I HATED Dullahan in the Derby, and I still have my doubts about him on dirt, but he was brilliant on the Belmont dirt a few days ago, and Romans thinks he's ready. I think he and Paynter are the two IHA has to worry about. I've completely abandoned the Union Rags bandwagon for the time being.

I actually look for at least a little more pace than people are expecting in the Belmont.

You have a full field, a big crowd that might stir up a few horses, not a very long run into the 1st turn, and a lot of jockeys on hopeless horses who know they have no shot if they're not forward...and might want to try and pull a D' Tara on the front end or a Commendable pressing a stretch-out sprinter from a clear 2nd.

Paynter won a 5.5 furlong maiden race just four months ago. Unstoppable U won a 6 furlong maiden dueling on the lead less than 3 months ago. A few other horses in there can go faster than 48.

I just wish I didn't have to hear all of those people going on about how Dullahan is training. I'm gonna take one last shot with him. I don't see myself on him again for a while after this.

Calzone, didn't you mention in a previous thread that the late runners from the Derby were horses to bet against next time out? The statment held to form as Went the Day Well did not go the day well in the Preakness. Are you not going against your own advice by picking Dullahan?

i agree. belmont is usually kinder to front runners and stalkers, not the closers. too many think every time a horse almost gets there that with added distance, he will. and then they don't. but they get oh so close, and suck in some bettors next time around...

Summer Bird and Jazil seemed to do alright.

Yes, I am.

However, deep closers also can overachieve in the Belmont if they get a 47 and change pace.

If they don't ... they have to be clear-cut the best horse in order to win.

Dullahan obviously needs 47 and change and he needs Union Rags to give I'll Have Another a little pressure after a mile.

Jazil got a smoking pace.

If Dullahan gets that type of pace, I think his main competition is as likely to be a nag like Street Life as it is to be anyone of the big 3 horses.

With you there...it is just hard to figure out the pace because who knows which one of these pinheads will either go early for no reason or make an early move because he had no clue how big the track really is.

street life's numbers have been improving each race nag may not be an accurate adjective for this improving colt

easy on the street life nag stuff..hes done ok and has alot to look forward to this year. he just may get the dist and get a nice check over many over achievers that are here..ill take his jock over anyone here when my money is on the line.

A couple of months ago, the hype on Street Life, due to his last-to-first/on the wrong lead rallies, was at massive proportions. It's only just that he's now getting the "nag" backlash he deserves. He's failed miserably when stepped up in class, which was predictable, given the fact that he had to retreat to the inner track at Aqueduct to break his maiden.

He failed to catch the near 50-1 Right To Vote, stretching out from 6.5f, in the Peter Pan last out despite getting a breakneck :45+ and 1:09+ setup.

Mercifully, he has Mr. Prospector blood coursing through his veins, so he does have some shot.

dont you think he moved to late that race he had planty of steam post finish and i say this redboarding that he cost me that trifecta with that late burst

right to vote would be 6-1 in this field..

if streetlife was pointing to this all along does that give him an asterisk in the peter pan?
maybe this race that burst is just after the top of the stretch and he sits closer to the pace not dead freaking last

He always moves late. He has no speed and has no pronounced turn of foot. He takes all day to get in gear. The jock was all over him well before the top of the stretch in the Peter Pan, the horses stopped to a walk in front of him (Right To Vote took 39s to complete the final 3/8s) and he couldn't make a dent.

If it looks like it will be a soft pace, I suppose it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility, given his gut-busting effort in the Peter Pan.

Of course, in no way would that help Street Life's chances.

He was pointing for the Wood Memorial and the Kentucky Derby, too. How many chances does he get before being thoroughly exposed?

He sat close in the minor Broad Brush. Life and death to get up.

Atigun has a better chance.

you were right street life is not much..but dullihan is not anything..on the dirt..

Dullahan looked uncomfortable the whole race... hope the horse came out of the race ok.

Risen Star went 33 and change. I just saw this.