And the Met Mile winner is.
 

The hell with the Belmont, which seems like a 2 horse race. Who wins the Met?

Agree.. Tough race to cap!

True North/ Met double is a tasty looking bet. I haven't figured it out yet

Heart says Private Zone, brain says Tonalist and Tamarkuz seems like the value but I agree, much better race on paper than the Belmont.

I think Wicked Strong could get lost in the betting a little bit and he should get the jump on both Tonalist and Honor Code...His last race I think was a little better than it looked.

I am leaning towards Tamarkuz right now.

Tonalist, easily.

Bayern or WIcked Strong

Bingo. No contest.

Yes!

First glance looks like some nice speed in this one. Sets up nice for Honor Code though I need to look at it some more.

I think it is highly likely that Private Zone and Bayern hook up with even Bay of Plenty dueling up front, I am going to play Kobe's Back who is improving quite a bit and could upset this at a very nice price with a perfect setup.

Tough to go against Tonalist, especially at Belmont. Anyone know why Johnny is riding instead of Rosario though?

It was the owner's call - said he was more comfortable with Johnny V in the Met Mile. Seems really odd to me too..

I don't like Tonalist here at all.

He's a better horse than I originally thought, but I think he's up against it here, especially if Bayern is back to normal.

What happened to Palace Malice?

Our hearts and brains came up with the same horses, they just picked differently. I also like the McLaughlin horses.

Standing at Three Chimneys.

I was just looking up the farms I might have a chance to visit next week in Lexington and I saw him there. I was kind of surprised myself.

If Bayern is 100% he still isn't faster than Private Zone, and I can argue a case that Pants on Fire is even faster than him. He's going to need to do something he's never done (without wiping out his competitors) and work out a trip from behind the speed. Personally I think he's going to be used up by the 3/8ths pole and struggling by the 1/4 pole with the rest of the speed folding quickly thereafter.

Tonalist is 2nd off a layoff, off a career top, which sets him up (Thorograph-wise) for a huge move forward. And has a preferred style pace wise.

Not trying to talking anyone off anything, it's a fantastic race with a bunch of great horses - I just don't see this as a tough race to find the winner.

IC, what don't you like about him here?

I think Private Zone is the horse to beat, but an unlikely healthy Bayern loose on the lead is dangerous.

I don't think Tonalist is best suited for a fast paced mile, with genuine high quality milers.

Really? Even though he just ran 26 days ago?