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|   Did they abolish the Woody Stephens or something? | 
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|   Incognito a go.. 
				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   Has anybody watched that round table (well, I guess 3 people constitutes a round table) on Bloodhorse about this year's Belmont? About halfway through I felt like I was watching Kentucky Derby pre-race commentary from 1995. Dosage?   | 
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|   Oxbow still bouncing about (works of Will Take Charge and Golden Soul available too): http://www.belmontstakes.com/multime...px?VideoId=110 And an excellent blog entry from Andy: http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/an...g-the-mystery/ | 
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|   Andy's writes so well and is so passionate about his sport its hard to ever find issue with his comments. | 
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				__________________ "An Absolute Thriller!!" - Grassy wins a six-way photo finish, Saratoga 9th, 8-22-09 | 
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|   I believe it was Freddy who gave me an endorsement on Erich Maria Remarque the other day. | 
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|   16 is capacity. 
				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   Final jocks assigned now with Leparoux on Vyjack, Garcia on Frac Daddy and all three Repoles confirmed. 15 horse field appears set for Belmont draw Wednesday.. 6/8: BELMONT STAKES 1. Orb (McGaughey/Rosario) 2. Oxbow (Lukas/Stevens) 3. Will Take Charge (Lukas/Court) 4. Revolutionary (Pletcher/Castellano) 5. Overanalyze (Pletcher/Velazquez) 6. Palace Malice (Pletcher/Smith) 7. Giant Finish (Dutrow/Prado) 8. Unlimited Budget (Pletcher/Napravnik) 9. Freedom Child (Albertrani/Saez) 10. Always in a Tiz (Schettino/Cohen) 11. Golden Soul (Stewart/Albarado) 12. Incognito (McLaughlin/I. Ortiz) 13. Vyjack (R. Rodriguez/Leparoux) 14. Midnight Taboo (Pletcher/G. Gomez) 15. Frac Daddy (McPeek/A. Garcia) 
				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   That has to be the biggest field in like forevah!  There have been a few 12 horse fields. | 
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|   1983. Caveat. 
				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   13 in that field, but a race I hadn't seen on video before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1immmAJSubw http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=5443,1948469 Some interesting stats in those newspaper clippings: - It was the first time the Derby winner skipped the Belmont since 1970; and - Largest field for the Belmont was 14 in 1875 | 
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				__________________ All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. | 
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|   I think I'm going to favor the early speed types, even with a large field.  Grabbing disease is everywhere. Even if it isn't, Oxbow is a tough horse and the pace will not be as fast as the Derby. | 
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|   Any love for Revolutionary yet going 12 furlongs ? Big fields = big payouts | 
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|   Any idea if the Woody Stephens is part of the pick 4? | 
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|   It will certainly be in the Pick 4 if the prospective field enters. FYI, it has been in the Pick 4 9 of the last 10 years, with the only exception being 2010. That running had a field of five. | 
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