Third Jewel.
What is the Belmont Stakes?
The third jewel in the Triple Crown, of thoroughbred horse racing. (Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes, and then the Belmont Stakes.)
Fair enough.
The last horse to take all three was 'Affirmed', in 1978.
We've had a couple horses almost take the crown -- win the Derby and the Preakness, only to lose the Belmont -- and I'd like to see Smarty Jones take the crown.
By the way, last time I checked, Smarty Jones was bet off the board, at something like 2 to 5 (if he winse, and you put down five dollars, you get two back. It evens out to about 80 cents on a $2 bet.)
Before anyone asks, I don't have a bet on Smarty Jones for one very simple reason: I'm not old enough to bet.
The third jewel in the Triple Crown, of thoroughbred horse racing. (Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes, and then the Belmont Stakes.)
Fair enough.
The last horse to take all three was 'Affirmed', in 1978.
We've had a couple horses almost take the crown -- win the Derby and the Preakness, only to lose the Belmont -- and I'd like to see Smarty Jones take the crown.
By the way, last time I checked, Smarty Jones was bet off the board, at something like 2 to 5 (if he winse, and you put down five dollars, you get two back. It evens out to about 80 cents on a $2 bet.)
Before anyone asks, I don't have a bet on Smarty Jones for one very simple reason: I'm not old enough to bet.
posted by Kinezumi-Risu at
6/05/2004 04:26:00 PM
People find it necessary to hyphenate most everything.
Life is simple. It's people that make it complicated.
