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Old 06-06-2012, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ateamstupid View Post
If he's to have any chance to win, he'll need to do it from closer to the pace than he's ever been around two turns. In a 12-furlong race with a projected moderate pace, that drop back and make one late run shtick isn't going to cut it. I just can't see it. I'll Have Another and Paynter both will get first run on him. Castellano has to hope neither of those two will get the distance.
i agree. belmont is usually kinder to front runners and stalkers, not the closers. too many think every time a horse almost gets there that with added distance, he will. and then they don't. but they get oh so close, and suck in some bettors next time around...
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