Palace Malice's epic run to victory Saturday at the 145th Belmont Stakes additional proved that the only factor you can surely say about the 2013 Triple Crown season is that it was unpredictable.It is difficult to believe from exactly where we stood before the period that the Triple Crown would come down to Palace Malice, Oxbow and Orb. Heading down the extend at the last leg, it was up to any of them, as Palace Malice tried to maintain off Oxbow as Orb shot out for his signature late push.But it would've been much too predictable for the Belmont to finish with Orb or Oxbow reaching the extraordinary feat of winning two legs at the Triple Crown, wouldn't it?That is what Palace Malice was thinking, as the thoroughbred put with each other a great run from start to end and further complex this period of horse racing.On entering the Kentucky Derby slate, it seemed as if there were a handful of horses that had been pegged as favorites for the initial leg of the Triple Crown. Extremely couple of of them ran well, but the 1 that did was early morning-line preferred Orb.Maybe the most shocking development from Churchill Downs was who completed in second. Golden Soul certainly was not the "Golden" horse as far as pre-race hype goes the Rick Pitino-owned Goldencents emerged as a favorite rather. But the underrated contender with 34-1 odds, by way of KentuckyDerby.com,http://hostrox.com/read_blog/74515/have-all-or-tote, seemingly experienced the race won in the last stretch, prior to Orb discovered his late gas and surged past him.Which victory was most shocking?Which victory was most surprising?Orb at Kentucky Derby5.3%Oxbow at Preakness Stakes27.5%Palace Malice at Belmont Stakes67.2%Complete votes: 131Immediately, talk started of Orb and how he experienced a considerable shot at the elusive Triple Crown.In the nine-horse race at the Preakness Stakes, though,http://centrocomercial.cetrac.com/re...ewstory/713251, Orb never got heading and never confirmed the promising late operate that we've developed accustomed to from the well-liked thoroughbred. Rather, he was pushed out of contention as Oxbow used a thrilling begin-to-end victory to seal the Operate for the Black-Eyed Susans.While the Derby at Churchill Downs boasted a early morning-line favorite as the winner, that tale didn't ring accurate at all in the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown. A horse other than Orb, Mylute, Goldencents and Itsmyluckyday winning that race would've been a shock.Oxbow arrived in with the second-most affordable odds in the field at 15-1, as per Preakness.com, but that didn't stop the D. Wayne Lukas thoroughbred from obtaining out to an early lead and maintaining it previous a slew of hungry competition. Matthew Stockman/Getty Pictures Orb simply looked absolutely nothing like a Triple Crown contender throughout the Preakness, despite all of the speak beforehand about his chances of breaking the horse racing barrier. He wasn't in a position to get any space,http://www.awebcafe.com/blogs/viewstory/2312757, even in a 9-horse area as opposed to the 19 horses at Churchill Downs.Oxbow's towards-the-odds victory marked a career accomplishment for jockey Gary Stevens,http://justiciagratis.com/blogs/viewstory/1834637, who is regarded as one of the sport's all-time greats,http://centrocomercial.cetrac.com/re...ewstory/714756, for each ESPN's Twitter account:3 wins in the Derby, three wins at Belmont, and now 3 wins in the #Preakness for jockey Gary Stevens. What a wire-to-wire get for Oxbow!&mdash ESPN (@espn) May 18,http://grumpy.cs.vt.edu/wiki/User:Sl...n_high_quality, 2013So, it seemed as if it was surely up to Orb and Oxbow in the final leg at the Belmont Stakes.Rather, it was underdog Palace Malice who surprised the horse racing globe yet again in this year's Triple Crown slate.Following putting numerous horses in the running for the Kentucky Derby and at Belmont, trainer Todd Pletcher finally found his gem and it likely wasn't the one he had expected heading into the period.The improbable get only proved what we had currently noticed this period&mdashthe Triple Crown is just far too unpredictable.