the winning horse of the 2012 Kentucky Derby, is settling in nicely in his stable at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. This is the where the Preakness will be ran on May 19, 2012. This is the second race of the famous Triple Crown.The third race is the Belmont Stakes. Belmont Park is the home of the 143rd Running of the Belmont Stakes on June 9, 2012. There is plenty of time for those of you who are interested in horse racing but are not sure on how to bet on them to brush up. (replies posted <a href="../../t49050103/winner-winner-chicken-dinner/" >here</a> about not being sure how to bet led me to this news item)Here is a great site that has some basic instructions on how to place those winning bets. Find an OTB (off track betting) place near you and place your bets everyone! <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2011/5/6/2157655/how-to-bet-on-horse-racing-and-win" >How To Bet On Horse Racing For Beginners</a>Here are a few facts about the Triple Crown. There are a couple of misconceptions regarding the Triple Crown held by some of the non-racing public. The first is that each race in the series is longer than the one before. The Kentucky Derby is a mile and a quarter long, while the Preakness is actually run at a mile and three-sixteenths, or one-sixteenth of a mile shorter than the Derby. The Belmont Stakes is a mile and a half and, incredibly, is the only Grade 1 race on dirt at a mile and a half in the United States today.The second misconception is that while winning the Triple Crown is extremely difficult (and rare), it's not such an impossible task that horses never even come close anymore. Since the last Triple Crown winner in 1978, 11 horses have won both the Derby and the Preakness, only to fall short at the Belmont. Seven other horses have won some combination of the three races -- Derby/Belmont or Preakness/Belmont -- leaving us with a total of 18 horses that have won two legs of the Triple Crown in the last 34 years. This suggests to me that it's only a matter of time and racing luck before we see another horse sweep the series.
 
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