The 3-2 favorite was 2nd and the 4-1 third choice was third... What should it have paid? The short priced favorite is sure to depress the exotics. You needed that horse out of the money to get the payoff you deserved for having Adduce.
I watched that race from the Belmont racing office and Barclay Tagg got a real kick out the Cartwright girl winning as she used to get on horses for him in the mornings. Said she used to lobby him for mounts in the afternoon.
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