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Belmont contenders
By Bill Finley
Special to ESPN.com
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Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Last
Race |
Next
Race |
Note |
Odds |
| 1. |
War Emblem |
Espinoza |
Baffert |
Preakness (1st) |
Belmont |
Who's going to stop him? |
Even |
| 2. |
Sunday Break |
Stevens |
Drysdale |
Peter Pan (1st) |
Belmont |
Serious threat. |
4-1 |
| 3. |
Proud Citizen |
Smith |
Lukas |
Preakness (3rd) |
Belmont |
Can he turn tables? |
7-1 |
| 4. |
Perfect Drift |
Delahoussaye |
Johnson |
Ky. Derby (3rd) |
Belmont |
Should like distance. |
12-1 |
5. |
Magic Weisner |
Migliore |
Alberts |
Preakness (2nd) |
Belmont |
Cinderella story. |
15-1 |
| 6. |
Medaglia d'Oro |
Desormeaux |
Frankel |
Preakness (8th) |
Undecided |
Disappointment.. |
18-1 |
| 7. |
Wiseman's Ferry |
Chavez |
O'Callaghan |
LS Derby (1st) |
Belmont |
Lacks the class? |
25-1 |
| 8. |
Sarava |
Prado |
McPeek |
Sir Barton (1st) |
Belmont |
In over his head. |
30-1 |
| 9. |
Essence of Dubai |
Bailey |
Bin Suroor |
Ky. Derby (9th) |
Belmont |
No excuse in Derby. |
40-1 |
| 10. |
Like A Hero |
Day |
Greely |
Alydar (1st) |
Belmont |
Too lightly raced. |
75-1 |
| 11. |
Artax Too |
Arroyo |
Aquilino |
Bel. allow. (1st) |
Belmont |
Big class jump. |
100-1 |
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