too bad that name wasn't still around for zenyatta. ;)

Belmont Draw
 

1. Street Life, 12-1
2. Unstoppable U, 30-1
3. Union Rags, 6-1
4. Atigun, 30-1
5. Dullahan, 5-1
6. Ravelo's Boy, 50-1
7. Five Sixteen, 50-1
8. Guyana Star Dweej, 50-1
9. Paynter, 8-1
10. Optimizer, 20-1
11. I'll Have Another, 4-5
12. My Adonis, 20-1

Outside again, looks good for IHA.

funky spot for street life and his run style
3 for rags as long as doesnt get sqeezed at the start JV should be able to pick a garden spot
iha gets to loop and glide into position
i cant freakin wait

I still don't see where the Saturday entries have been posted at NYRA.

Anyone know when they'll be available?

EDIT: the card is out

Belmont pp's
 

Any idea's as to where the PP's could be downloaded for the belmont saturday card when they come out?

Appreciate the help...


Scat

Steve

You talk a lot about developing 3 year olds and their tendencies to pair up figures and move forward. In looking at the pp it appears that Atigun Dullahan and Paynter all fit with that general theory. That said, it looks like I'll Have Another may also be eligible for either a pairing of the Preakness figure or another step forward. Any thoughts?

Thanks, Steve.

this field is beyond horrid now with IHA out

It's certainly not what anyone wanted to see, but this statement is just silly.

It is not silly when the official attendance is taken tomorrow

Again, I don't think that correlates to the quality of the field. The main attraction is going to be sorely missed and will impact attendance, handle, etc. My point is that the other horses are still (at least 4-5) talented horses with bright futures.

bright futures is the polite way of saying "hasn't done anything yet"

the race is tomorrow so hopefully the bright future is 24 hours away....imo the field is made up of past there prime and not mature enough horses...none of them are clicking on all cylinders right now and it might be a competitive race but a superstar will not be born tomorrow

tanner12oz clearly didn't catch the last couple runnings of the Belmont. That 2010 field sure was dynamite.

i have and they stunk too...

speed figure and final time confirms that the race was a clunker...union rags best 3 year old of his generation *barf*

Who said that?

The way Velazquez sat on the sulky and guided him home, no doubt the best three year old trotter around.

Lots of sour grapes on here.

No sour grapes here, I made money betting on the race. What was really sour was that the top two finishers from both the Derby and the Preakness were not running so to me it certainly was not " the test of a champion."

the guy with glasses on tvg

Oh, well . . .
:rolleyes:

If they still had the Triple Crown bonus you wouldn't have horses skipping all these races. $5 MILLION for the Triple Crown winner and $1 million for the point leader. In fact Bodemeister would have competed with that system.

Haskin's wrap-up:

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse...commentMessage

Reflecting back, after a strange prep season, I think this was the most exciting Triple Crown season since the Street Sense - Curlin - Rags to Riches Triple.

That makes it more exciting than what, the last four?

I don't know. Super Saver was pretty thrilling, and who can ever forget the greatness that was IEAH a couple of years before that?

Oh, and what about Mine That Bird! That was totally awesome.

Maybe the single best TC moment of the last five years was the great display of intellect shown by the jockeys in last years Belmont!

This year totally sucked compared to those highlight reel moments.