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Originally Posted by Gander
In Eclipse balloting, the Belmont winner Jazil was not even rated in the top three.
Rightfully so!
I wouldnt give much credit to Take the Bluff's victory. He sat a perfect trip behind a horse who should never be on the lead to begin with- Executive Choice. And he was all out to hold off the mighty Thundering Success, in a
3 horse field.
And I dont consider Bob & John any better a horse then Scrappy T and a few others who ran behind Afleet Alex in the 05 Belmont.
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Even Scrappy T wasn't in that field. That stellar field was comprised of:
Andromeda's Hero
Nolan's Cat
Indy Storm
AP Arrow
Chekhov
Giacomo
Southern Africa
Watchmon
Reverberate
Pinpoint
That being said Alex won that race incredibly easily and likely could have made an early move and blown them away if they were concerned with putting up a good time. As it was it was still 14 lengths back to the 3rd place finisher.