Must have been his 12: 0-1-2 record in the Belmont.

I am not fond of Desormeaux's riding whatsoever but Smith is very far from an upgrade.

NT

How could it possibly matter who rides Drosselmeyer? He'll finish the same nowhere with Raymondo Fuentes.

thats not very nice....I know deep down you want him to win:D

I'm not sure Drosselmeyer is a favorite to ever win another race. Maybe on grass. Can he run on grass?

Smith sure will be riding him. After about a mile. "Imploring....no response"

Current Belmont prospectives as of 5/21

http://www.drf.com/tc/belmont/2010/p...tender-pps.pdf


Drosselmeyer
First Dude
Fly Down
Game On Dude
Ice Box
Make Music for Me
Spangled Star
Stately Victor
Stay Put
Uptowncharlybrown

No Derby, Preak winner...they are dropping faster than flies. Hope the undercard is a good one.

The presence of Mr Prosector or Deputy Minister in Belmont winners 1st or 2nd generation in the last 10-12 years has an extremely high win rate. With the absence of Lookin at Lucky, Game On Dude stands alone:$:

Plus,he has several other upsides, such as the change to Baffert and subsequent huge improvement with blinkers added

What odds,15-1?

All the young dudes....

I don't know, what were the odds of two horses with "dude" in their name being entered in the Belmont.

^^^^ He's on to something...and he doesn't even know it.

back up the trucks on the "Dude" exacta you say?

Game On Dude Santa Anita Park Seven Furlongs 1.26:60
Stately Victor Churchill Training Five Furlongs 59:40

Even if he can't, he'll be over bet.

Can you imagine that stretch call if those two are dueling at the end? They might have to fly in Jeff Spicoli to call the race. ;)

Heeeeyyyyy...I know that dude....

SixToFive.....not exactly a student of the ZC,are ya?

^^^^ Has 4 dollars socked away ....betting it all to win on the Lanskymeyer

i like that fly down horse.

McLaughlin in familiar spot for Belmont

The last time the Belmont Stakes was held without the Kentucky Derby winner and the Preakness winner in the field was 2006, and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin won the race with Jazil.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/113278.html

Dave in Dixie...

http://drf.com/news/article/113300.html

I like how Privman summed up Icebox's trip in the Derby:

"At Churchill Downs, Ice Box breezed a half-mile in 46.40 seconds eight days before the Derby. He then turned in a terrific effort, rallying to finish second while encountering more trouble than British Petroleum has gotten into lately."

Good one. :D

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Interesting recount of Belmonts past - http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/er...y-38-belmonts/

Ernie rocks. That blog entry is the greatest.

Got the Big Brown entry right about the bathrooms.

Funny column.

FTFY

Who else besides First Dude has speed? I can't remember all their running styles.

Like it matters.

2 break-ups on Belmont day along the way...funny stuff.