Belmont allowance lost in the shuffle

[Bobby Fischer]

well, it collapsed AND Treat Gently also ran a pretty good race.

Cable made a fairly game effort too

Love Tune didn't really tell anything about the setup other than the fix wasn't in. Not a competitive factor.

The 2 favorites came in 1-2, without any significant trouble, how much revelations can we really make about "overcoming" anything??

a look at the winner's form and she is tons the best , provided she holds form and suits the American style. For all the credit she deserves for the 2nd 1/8th of the race when everyone was riding foot-in the dash vs. these pigs , the lack of a competitive horse on a harder pace probably HELPED HER. She didn't face anything new or american in style this day.


Kristi with a K is an ok filly who's paper-form could mislead some into thinking she is a hard hitter, but she probably gave the best indication of setup in that she didn't walk away with an advantage to place(which is the only way she can be competitive @ that class). She really should have been 8-1 , but we had two 25-1 shots running up the field.

While Garcia was finessing Cable out into the Stretch, Treat Gently was suddenly urged by Dominguez. Cable didn't really carry much if any advantage into the stretch. Maybe it was a disadvantage for Cable being the "prey", but Treat Gently was clearly best.