Here are the best odds I found just now among 5Dimes, Bookmaker, and TheGreek:
1 MedalCount 16.95 Bookmaker
2 Calif Chrome 1.1 FiveD
3 Matterhorn 40.5 Bookmaker
4 CommandingCurve 10.15 Bookmaker
5 Ride On Curlin 7.45 Bookmaker
6 Matuszak 65.5 Bookmaker
7 Samraat 20 FiveD
8 Commissioner 40.5 Bookmaker
9 Wicked Strong 8.05 Greek
10 General A Rod 32.5 Bookmaker
11 Tonalist 10.15 Bookmaker
That's equivalent to a 7.5% takeout. At FiveD, the bet is refunded if either your horse or CC doesn't start. At Bookmaker, the bet is refunded if CC doesn't start, but it doesn't say what happens if your horse doesn't start. TheGreek doesn't specify that CC has to start.
If betting the Belmont isn't complicated enough, Bookmaker will let you make a bet on both the Belmont and the Epsom Derby:
WHO WILL HAVE THE BETTER RESULT ?
17727 CALIFORNIA CHROME -125
17728 AUSTRALIA EV
AUSTRALIA AND CALIFORNIA CHROMES RESULTS ?
17731 BOTH WIN +325
17732 NEITHER WIN +225
17733 ONLY CALIFORNIA CHROME WINS +225
17734 ONLY AUSTRALIA WINS +325
WHO WILL WIN BY MORE LENGTHS ?
17735 CALIFORNIA CHROME -110
17736 AUSTRALIA -110
(if both horses lose, bet is refunded)
--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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