85/50? Or are you assuming Contessa ruins him?

Is that because of the quality of the winners, or the quantity of your alcohol consumption?

No, I forgot about him. However, I was thinking more of the extended sprints and flat miles like the Woody Stephens, King's Bishop, and Jerome.

Even though he won the sparse Bay Shore at 7f, I suspect he'll be at his best at 6f ultimately if he survives the route experiment.

Don't know much about that filly beyond her FG race. Does she run on dirt at all?

I was thinking about the 3yo races this summer anyways, so we won't have to worry about her until the BC if they choose to take on males.

West Ocean got a 98 and was tremendously impressive. I don't know where Pletcher's going to run her but she's very good right now.

NT

Jerry Brown intimated she earned a negative 2, which is absolutely unheard of for both a 3 year old filly, and a turf sprint.

She was a 3YO filly last year.

RHT math makes her 5

There have been several recent Derby winners who have not been particularly attractive stallion candidates. In recent history, more Belmont winners have emerged as significant sires than Derby winners. Also, a win in one of the other Classics can help enhance the reputation of a stallion they already own. As crazy as this sounds today, two years ago, Da' Tara's victory in the Belmont did a lot to enhance the reputation of Tiznow, a WinStar stallion.

Doing my best Don Adams imitation:

"Would you believe lightly raced 4 year old filly?":o

What's the longest priced Preakness Winner in recent history? Louis Quatorze is the only one that comes to mind.


Sarava is the best Belmont long shot I can remember
followed by Birdstone
then D Tara

Bernardini.

Exactly. Charismatic was actually the same price as Louis Quatorze.

NT