Belmont Fractions

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

The thing was they weren't going too slow. Borel completely misjudged the pace and made one of the worst premature moves of all time. If he waits he blows away Summer Bird.

I couldn't disagree more with this statement, I said this before the Belmont so this is not a rear view mirror comment, but MTB has one quick big burst which is better suited around tighter turning tracks, it wasn't the timing of the move as much as he couldn't sustain it, if Borel had waited Summer Bird would have still won there's no doubt who was running better in the end. I don't even think Kent D rode him particularly well but just did an OK job.

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i don't have a problem with the route borel chose but i hollered "to soon", as soon as MTB started to pick off horses.
i remember seeing a piece a couple years ago with jocks explaining strategies of this race. one thing they All agreed on, the common mistake was making a move or turning the horse loose to soon.