Will there be a Triple Crown Winner this year?
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If the winner of the Kentucky Derby closes in the last 1/4 mile, yes. there could be a Triple Crown winner-i.e., Steppehwolfer-if the winner of the Kentucky Derby is a front runner-Lawyer Ron (sire=Langfuhr)-it would be very doubtful.\n\nThere is too much pressure on the horses in the Grade 1 racing program and most breeding farms are breeding for speed, not stamina. If Point Determined lays off of the pace and is in contention at the top of the stretch, his breeding and racing background, including blood lines, may allow Point Determined to be a powerful force in the Belmont stakes 1 1/2 mile.\n\nHow the race is run, who wins, and fresh horses being thrown against Kentucky Derby winners are all important factors.\n\nWe'll all get a better picture as to whether or not there will be a Triple Crown champion after the Kentucky Derby. Watch the breeding-pedigree-of the winner of the Kentucky Derby and keep this question posted until the second week in May for better answers...
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Three Ring and Excellent Meeting both ran in the 1999 Kentucky Derby;  Excellent Meeting also started in the 1999 Preakness, but was pulled up and did not finish.\n\nAs a rule, there is no point in running a filly against colts in the Triple Crown races.  There are lucrative races for the fillies to run in (Kentucky Oaks, Black-Eyed Susan, and Coaching Club American Oaks, among others) and earn money and black type.  The fillies that have won triple crown races against colts have, for some reason, not been very successful as broodmares.  In modern times, Genuine Risk turned out to have some really serious problems carrying a foal to term and only gave birth to two live foals, Count Our Blessings and Genuine Reward.  Neither of these colts ever raced, and Count Our Blessings was gelded.  Genuine Reward has sired approximately 3 dozen offspring, none of which has won a stakes.  \n\nWinning Colors, the other modern filly winner of the Derby, has produced 9 live foals, one of which earned about $500,000 in Japan.  \n\nThoroughbred fillies and mares can beat the boys.  In Australia, Makybe Diva, "the Queen," won everlasting fame by winning three consecutive renewals of the Melbourne Cup against males.  Females have done well in the Arc de Triomphe, Europe's premier race for 3-year-olds and up.  Fillies Urban Sea, All Along, Akiyda, Gold River, Detroit, Ivanjica, and the immortal Allez France are all winners of the "Arc."\n\nUnless a filly seems to be overwhelmingly superior to the colts in her crop, most trainers and owners are going to be reluctant to run her in the triple crown against the colts.  There's just too much money to be earned by keeping her in her own division, and her value isn't increased a great deal by starting her against colts.
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I think Tony Stewart or Dale Jr. will win.
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If he keeps this up, so far he is a potential triple crown candidate, he is on the pace to breaking the previous home run record of 73.  I just named a couple records.  lol
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Chris is Awsome\nParis is Awsome\nKelly is Awsome\nKatherine is Awsome\n\nI would be glad to see either win...they are the only ones who can hold a note this year.
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I don't think they have said who won yet. I personally hope Hoopz gets it.
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Yes they will. Definitely.\n\nGotta win one for Nash, after all he's done for the Suns.
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Personally speaking I will be on BICOASTAL in the 2.35, PAPAL BULL in the 3.10 and  SPECIOSA in the 3.50.\n\nI hope that Speciosa wins, it would be a real fairy tale.  To win the 1,000 Guineas and run a creditable fourth in the Oaks is a great achievment for a filly trained by a farmer in the Norfolk Fens!
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TRISH going to win, but I hope it goes in overtime. LOL ;)
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If three different handicappers list a horse as a winner, bet that horse to show.
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Smarty Jones to stand for $100,000\n \nSmarty Jones, a dual classic winner this year and a leader in the race for the three-year-old male champion honors, will stand his first season at Three Chimneys Farm for $100,000, farm owner Robert Clay announced Thursday.\n\n \nLast year's Horse of the Year, Mineshaft, and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Empire Maker both entered stud this year with a $100,000 fee—the highest first-year stallion fee since 2001 Horse of the Year Point Given joined Three Chimneys in '02 for $125,000 and '00 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Fusaichi Pegasus joined Ashford Stud in '01 for $150,000.\n"We were oversubscribed for shares in Smarty Jones and have immense interest in him amongst breeders," Clay said. "Indeed, we began this week giving breeders the option of buying four-year contracts for Smarty Jones seasons, so that they can be assured they will have a season to the horse each of the first four years he is at stud."\n\nIn an agreement Three Chimneys reached with the colt's owners-breeders Pat and Roy Chapman, the three-year-old son of Elusive Quality will be bred to a maximum of 110 mares per year. The Chapmans syndicated Smarty Jones for $39-million. They own 30 shares, private investors own 20 shares, and Three Chimneys owns ten shares. Each share entitles a breeder to a season plus a bonus season every other year.\n\n"We have season applications from quite a number of very high-quality mares, including numerous Grade 1 winners and millionaires," Three Chimneys pedigree analyst Anne Peters said. "We're particularly interested in mares from the Northern Dancer sire line, including mares by Danzig and Storm Cat. Plus, Smarty Jones has three crosses of Bold Ruler and one is through Boldnesian, which suggests he will cross well with mares with Seattle Slew in their pedigree. Smarty Jones's pedigree is a strong one and provides the opportunity to cross with a lot of different sire lines, which will be a big plus in his career."\n\nSmarty Jones arrived at Three Chimneys on August 16 after the Chapmans decided to retire their colt rather than allow his sore legs to recover and point for a four-year-old campaign. Smarty Jones raced for the final time on June 5 at Belmont Park when he lost his Triple Crown bid by a length to Birdstone in the Belmont Stakes.\n\nThe Belmont was Smarty Jones's lone loss, as the colt trained by John Servis had previously won eight starts, including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes (G1). Out of the stakes-winning Smile mare I'll Get Along, Smarty Jones is the fourth-richest racehorse in North American history having earned $7,613,155.\n\n\nAS A SAD BUT ADDED NOTE...\n\n \nChapman, co-owner of Smarty Jones, dies at 79\n \nRoy Chapman, who bred and raced 2004 champion three-year-old male Smarty Jones with his wife, Patricia, died on Friday morning at his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He was 79. \n \nChapman had battled emphysema and asthma for a number of years, and his health declined recently, said Anthony Tigano, chief financial officer of Chapman Auto Group, the string of automobile dealerships that Chapman ran with his two sons.
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i think they will do really good this year...I think they have a good chance at the title
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They will win the WORLD Series this year.\n\nThey are destined. It is fate. It's thier turn to win it all.
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hell yeah kahne will win it, who else did you think would win it!!!
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I HOPE S.A.WILL ACHIEVE THAT.\nAUSSIES MAY BE THE RUNNERS-UP.\n{THIS ANSWER IS NOT INSPIRED FROM THE WORLD RECORD WIN.}
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This guy has "winner" written all over him.\n\nSadly, not very likely.
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Yeah Deadman is going to be victorious this time. \nThe Great Khali, REST IN PEACE.