whoever decides to set the pace.... (if it were me) I would be in it to steal it... Kent's instructions have to be ... don't let a loose horse go to the front... keep him within range... maybe two out... no one in this race can match the burst that BB has... the only chance anyone has is to outgame him... watch any late works for someone trying to get the early jump on this bunch....

Da' Tara.

Could be. I wonder if Dutrow and Desormeaux are against setting the pace?

I would be. Big Brown seems to be pretty smart and mature, but I wouldn't risk having him get aggressive if someone comes to him early.

Is anyone picking Casino Drive outright over Brown or at least splitting your win slot fairly equally?

Ive got Brown to win on at least 90% of my win slot.

Casino Drive and Macho Again taking up the bulk of slots 2,3,4..

11th (6:25) Belmont S. (G1)

1 1/2 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000

1 Big Brown Desormeaux K J 126 L
2 Guadalcanal Castellano J J 126
3 Macho Again Gomez G K 126 L
4 Denis of Cork Albarado R J 126 L
5 Casino Drive Prado E S 126
6 Da' Tara Garcia Alan 126 L
7 Tale of Ekati Coa E M 126 L
8 Anak Nakal Leparoux J R 126 L
9 Ready's Echo Velazquez J R 126 L
10 Icabad Crane Rose J 126 L

i do

Kiss of death.

I am playing one $10 trifecta key ticket:

Casino Drive

Over

Da Tara

Big Brown

You simply can't make any money in the rwce unless you beat the superstar

I strongly disagree.

You know it is an exciting race when only two days out the sub-headline is still "Tomcito out".

I'm thinking of playing something like this:

$5 tri

Big Brown
with
Denis of Cork, Anak Nakal
with
Denis of Cork, Anak Nakal, Casino Drive, Tale of Ekati

A healthy Big Brown kills this field.

Unless you are going to invest a lot of money, how are you getting any value payoffs with Big Brown on top?

Big Brown
Denis Of Cork
Casino Drive

Tri pays about $30 for $2

not that he worries, but does anyone think Dutrow is worried about breaking on the rail with a maiden to his right who could be a basket case by post time?

If that happens you will make nothing.

disagree, it pays atleast 70 in that order.

You are absolutely out of your mind. Thats is 1/5, 10-1, 3-1

Thats pays $30 if you are lucky

No chance in hell. Might not even pay $70 with Anak Nakal in third.

I think that order still paysd $70 for $2....... not for sure betting this, just throwing it out there to get opinions like this.