I hope this is the majority in that opinion. I see no reason to retrack now after his final major work Sat, I love his chances.

They are adding blinkers for the Belmont.

Field virtually set now for Belmont... Nowhere to Hide won't run.


1. Brave Victory
Nick Zito
Rajiv Maragh
Robert V. LaPenta

2. Charitable Man
Kiaran McLaughlin
Alan Garcia
Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.

3. Chocolate Candy
Jerry Hollendorfer
Garrett Gomez
Craig Family Trust

4. Dunkirk
Todd Pletcher
John Velazquez
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, & Derrick Smith

5. Flying Private
D. Wayne Lukas
Julien Leparoux
Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack

6. Luv Gov
D.Wayne Lukas
Miguel Mena
Marylou Whitney Stables

7. Miner’s Escape
Nick Zito
Jose Lezcano
Robert V. LaPenta

8. Mine That Bird
Chip Woolley
Calvin Borel
Double Eagle Ranch & Buena Suerte Equine

9. Mr. Hot Stuff
Eoin Harty
Edgar Prado
WinStar Farm LLC

10. Summer Bird
Tim Ice
Kent Desormeaux
Kalarikkal & Vilasini Jayaraman

Borel seems to have put another tremendous form-building work into a horse before a big triple crown race.
13.80 12.80 11.8 11.3 GLP12.5

Wow, only six no hopers in the field? That's pretty strong!

Six?

That looks like ten no hopers to me.

I don't know, don't you think Charitable Man has at least a lick of talent?

"doh"!
 

I knew there was no reason to click the "view post" link, but i did it anyway

Charitable Man and Dunkirk look like the two best, but Mine That Bird has a chance as well.

Chocolate Candy and Summer Bird could each round out a tri or even the exacta, but they would be more a surprise to win.

Not that bad of a field overall

I think Charitable Man has done nothing thus far to lead anyone to believe he's a good horse. That includes earning a 98 Beyer figure in one of the all-time perfect trips.

NT

I thought the horse looked like he could run during his juvenile season, and am not ready to dismiss him quite yet.

The only horses in here who have even run a race fast enough to win this race are Dunkirk, Mine That Bird, and Flying Private as none of the others have ever eclipsed 100 on the beyer scale. Because of that, I think those three are the horses to use in the race. Charitable Man is a paper tiger fraud who looks great off of the perfect trip win of the century, where after that perfect trip he still came home in around 13 seconds for the final 1/8th of a mile. I don't think he wants any part of 1 1/2. Chocolate Candy has never run a fast race nor has he ever really ran that good of a race, and no races out in California to total mediocrity Pioneerof the Nile don't count as good races. Finally, I don't really see anything in Summer Bird. He ran ok in his first two starts, but his Arkansas Derby was severly pace aided, and he had a great trip that day compared to Flying Private who tripped out much worse that day in the Arkansas Derby. I just don't see Summer Bird at all.

Can we get 3-1 or better on Dunkirk?

12.77 home, and He went 94.36 to the mile...

tough crowd

Will Dunkirk be able to get 1.5 miles??

I know breeding doesn't matter once horses have established form but...

none of the horses in the race have went this far, so there is no form for 1 1/2 miles to go on. I trust a son of Birdstone more than one by Unbridled's Song going this distance.

after watching a son of yonaguska hit the board in both classics thus far, you sure you want to go by pedigree?

This could turn out to be a key equipment change, he has a tendency of falling back in races, this will give the jockey alot more options, supposing the jockey chooses correctly he can be alot closer to pace than he was in his previous races as the pace dictates.

Not saying I don't buy this but I'm too lazy to watch the replay of the AD. Maybe you can help me out by explaining how FP's trip was "much worse' than SB's.