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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
Winning Colors, after that brutal duel with Forty Niner in the Preakness, went the opening half in the Belmont in :47 2/5 while being hounded by Risen Star.
Only by Dale Romans's warped sense of how lone speed should be utilized in a pace-deficient field will Shackleford be asked to go that fast early in this year's Belmont.
Of course, he won't have Risen Star hounding him, either, in which case he may enjoy a Bold Forbes-like trip if he's let loose early.
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You could be right.
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