Very nice, congrats!!

I misread this race. I did not think they would go 23 1/5 and 45 3/5 for the half. Since the race was that slow early it eliminated off the pacers Sun King and Silver Wagon.

Thank you. I just didn't understand how Sun King could go off at 7/2 and Political Force (better than SK last out) could go off at odds of over 20-1. Would have been foolish of me to not take a stab with those odds. I know SK's last was a prep for this one, but I just saw PF as a playback.

I guess the discrepancy in the odds probably had a lot to do with the fact that Sun King has a heart the size of the Belmont grandstand......and his famed steely resolve is the reason for his popularity with so many.

In all seriousness, High Finance could have won this race at a fat price....if only he'd been entered.

They only ran .10 faster than the $46k allowance horses the race before. Pretty sad.

Thanks to everyone who talked me off of Half Ours- the pace wasn't right and I don't think the distance was either. . . Silent Name looked AWFUL before the race- the way they were giving him all that water in the stall made me toss him. . . That left me with Corinthian. . . hehehe

I agree 100%. I was expecting something like 5 or 6 to 1 on Sun King and about 10-1 on Politcal Force.

Not saying someone should have been bet more. Saying that 5 or 6 to 1 in more logical. And this is well stated by Declans.

By the way- Chatain would've crushed this field. . .

The race before it was on a different surface.

However, it was just 0.71 seconds faster than an N2X ALW race earlier on in the card.

that 6th race was a 50k opt/cl and the horses were pretty darn good in that field. they ran the final 1/4 in 23.78 wheras in the Met Mile the final f was 24.48.

Okay, will you who bad-mouthed Ronny agree he belongs in G1 stakes races? A one-turn mile is not his best configuration, but he still beat Silver Wagon, Half Ours, Sun King, Latent Heat, and he was giving weight to every horse in the race except SW. Not much weight, mind you - this isn't really a handicap anymore, it it?

Ron really looked like a pony when he came up next to Corinthian, didn't he? How tall is that sucker, anyway? He looks HUGE.

I thought he was setup perfectly until Edgar moved him a tad too soon. Still a game effort.

his 1/2 brother, 3 yr old Vitruvius, is 2 for 2.

Any time you post about any horse trained by Nick Zito you should include the disclaimer you offered with your previous banned name Eurobounce that you have a personal dislike for the guy. It taints everything you say involving his horses.

Anyone that knows anything about racewatching realizes two things about today's Met Mile.....one - the pace was tepid at best which hampered a deep closer like Sun King and two - a closer like him wants to move outside of horses when rallying and given his absurd ride he had absolutely no chance. However, if you are just molding your posts to suit some personal animus then I guess it is impossible to see things clearly. Or else you just have absolutely no idea how to watch a horse race.

now now pp; this is not pino we're talkin bout.

In need of recap....
 

Who won The Met Mile, and how?

I just like when Prado whipped Political Force in the face, then just pissed him off and he charged up.