Because you can’t really go wrong with a kickass name like Mr Hot Stuff.

The 141st Belmont Stakes is on this weekend as the final leg of this year’s Triple Crown trail will conclude the horse racing season. Unfortunately, we won’t be having a new Triple Crown champion.

What we have, however, is a jockey looking to win all three legs of the Triple Crown trail. That being Calvin Borel. He’ll be aboard Mine That Bird again with Rachel Alexandra ruling out of the race. Can Borel lead Mine That Bird to win at Belmont Park? Maybe, but we’ll still be rooting for Mr Hot Stuff.

Mr Hot Stuff didn’t get that nickname for nothing. The horse was a late developer. He first tried to break his maiden in October, but it took him four months and five tries to earn his first win. He followed that up with third place showings in two California stakes, the Sham and the Santa Anita Derby.

He finished behind three other Derby runners in those races; Take The Points, Pioneerof The Nile, and Chocolate Candy. Overall, he has faced some classy fields, but he has just the maiden win to show for it. He’d also raced exclusively on synthetic tracks up to the Derby, so we don’t yet have a sense of whether he has an aptitude for dirt.

In his last race, Mr Hot Stuff ran in the Kentucky Derby, but it was far from notable. He was squeezed and bumped repeatedly at the start, and that seemed to take the life out of him. He settled near the back of the pack, moved wide on the final turn, and didn’t show any interest in responding when he was asked to move in the stretch. Some horses just don’t take to the spectacle that is the Derby, and this was clearly one. He finished 15th and was never better than that.

Mr. Hot Stuff is typically at or near the back of the pack early on in the race. In his one win he was very patient, not moving until the top of the stretch. It’s likely that the horse will be part of the cavalry charge that will be coming as the horses enter the top of the long Belmont stretch along with Mine That Bird, Summer Bird, and others.

Mine That Bird better get ready for this guy.

Can Mine That Bird win the 141st Belmont Stakes? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Mine That Bird 1.67

Dunkirk 5.50

Charitable Man 4.50

Chocolate Candy 14.00

Flying Private 17.00

Mr Hot Stuff 21.00

Brave Victory 26.00

Miners Escape 31.00

Summer Bird 26.00

Luv Gov 41.00

Nowhere to Hide 51.00

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