The New York Racing Association announced the starting line up and opening odds on the 138th Belmont Stakes today. Leading the pack is Bluegrass Cat, opening at 3-1 and drawing post position 9.
The 3 year-old colt was runner up in this year's Kentucky Derby, and is one of two horses in this year's Belmont trained by Todd Pletcher, who's hoping for his first Triple Crown victory with this year's Belmont horse race. Bluegrass Cat was sired by Storm Cat (get the name pedigree?), and has snagged more than 700K with four wins in his eight career starts.
Other early favorites are Pletcher's other colt, Sunriver (opening at 4-1, post position 2) and
Bob and John (5-1, post position 4). The last horse to be added was Double Galore, who opened as a longshot at 30-1.
This year's race will mark the largest Belmont field since 1999, where Lemon Drop Kid galloped to victory. Watch for the Belmont odds to take some wild shifts in the next few days, as handicappers evaluate the field without factoring the winners of either the Kentucky Derby or Preakness, both absent for this year's Belmont race.
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