Belmont

104.5 The Team’s Joe Bianchino is at Belmont this weekend. Follow all of his coverage here. Also be sure to check us out on Twitter @1045TheTeam.

104.5 The Team’s Joe Bianchino is at Belmont this weekend. Follow all of his coverage here. Also be sure to check us out on Twitter @1045TheTeam.

Joe Bianchino checks in from the track. For more on the race check back here later today and follow @1045TheTeam on Twitter.   Belmont Headquarters here. 

Joe Bianchino continues his coverage of The Belmont this time with California Chrome Man. For more on the race check back here later today. Check out our Belmont Headquarters here. 

This wasn't supposed to happen. On a gorgeous Long Island day - with over 100,000 bearing witness, with the last three jockeys to win the Triple Crown there to give their blessing - this wasn't supposed to happen. California Chrome wasn't supposed to lose.  This rags-to-riches story wasn't supposed to end in disappointment.  It didn't deserve that. But then again, none of this was ever supposed to

104.5 The Team's Joe Bianchino is at Belmont this weekend. Follow all of his coverage here.

Horse racing is all about expectation.  What do you expect to happen, and how much can you profit off it if you're right.  Here are four things to expect on Belmont Day.

BELMONT PARK-- 104.5 The Team's Joe Bianchino is LIVE at Belmont Park all weekend long. Here's his assessment of from Friday afternoon of what he's seen so far today:

After three weeks of building crescendo, the anticipation for the Belmont Stakes is just about ready to hit fever pitch.  In just a little over 24 hours, California Chrome will take to the Belmont Park track and run for his shot at history, racing's first Triple Crown since 1978. Today, with the park itself, it seems, echoing his name, Chrome stepped out onto "Big Sandy" to do some of hi

Joe B. is continuing his coverage of the Belmont with these pictures of this morning's activity at the track. We will be posting more pictures throughout the day to see those live follow The Team at @1045TheTeam  on Twitter or stop back here later this afternoon...

BELMONT PARK-- 104.5 The Team's Joe Bianchino details California Chrome's Friday morning walk through:

For longer than I'd care to discuss, I've been sitting here trying to think of something profound with which to open.  Something significant.  Something deep. After all, I may well be penning this column on the eve of history, and I'm certainly doing it at the apex of a months-long crescendo.  My sense of nostalgia tells me I should honor that. Philosophy eludes me on this night, though. And maybe