NTRA.com -- go under "races" and look it up under August...they had it earlier today, anyway.

Yeah I know, you just keep bashing Todd!! The guy has by all accounts(I'm sure even his own) a bad weekend yet manages a 3rd in the Whitney, a win in the Matchmaker stakes yesterday, a win in the million dollar Haskell, and an allowance win at the Spa yesterday. I guess he should be looking for some rope to hang himself with. His stable banked a million bucks this past week.:)

Thanks, Irish! That did the trick... :)

I think BGC could still have a chance at HOY without racing in the Travers. If neither BGC n'or Bright One race in the Travers, who will Bernardini beat if he wins? BGC won a GI impressively, while the Jim Dandy was only a GII. If those two don't meet until the BC and continue to win until then, I think that race could determine 3 yo of the year. If either one of them wins or runs very well, they'll get it. If not, give it to Barbaro. . .

bluegrass still has a shot...he ran in two classic vs bernardinis single--yeah, that was a win, but bgc has two seconds....and his million dollar win yesterday has to put him on par w/ bernardini at THIS point.
i think it all comes down to whether one of them beats the older horses.


i hope he comes out well, and todd elects to run in the travers. this guy knows how to run 10f, we can only assume that bernardini can. and bright one to lead the way to the far turn. i can't remember the last time i felt so excited about the travers!

Ya, but the Preakness had a weak field. BGC got second in the Derby and Belmont- both of which had much better fields than the Preakness. Especially when you take Barbaro out of the equation at Pimlico.

I'll admit that I'm a little anti-Bernardini though because of my allegiance to Barbaro. The only bet I made in the Preakness was an exacta with Barbaro over Bernardini, and I've seen Bernardini in person so I know how impressive he looks. As stupid as it may sound, I think I'll always resent him for what happened to Barbaro-even though he had nothing to do with it. It's a shame that Bernardini will always sort of have that over his head. It could've been Affirmed/Alydar all over again.

Looks like Danzig kind of beat me to my point

Your high if you think the Belmont had a better field than the Preakness. That couldnt be further from the truth. The Preakness had Barbaro, Bernardini and the Sweetsaint, all of which are better than Jazil.

Bluegrass Cat ran a wow yesterday. He is legit if Pletcher keeps him going in the rght direction.

But the rest of that Belmont field was not anything to write home about.

High Finance, LOL. Had to be the stupidest bet I have ever made.

i think the preakness was the better field, BUT...the champ got knocked out, and pretty much took bro derek off his game, and out of contention when he stopped in front of him. as for SNS, it was one too many at that point. i'll be surprised if he makes it back before years end.
the belmont was definitely the weakest field this year.

i just can't seem to quite wrap my mind around them skipping the third jewel with bernardini. wasn't like he was put thru a grinder this spring, he took it pretty easy. i really think they aimed specifically for the preakness to pull a 'red bullet', and play spoiler. i could be wrong....but it's what i think.

I would call that Belmont anything but a jewel. Sorry, it was the worst triple crown race I can ever remember.

Thank god Saratoga here and Belmont fall meet follows. No grade one stinkers. Every Saturday here is good. Even in fields like the Jim Dandy your treated to a stunning performance which kind of makes up for the lack of competition.

no, there have been others that were bad. commendables for example. yikes.
hell, they even sent the horse out of the country!!

Not knocking him at all, but you seem to take pleasure in bashing all others, they don't have the numbers Todd does ( and the vet). The bottom line is you delight in taking cheap shots at Albertrani and say nothing when Pletchers short priced horses are dismal and up the track, he's always given an out in your eyes, the bottom line is Flower Alley stank just as much as Deputy Glitters and he was a far shorter price.

i'm looking forward to them meeting..but at this point, a win against older is what they need to get an eclipse.

Jazil is better than SNS- I wasn't counting Barbaro and I wasn't counting Bernardini because I was discussing who Bernardini beat. . .

yes, i said the field was the weakest of the three--doesn't translate as being a weak field necessarily. one of them had to be the weakest, right?

i just tend to have more respect for those that do, not those that skip..

if bernardini wins the travers, but fails to beat older, than i feel barbaro will get the votes. because everyone will say well barbaro would have beaten them as well. plus barbaro won the derby...and there will be much speculation that barbaro would have been the tc winner had he stayed healthy. bernardini should have gone to the belmont, then they could argue that he had two classic wins had he won in ny.