Belmont Winner

[outofthebox]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Given the brilliance of your last Belmont Stakes selection, I doubt anyone on this board will ignore your selection....

You'd make a great detective...

[asudevil]

Originally Posted by outofthebox

You'd make a great detective...

Yes!! Very Peter Falkesque...."just one more question"

[FATPIANO]

Alpha clearly dislikes Churchill Downs, just look at him on a NY track, never worse than second, will relish the distance, and is fresh , just like Union Rags, it could be the cold exacta, just like last years Champagne, As Woody Stephens said "When you cross the Hudson, those buildings get awful big" and he should know. Won 5, that's right 5 str8 Belmonts..............

[Thunder Gulch]

Maybe it just looks like Alpha likes New York because he doesn't face much when he's there. Best G1 effort is either a distant 2nd to Union Rags or a 2nd to Gemologist beating 3rd place Teeth of the Dog. He did "crush" Speightcity and Tiger Walk in the Withers.

I was a big Rags believer, and with the Belmont on deck, I can't figure out why I liked him so much. My eyes were fooling me when my head was saying "look at the figs".

[tywizard]

Originally Posted by FATPIANO

Alpha clearly dislikes Churchill Downs, just look at him on a NY track, never worse than second, will relish the distance, and is fresh , just like Union Rags, it could be the cold exacta, just like last years Champagne, As Woody Stephens said "When you cross the Hudson, those buildings get awful big" and he should know. Won 5, that's right 5 str8 Belmonts..............

I'm also intrigued by alpha. Seems like Alpha and Paynter are the only horses fast enough to potentially upset iha if he runs his race, which I assume he will.

[tywizard]

What do others think about the race? Who can beat I'll Have Another?

More specifically, thoughts on Paynter?