Closers getting a setup in the Belmont

[philcski]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I'd love to see a cumulative list of recent collective Belmont winners in their post-Belmont careers. It can't be very good.

2011: Ruler on Ice- winless in 6 starts since
2010: Drosselmeyer- won BC Classic & listed stake, 2 seconds at Belmont, 3 off the board finishes
2009: Summer Bird- won Travers & JCGC, 2nd in Haskell, 4th in BCC
2008: Da Tara- winless in 11 starts... and not even close in a lot of them
2007: Rags to Riches- ran once, 2nd at 1/5 in Gazelle
2006: Jazil- winless in 3 starts
2005: Afleet Alex- never ran again
2004: Birdstone- won Travers, 7th in BCC
2003: Empire Maker- 2nd at 1/5 in Jim Dandy
2002: Sarava- winless in 8 starts, never hit the board
2001: Point Given- won Haskell & Travers, retired
2000: Commendable- off the board twice then 3rd in Travers, 2nd in Super Derby

Drosselmeyer, Summer Bird, and Point Given did very well. Everybody else... not so much.