NO TRIPLE CROWN WINNER THIS YEAR: TONALIST WINS THE BELMONT STAKES.....CALIFORNIA CHROME FINISHED 4th. #TRIPLECROWN #RULABROWNNETWORK #BELMONTSTAKES #CALIFORNIACHROME

Tonalist

Results

1) TONALIST
2) COMMISSIONER
3) MEDAL COUNT
4) CALIFORNIA CHROME

NEW YORK (USA Today) — If there’s a lesson to be learned from recent Triple Crown history, it’s that Saturday’s Belmont Stakes probably won’t be an easy, breezy run in the park for California Chrome, the heavy favorite.

There’s a reason only 11 horses have won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in the same year. There’s a reason why 12 horses since 1978 have captured the first two races, then failed to add the final leg to join racing royalty.

There are lots of reasons, actually. But one is that there are always a number of other very fast horses ready to run their very best against the one entry many race fans simply can’t see losing. That’s the position in which California Chrome finds himself this year. It’s the same spot others have been in before, and they were beaten.....