Belmont Stakes Field

[RolloTomasi]

Didn't Team Valor purchase some horse in Europe specifically with this race in mind?

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Didn't Team Valor purchase some horse in Europe specifically with this race in mind?

Gitano Hernando

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by brockguy

Gitano Hernando

Thanks, but:

Gitano Hernando to miss Belmont

One horse withdrawn from consideration for the Belmont is the European-based Gitano Hernando, who finished second in the Dee Stakes in England on May 8. According to Barry Irwin, head of the Team Valor International syndicate which owns the horse, Gitano Hernando came out of the race lame.

"He will need to walk for about three weeks, which eliminates him from the [Belmont]," Irwin said. "We plan to point him for grass racing this summer on the East Coast."

[letswastemoney]

If that's the field, it looks like Rachel will be coasting along on the lead in a field full of stalkers and closers

[hurricanefrank]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

If that's the field, it looks like Rachel will be coasting along on the lead in a field full of stalkers and closers

Totally agree with this. Makes me think back to what Swale was able to do on the chooch back in 1984.