Betting The Horses

Drosselmeyer, a stable mate of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, made a run of a lifetime to capture the Belmont Stakes Saturday in New York. Drosselmeyer was dismissed by all the horse racing experts before the race and until the field hit the stretch run, the experts looked like they knew what they were talking about.

Drosselmeyer and jockey Mike Smith hung back on the field and waited to pounce like a cat on the field late in the stretch run. Drosselmeyer got a rough break out of the gate and the two dudes, First Dude and Game on Dude hooked up at the start of the race and ran away from the field initially.

Both First Dude and Game on Dude may have won if this race were the mile and sixteenth Kentucky Derby but with the race being the longest distance either of these horses has run, a mile and a half, there was no chance the two could keep up their torrid pace.

Both horses were spent in the last 200 yards and First Dude failed to hang on finishing third, while Game on Dude fell out of the money finishing fourth. Fly Down also made an amazing drive to grab the second place spot right at the wire. Drosselmeyer paid $28 to win, $11.60 to place, and $7.70 to show. An impressive and unexpected upset. Fly Down paid $6.80 to place and $5.10 to show while First Dude paid $4.90 to show in a disappointing collapse.

Tags: Belmont Stakes, Horse Racing, jockey Mike Smith hung, Kentucky Derby