6/5 (BEL 11th): 142nd Belmont Stakes
 

1. Dave in Dixie (Sadler/Borel) 20-1
2. Spangled Star (Dutrow/Gomez) 30-1
3. Uptowncharlybrown (McLaughlin/Maragh) 10-1
4. Make Music for Me (Barba/Rosario) 10-1
5. Fly Down (Zito/J. Velazquez) 9-2
6. Ice Box (Zito/Lezcano) 3-1
7. Drosselmeyer (Mott/Smith) 12-1
8. Game On Dude (Baffert/Garcia) 10-1
9. Stately Victor (Maker/Garcia) 15-1
10. Stay Put (Margolis/Theriot) 20-1
11. First Dude (Romans/Dominguez)
12. Interactif (Pletcher/Castellano) 12-1

Juicy odds abound

First Dude gets the 11 hole...again.
Will this be Joel Rosario's first time at Belmont?

As of now, I'm going with Fly Down, but this is a really nice, evenly matched field.

Fantastic betting race. I can't wait

Wow, very interesting field. I hope the rest of the card is nearly as good.

$1,500+ Tri Should be nice:$:

Great betting race especially since Ice Box will be bet down more

Superfecta

1. fly down
2. ice box
3. all
4. all

what is the morning line on First Dude?

PP's available yet?

Freebie:
http://www.drf.com/tc/belmont/2010/p...tender-pps.pdf

So when does Belmont draw the rest of the card, Thursday afternoon?

The card's drawn. The overnight is up at Equibase, DRF will post it when they get everything together.

NT

Acorn looks fantastic!

Tahitian Warrior makes his first start after purchase..

I thought he ran over in the desert on the lawn and ran like crap

Correct, I guess I should rephrase.

I think Kiaran let Betsy pick the races for Trappe Shot. There's absolutely no reason for him to not be in the Woody Stephens.

NT

Thanks, Cardus.

Hard to say with whatever "issues" that forced him to miss the Withers. That's a pretty tough NW1x allowance field that he'll be facing.

Yup, that's it! :)

He's a cripple.

The Belmont is available for download on DRF.com. The Stephens and Just A Game have some disappointing short fields. D'Funnybone looks good for the Stephens, im thinking Discreetly Mine has a nice chance also.

While I don't care about the dopeyness of this comment, it does strike me as a microcosm of what is going on in message boards these past couple of weeks especially.

Yes, there are two small fields in these races.....but how are the other races? But, this is what this poster singles out.

You obviously don't peruse the politics threads.

Not to mention picking two different horses in said five-horse field. To me that's more egregious.

I tried to ignore his opinions.

Having seen them I am glad he likes D'Funnybone.

I think D'Funnybone would be a very safe DUNCE cap horse.

Which plodder do you like better...Stay Put or Make Music for Me?

Pretty good article and an even better picture:

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/03...t-no-easy.html

Belmont factoids 2000-2009.

Horses that ran in the Derby finished in the money in the Belmont 22 of 31 possible chances. (There was a dead heat for 3rd in the 2008 Belmont.) In 3 years, all 3 horses ITM in the Belmont ran in the Derby, in 6 years 2 did, and in 2002 only 1 did.

7 of the last 10 Belmont winners ran in, but did not win the Derby.

Derby non-winners have finished ITM in the Belmont in 18 of the 31 chances.

Only 9 horses that ran in the Preakness finished ITM in the Belmont.

Only 7 horses that finished ITM in the Preakness finished ITM in the Belmont, and they are a pretty notable group: Point Given, AP Valentine, Funny Cide, Smarty, Afleet Alex, Curlin and Mine That Bird. For those who don't think MTB is special, he is one of only 5 horses since Charismatic to finish ITM in all the Triple Crown races (Funny Cide, Smarty, Afleet Alex, Curlin).

# of horses that skipped the Derby, finished in the money in the Preakness and then finished ITM in the Belmont = 0

So, based on the assumption that 2 of the 3 horses ITM Saturday will have run in the Derby, First Dude is not a "special horse" and we won't have any Sarava or DaTara-like winners, my Tri Box will be: Ice Box, Stately Victor, Make Music for Me and Fly Down.


Caveat...Super Saver is only the third horse since 1996 to win the Derby and not finish in the money in the Preakness (2001 Monarchos 6th, 2006 Barbaro DNF).

To quote the great philosopher Yogi Berra: "Predictions are hard, especially when they are about the future."

Good luck!

Stately Victor

Drosselmeyer

Why yes. Yes, it is. :p

How Stately Victor got his name...

http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/te...al-connection/

The kentucky derby has "my old kentucky home". The preakness has "maryland o maryland". And tomorrow before the belmont the governor requested that they play Jay Z's song instead of "the sidewalks of New York".November can"t come too soon.

Late breaking news- Gov. Pattersons request to change the official Belmont drink from white carnations to ripple on the rocks has been denied.

Nope. Try again. Back to troll school for you.

11th Race - Belmont Park - Saturday, June 5th, 2010
 

11th Race - Belmont Park - Saturday, June 5th, 2010
STAKES. 1 1/2 Mile Dirt. Purse $1,000,000. Belmont S. (Grade 1). FOR THREE YEAR OLDS. By subscription of $600 each, to accompany the nomination, if made on or before January 16, 2010, or $6,000, if made on or before March 27, 2010. At any time prior to the closing time of entries, horses may be nominated to The Belmont Stakes upon payment of a supplementary fee of $100,000 to the New York Racing Association, Inc. $10,000 to pass the entry box and $10,000 additional to start. All entrants will be required to pay entry and starting fees; but no fees, supplemental or otherwise shall be added to the purse. The purse to be divided 60% to the winner, 20% to second, 11% to third, 6% to fourth and 3% to fifth. Colts and Geldings, 126 lbs.; Fillies, 121 lbs. The winning owner will be presented with the August Belmont Memorial Cup to be retained for one year as well as a trophy for permanent possession and trophies to the winning trainer and jockey. (06:32 PM) (12)

10 Stay Put WPS

10 Stay Put ,,,6 Ice Box,,11 First Dude EX Box

10/5611/all tri-

I like the #10 for a big upset at the belmont :$:

God dammit, there goes my pick.

governor get off Jay z jock
 

this is very funny.,, wow he need to be gone sooner than November....

i like Jay Z but the governor asking this is operation JJz=Jockin Jay Z
get off Jay z's Jock

wow
 

lol stay put an make you pick ;)
i'll add Lakers colors for the icing on the box

i have all the pic of the Belmont entires an wow i 4got1 Stay put

I just got it :tro:

Buffy's picks:

Tri box: Stately Victor/Make Music for Me/Ice Box.

I haven't been doing to well handicapping but I have to try right? DON'T ANSWER THAT SMARTASSES OUT THERE!!!