Who runs in Belmont?

[CSC]

This could have explained his relatively poor performance in the American Turf. I know Mandella is conservative and he probably knows better than anyone how to care for a horse but this comment caught my eye.

It's nothing serious," Mandella emphasized. "We are going to give him a couple months off and start thinking about next year."

[Gate Dancer]

Ridiculous as this sounds, I still hope to see him (Setsuko) get healthy and run on conventional dirt. I just can't believe he won't move up. He's a May foal and the time off should help him mature also.

[slotdirt]

I don't know, I thought his relatively poor performance on the turf at CD could have been because he's probably not a turf horse.

[dalakhani]

game on dude

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

game on dude

You can have him.

[randallscott35]

Dublin to bypass Belmont
By Marty McGee

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Dublin has been withdrawn from consideration for the 142nd Belmont Stakes on June 5, meaning no horse will have run in all three Triple Crown events this year. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas said early Thursday at Churchill Downs that Dublin will wait for the fall classics and that withdrawing the colt wasn t an easy decision, because he s really doing good.

Lukas noted that Dublin has had five races in 12 weeks and he wanted to give the colt a little break before gearing back up for major races such as the Haskell, Jim Dandy, or Travers before ultimately pointing for the Nov. 6 Breeders Cup Classic at Churchill.

[clyde]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

You can have him.

Think she is wanting NotDirt to plug her.



Can see where you would get confused.

[Mike]

The presence of Mr Prosector or Deputy Minister in Belmont winners 1st or 2nd generation in the last 10-12 years has an extremely high win rate. With the absence of Lookin at Lucky, Game On Dude stands alone

Plus,he has several other upsides, such as the change to Baffert and subsequent huge improvement with blinkers added

What odds,15-1?

[tector]

All the young dudes....

[slotdirt]

I don't know, what were the odds of two horses with "dude" in their name being entered in the Belmont.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I don't know, I thought his relatively poor performance on the turf at CD could have been because he's probably not a turf horse.

It's probably too early to say either way, look at Al Khali last year, there were some opinions that he wouldn't amount to much on turf either.

[tjfla]

Well looks like we are down to 12

Starting to wonder how low Ice Box and Fly Down will be bet down to? Still looks like we could have another Preakness tho with couple single digit odds and rest at 25/1

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by CSC

It's probably too early to say either way, look at Al Khali last year, there were some opinions that he wouldn't amount to much on turf either.

So he proved everyone wrong with his scintillating Saranac win?

Setsuko is a plug but I am dismayed that he's not running in the Belmont because he would have sucked up a ton of money. I'll have to just rely on Game on Dude for that now.

NT

[TouchOfGrey]

The WinStar Farm-owned colt will be ridden by Mike Smith in the third leg of the Triple Crown, racing manager Elliott Walden said May 20. Walden said the jockey switch was made to “shake things up a little bit.”

Seems to be the thing to do these days.

Smith to Ride Drosselmeyer in Belmont

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

Seems to be the thing to do these days.

Smith to Ride Drosselmeyer in Belmont

Must have been his 12: 0-1-2 record in the Belmont.

I am not fond of Desormeaux's riding whatsoever but Smith is very far from an upgrade.

NT