I guess they are thinking of their horse first. I know the fans are going to be disappointed and angry, but it is their horse.

Besides, they are probably afraid of Tizzy! :)

While I was looking forward to Curlin, Street Sense and Hard Spun to contest the Belmont I trust they have made the right decision for the horse. I look forward to seeing SS run later this year.

What a joke. . . The first triple crown race I'll ever see in person just got a lot less interesting. . .

Louis Quatorze ran in all three legs of the Triple Crown, then won the Jim Dandy and almost won the Travers before missing by a nose in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

It's a sad day when a Kentucky Derby winner, who is training well, can't be expected to keep the same schedule as Louis Quatorze.

Looks like Nafzger didn't want to make the same mistake twice (Unbridled)

Good for him.

Two different horses. I would hope that Nafzger knows what is best for his horses.

That was back in 1996. That seems like an eternity. The game has changed drastically in the past 10 years. Since then, u've had Medaglia d'Oro run in all three, win the two Saratoga races and run in the BC. We've had War Emblem and Funny Cide run in all three and run in the BC. Anymore or is that it?

So who might be pointed to the Belmont since SS is out??


Rags?
Sedgefield??

I'm not even holding Street Sense to the same standard as Medaglia D' Oro. And I didn't use War Emblem or Funny Cide in my argument becasue they did nothing in the BC Classic. I used Louis Quatorze because he darn near won the BC Classic and the Travers, and becuase he isn't exactly regarded as one of the top 25 horses in the last 10 years or so. Although I really liked him.

Rags- likely not running, as per Pletcher
Sedgefield- injured, out for about 6 months

Pillow- Unbridled was a notorious bleeder and in '90 you couldn't run on Lasix in NY, and apparently he bled badly in the Belmont June heat. Not saying it's the wrong decision to hold him out if he doesn't think he's ready to roll but I don't think his Unbridled experience had much to do with it.

I'd like to see both of these go to make it more interesting.

And I'm not pissed about Street Sense skipping it.
I'd much rather see the Kentucky Derby winner run in the Breeders Cup Classic (going the same distance he won the derby), than running him back in the Belmont going 12F. There's no triple crown on the line and there's a real possibility he wouldn't be back to race in the fall.

I'd rather see the Derby winner in the Belmont - a far more historically significant race - than the Breeders Cup.

I agree. . . This is where the best three year olds are supposed to run. . . Street Sense has a much better chance to win the Belmont than he does the BC Classic with EEnvAsor so I don't understand why they wouldn't run him. . .

I'm just going by coincidence. Street Sense and Unbridled have the same record in Triple Crown races. Following that logic, Street Sense's chances weren't great in the Belmont.

Regardless i'm not upset over this decision. Street Sense was trained this year with the Derby as the priority.

If people want these horses to run, maybe an outcry for larger purses should be in order.

Yes, that million dollar purse is just miniscule.

:rolleyes:

I'm disappointed but not shocked. I find it sad that the $1m G1 Belmont stakes doesn't have enough cache on it's own to attract the Derby winner/Preakness runner up in an attempt to even the score.

I dont have a problem with this move at all. I don't think Carl looks at the Belmont the same way as he does the Travers. There is no need to run SS in the Belmont. A nice 2 month layoff and then the Dandy or Haskell and then they Travers. Then onto to the Breeders Cup if all goes well. If this plan works, SS would have raced 7 times in 2007. Not really much more you can ask in this day of racing.