Betting the Belmont Stakes, Without I'll Have Another

A mediator was trying to settle a labor dispute at Belmont Park that threatens to scratch I'll Have Another's chance of winning thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in more than 30 years.

On Saturday at Belmont Park, I'll Have Another will try to become racing's 12th Triple Crown winner. If he doesn't, he'll become the 12th horse since 1978 to try and fail. An accomplished horse, I'll Have Another is seen as a legitimate contender to capture the crown: his wins in both the Kentucky Derby and ...

Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is a slight favourite over Nehro and Preakness winner Shackleford for Saturday's 143rd Belmont Stakes, a gruelling 1 1/2-mile endurance test of a horse race.Bookmakers like Animal Kingdom by 2-1 with Derby runner-up Nehro at 4-1 and Shackleford, the outside starter in a field of 12, at 9-2 in the last event of the American flat racing Triple Crown series.

Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom drew the ninth post and was installed as the early 2-1 favourite for Saturday's Belmont Stakes, the final leg of US flat racing's Triple Crown.Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro was made the second choice at 4-1 on Wednesday, with Preakness winner Shackleford the third favourite priced at 9-2 when a field of 12 horses were entered.Saturday's race will mark the first time since 2005 that the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners have lined up for the 1 1/2-mile Belmont.

Drosselmeyer surged past the leaders in the final straight to win the 142nd Belmont Stakes to give Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first victory in a Triple Crown race.With jockey Mike Smith in the irons, 13-1 shot Drosselmeyer defeated Fly Down Saturday by three-quarters of a length.Preakness runner-up First Dude was third in the 1 1/2 mile "Test of the Champion" that completes the Triple Crown series that also includes the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.

Drosselmeyer surged past the leaders in the final straight to win the 142nd Belmont Stakes Saturday to give Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first victory in a Triple Crown race.With jockey Mike Smith in the irons, 13-1 shot Drosselmeyer defeated Fly Down by three-quarters of a length.Preakness runner-up First Dude was third in the 1 1/2 mile "Test of the Champion" that completes the Triple Crown series that also includes the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.