Ice Box takes the last two Triple Crown races

[HaloWishingwell]

Ice Box will skip The Preakness then we'll hear pace excuses on why he didnt win the Belmont.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

Ice Box will skip The Preakness then we'll hear pace excuses on why he didnt win the Belmont.

Autotossing a Zito horse in the Belmont is about as wise as autotossing a Calvin Borel piloted horse in a Graded stakes at Churchill.

[NTamm1215]

Zito and LaPenta disagree on whether to run Ice Box in the Preakness.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/112672.html

NT

[jms62]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Zito and LaPenta disagree on whether to run Ice Box in the Preakness.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/112672.html

NT

Zito is 100% right about this one. He would be going into the Belmont just like Summer Bird did last year.

[tjfla]

Just run him in the Belmont however IF he runs in the Preakness there are gonna be some great odds are other horses

This horse wants distance,not a shorter track with tight corners. KD is 1 1/2 miles he is the winner easily

Run him tho and let him go off at 3/1. Ill jump all over other horses at a price

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by tjfla

Just run him in the Belmont however IF he runs in the Preakness there are gonna be some great odds are other horses

This horse wants distance,not a shorter track with tight corners. KD is 1 1/2 miles he is the winner easily

Run him tho and let him go off at 3/1. Ill jump all over other horses at a price

this just won't die, will it?

[cakes44]

It really never will.

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by jms62

Zito is 100% right about this one. He would be going into the Belmont just like Summer Bird did last year.

I agree. The longer the race, the better he'll be.

[Danzig]

the belmont, in general, is not a closers race. a race with early pace is a closers dream, the distance doesn't really have anything to do with it.

[MisterB]

Originally Posted by Danzig

the belmont, in general, is not a closers race. a race with early pace is a closers dream, the distance doesn't really have anything to do with it.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

the belmont, in general, is not a closers race. a race with early pace is a closers dream, the distance doesn't really have anything to do with it.

The Belmont is a Zito race.

[HaloWishingwell]

Originally Posted by jms62

Autotossing a Zito horse in the Belmont is about as wise as autotossing a Calvin Borel piloted horse in a Graded stakes at Churchill.

Then I will take my chances with it. Ice Box has a style that just doesn't win many races while his claim to fame was winning a a watered down Florida Derby over Pleasant Prince.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

Then I will take my chances with it. Ice Box has a style that just doesn't win many races while his claim to fame was winning a a watered down Florida Derby over Pleasant Prince.

i agree, ice boxes running style wins way less races(including the belmont) than say, super savers. he kind of reminds me of mine that bird....its all go to fall into place or hes just a board hitting horse. i love how people still believe the myth that hes going to close better because its a a mile and a half.........i've been hearing that one since brians time in 1988 and he got second. the only years these horses win is if theres a contested pace, which is not a given. his chances of winning the belmont go up if super saver wins again because then there will be a full court press on the lead. this is what did smarty jones and big brown in.