05-22-2016, 05:30 AM
(05-21-2016, 10:03 PM)Maggot Wrote: Lots of mud! Is Belmont next?
Some horses perform well in the mud, others not so much. I would imagine they all had on special shoes yesterday, just like football players would wear special footwear to grip a wet field better.
Yup, the Belmont is next, it's on June 11th and the winner of that gets $800,000.00.
Each race of the Triple Crown is longer than the race before it. The Derby is 1 1⁄4 miles, the Preakness is 1 3⁄16 and the Belmont is 1 1⁄2 miles.