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View Poll Results: What will be the reason California Chrome loses the Belmont.
He cannot get the distance 7 20.59%
Quality of competition is too great 5 14.71%
The last eleven going for the TC all lost, proving it's impossible to win 2 5.88%
He's got too much of a disadvantage with the pace setup 5 14.71%
He'll get a bad ride 4 11.76%
He doesn't like the Belmont surface 0 0%
The common belief that he's not good enough to be a triple crown winner 3 8.82%
Too many haters out there to overcome. 8 23.53%
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:47 PM
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Default Most likely reason California Chrome will lose

This is overdue.
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Old 06-05-2014, 12:53 AM
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I didn't see overcoming the mush as an option, so I chose the closest alternative.
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Old 06-05-2014, 01:30 AM
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I didn't see overcoming the mush as an option, so I chose the closest alternative.
Isn't The Mush on Wicked Strong?
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Old 06-05-2014, 05:37 AM
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I'm worried about the break.
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Old 06-05-2014, 07:07 AM
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And the most likely answer is not on the list ?

He is a little tired as lessening win margins show, and there are fresh quality horses waiting to run their best race. (Wicked Strong , Tonalist)
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Old 06-05-2014, 07:34 AM
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why would he lose?
another horse gets to the finish line first.
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