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Belmont Stakes Entries

Dateline: 06/06/01

Post positions were drawn this afternoon for the 133rd Belmont Stakes and a field of only 9 horses was entered. Both Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos and Preakness winner

Monarchos
winner of the Kentucky Derby.

Point Given are back to try and get a second Triple Crown win and have been made the top two morning line favorites. Only two newcomers to the Triple Crown trail are entered, Buckle Down Ben and Dr. Greenfield, with the rest having all run in the Kentucky Derby. Besides the favorites, only A P Valentine and Dollar Bill will be competing in all three Triple Crown races. Interestingly enough, Point Given yet again drew the outside post as he did in both the Derby and Preakness.

Past performances are available for free online from the Daily Racing Form here and here in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Post time for the Belmont is 6:04pm EDT and between ESPN, ESPN2, and NBC there will be TV coverage nearly all afternoon (schedule).

The Belmont Stakes

Here is the field in post position order. Distance is 1 1/2 miles and all entrants carry 126 lbs. The purse is $1,000,000 Guaranteed. Click on the horse's name to see full info on him.

#	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	M/L Odds
1	Invisible Ink	Velazquez	Pletcher	8-1
2	Balto Star	McCarron	Pletcher	15-1
3	Dollar Bill	Day	Stewart	6-1
4	Thunder Blitz	Bailey	Orseno	10-1
5	Monarchos	Chavez	Ward	5-2
6	Buckle Down Ben	Nakatani	Lukas	30-1
7	Dr. Greenfield	Prado	Butler	30-1
8	A P Valentine	Espinoza	Zito	5-1
9	Point Given	Stevens	Baffert	8-5