Belmont Stakes Field
 

Anticipated field for Belmont 141:

1. Brave Victory
Nick Zito
Rajiv Maragh
Robert V. LaPenta

2. Charitable Man
Kiaran McLaughlin
Alan Garcia
Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.

3. Chocolate Candy
Jerry Hollendorfer
Garrett Gomez
Craig Family Trust

4. Dunkirk
Todd Pletcher
John Velazquez
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, & Derrick Smith

5. Flying Private
D. Wayne Lukas
Julien Leparoux
Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack

6. Luv Gov
D.Wayne Lukas
Miguel Mena
Marylou Whitney Stables

7. Miner’s Escape
Nick Zito
Jose Lezcano
Robert V. LaPenta

8. Mine That Bird
Chip Woolley
Calvin Borel
Double Eagle Ranch & Buena Suerte Equine

9. Mr. Hot Stuff
Eoin Harty
Edgar Prado
WinStar Farm LLC

10. Summer Bird
Tim Ice
Kent Desormeaux
Kalarikkal & Vilasini Jayaraman

Didn't Team Valor purchase some horse in Europe specifically with this race in mind?

Gitano Hernando

Thanks, but:

Gitano Hernando to miss Belmont

One horse withdrawn from consideration for the Belmont is the European-based Gitano Hernando, who finished second in the Dee Stakes in England on May 8. According to Barry Irwin, head of the Team Valor International syndicate which owns the horse, Gitano Hernando came out of the race lame.

"He will need to walk for about three weeks, which eliminates him from the [Belmont]," Irwin said. "We plan to point him for grass racing this summer on the East Coast."

If that's the field, it looks like Rachel will be coasting along on the lead in a field full of stalkers and closers

luv gov seems pretty logical, i like the progression lukas is going through with this horse, there are obviously a lot harder N1X out there in the world today


-bt-

Where is the Lone Star Derby winner going next?

I really would like Rachel A to run in the Belmont

Of course, I guess lately I've been a sucker for "the wise guy" pick, who in this case must be Charitable Man. We've get a 10 horse field, or so and Chocolate Candy,Dunkirk- a solid Triple Crown group right there with Rachel and Mine That Bird

I think Charitable Man is going to be ridiculously overbet in the Belmont relative to what his odds should be and I'm not high on his chances to win the race at all.

NT

Dunkirk seems to have overcome his issues.

Totally agree with this. Makes me think back to what Swale was able to do on the chooch back in 1984.

To start, he's a sickly-looking, lightly-raced colt. His stride is suspect in his races and I think Prado did him no favors in the Derby. I assumed he skipped the Preakness to get straightened out.

i just wrote a letter to the editor of the ark. democrat gazette. the idiot sportswriter, wally halll, had an article today saying rachel alexandra should retire, should rest on her laurels. that jackson should not 'put her in harms way'. she has 'nothing left to prove'. i wonder if they'll print my letter....

i suggested that perhaps it was really time for mr. hall to retire! that he apparently is advocating ending the sport entirely. bah what a moron.

Do you know what name he uses to post here?

lol

as impossible as some are on here, no one stoops to halls level. i usually don't read him, but when i saw the title i figured what the heck. typical tripe from him.

here's the dem-gazette article that set me off last night, it was linked on equidaily (love that site!)

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Sports/260004/

wally hall sounds like a hysterical daytime soap opera queen. yeesh



"Let her final racing picture be in the Preakness winner's circle." they pay this guy? for this drivel?

I would think something would have to be wrong with Luv Gov to skip this one. Isn't this what DWL was prepping him for all along with those 28 MSW races?

From Belmont Park Notes Team, Brave Victory added to Belmont lineup...

Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito and owner Robert V. LaPenta, who teamed to win last year’s Belmont Stakes with Da’ Tara, will have two starters in the 1 ½-mile Belmont – Miner’s Escape and Brave Victory.

“They’ll both work either tomorrow, Friday or Saturday,” said Zito, who also won the 2004 Belmont with Birdstone.