Thoughts about Belmont Day at Saratoga . . .

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN

PS
Without the bumping and interference at the start
I think SIERA LEONE Woulda Won

Anyone else agree with that?

AGREE! Same thing I said in my first post.

[Indian Hemp]

Sierre Leone stumbled rather badly out of the gate. On that track, race over.

[cal828]

Chad said he wasn't surprised that a speed horse won the race. I wasn't surprised that a speed horse won. I was just surprised by which speed horse won. Figured it would be Seize the Gray, but I think the race was a little bit different than the Preakness in that there were one or two more "speed" horses than in the Preakness. All that said, I usually don't recognize the subtleties of track bias except when it is really very obvious that every race is won by a certain type of runner. One of these days, hopefully, I'll learn to make these observations before the race and not after. I keep trying, but it seldom works out.

[Indian Hemp]

We used to accuse CD of getting it like a highway for the Derby.

At least it wasn't sitting there for an hour in the sunshine after getting sealed.