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The Republic of Pilmico brings you the NS Belmont Stakes,
the third round in the Tripple Crown.

1. The Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs sat may 07-05, the winner Giacomo.
2. The Preakness stakes from Pilmico sat may 21-05, the winner Afleet Alex.
3. The Belmont Stakes from Belmont sat june 11-05, the winner is?

Will Giacomo, Afleet Alex, or someone else split the Tripple Crown?

Post your NS bets $ in any currency of your choice, and why you think the horses you choose will win, place and show. The republic of Pilmico's currency is 1 Bet=$1.48

Bets, Win, Place, Show, Perfecta-Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta and Daily Double cost $2 per bet, boxes cost
$1 per bet.

The winners and official payouts will be posted sometime after the race.

If any one can add any related information or pictures of the horses etc, please do so, thank you.

Post Positions
01. Nolan's Cat
02. Pinpoint
03. A.P. Arrow
04. Southern Africa
05. Giacomo
06. Watchmon
07. Andromeda's Hero
08. Reverberate
09. Afleet Alex
1o. Indy Storm
11. Checkhov

I will post the following picks on behalf of
Collonie and Milchama as telegramed to me,

Collonie :
Win - Afleet Alex
Show - Giacomo

Milchama :
Win - Afleet Alex
Show - Pinpoint
Place - Giacono
trifecta box that.

No offense to diehard horse racing fans, but without the enticement of a possible Triple Crown winner, the Belmont is rather pointless to casual fans.

I think it will be Alex to win.

With Giacomo to place

and maybe Andromeda's Hero to show.

Race 11
09 Afleet Alex
07 Andromeda's Hero
01 Nolan's Cat
10 Indy Storm

9 Win $4.30, Place $3.60, Show $3.00
7 Place $8.20, Show $5.80
1 Show $7.20

$2 Daily Double 2-9 $88.00
$2 Perfecta-Exacta 9-7 $44.00
$2 Trifecta 9-7-1 $1249.00
$2 Superfecta 9-7-1-10 $14,219.00

Well Collonie, Milchama, and Tanara you
called it right on Afleet Alex as the winner.

I lost again, I played a $1 5-9-all and
a $1 9-5-all $9 each and a 2-5-9 $1 per box $6
for a total of $24, I thought 5 and 9 would be in there,
like many other persons.

This time, Afleet Alex was able to showcase his dazzling turn of foot, and no one could trip him up. Unlike in The Preakness Stakes, when Afleet Alex and jockey Jeremy Rose narrowly avoided a catastrophe, when Afleet Alex fell to his knees but got up and won like a champion, premotioned by Tanara of a possible accident at the track one of these days, his journey in the 137th Belmont Stakes, on Saturday at Belmont Park was smooth, trouble free, emphatically overpowering, and sublimely satisfiying.

Afleet Alex, with jockey Jeremy Rose patiently waiting until a little more than a quarter-mile remained in the 1 1/2-mile race, was finally cut loose, and none of his 10 rivals stooda chance. He rocketed past them with the same explosiveness he showed in the Arkansas Derby, and cruised to a seven-length victory before an adoring crowd of 62,274 that gave him a big cheer in the post parade and a bigger one when he came back to the winner's circle.

May all the horses frolic freely in all my nation's many
lush tropical forests, visited by many tourists from around the world.

As for my running balance as of the tripple crown,
expenses $102, win $0, balance -$102 defecit spending
but I will balance the budget with a surplus by the end of
the year including my lotto expense $0 as of the tripple crown, I kept shoddy records for the first half of the year
but no more, got to start at some point.

thank you all for participating.
Pilmico.