The 2011 Belmont Stakes gets underway this weekend and it will be the third installment of horse racing’s Triple Crown. With two separate winners in the Preakness and the Kentucky derby, there will not be a Triple Crown winner this year, but there will still be plenty of interesting things to watch in this race.

Although this year’s running of the Belmont Stakes does not have a chance of anointing a Triple Crown winner, there are still plenty of reasons to watch.

Saturday November 6, 2010 will be the 27th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic.

The start of the 2011 Belmont Stakes is hours away and the anticipation for this race is growing by the second. The field boasts a wide array of horses that all of a chance of making it to the winners circle.

The 137th Run for the Roses 2011 Kentucky Derby will race Saturday, May 7th at Churchill Downs. Coverage of the greatest two minutes in sports will be from 5:00-7:00 on NBC. There are no clear favorites this year that has everyone in horse-sports talking. Uncle Mo has been fighting a virus, Toby’s Corner has scratched before making it to Louisville due to a leg injury with Derby Kitten a possible replacement, and Dialed In is a little younger than most Derby winners even if he did win the Florida Derby.

The Triple Crown races may command greater attention from the mainstream public, but for serious horse racing enthusiasts the Breeders’ Cup is their Superbowl. The culmination of the 14 race event held over two days will be the Breeders’ Cup Classic where the sport’s biggest superstar—Zenyatta—will try to defend her title. The Classic will have a purse of $5 million dollars, part of a total prize pool of $25.5 million for the entire event. If Zenyatta wins her race she’ll become only the second horse in history to defend in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, joining Tiznow who won in 2000 and 2001.