Belmont Fractions

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by CSC

My only problem with Mike's ride was he had to check/steady MTB at the top of the stretch causing him to lose abit of MO. Other than that speculating on a rider using the rail and winning is abit of a stretch but I can understand the argument, basically he was saying Borel would have saved ground and the result would have been alot closer, saying he would have won was abit over the top.

I agree with that.

The problem with putting blame on Mike Smith for getting to the rail was that Flying Private moved with him and took that path. There just wasn't room for 2 on the route that Flying Private took.

[Danzig]

i finally watched the race this evening after getting back from dinner and a movie (land of the lost, don't waste your time and money).
when i saw borel make his move i told my husband it was too soon. jocks ride this track like every other, but belmont is like no other in that you still have a quarter mile to go at that point.
borel rode the best horse in his mind, and i'm sure he thought the horse would duplicate his derby run, and fly by and win easy. so much for that thinking.

i wonder tho if now darley will be trying to buy birdstone.

[CSC]

If I had to rate Borel's rides for this triple crown and give it an overall grade, I would give him an A. Infact I can't think of another rider that rode this triple crown better than him, his ride was still better than Kent D's today and he lost the race.