It's Belmont Week again . . . Reminders, Tidbits, thoughts, etc

[RUFFIAN]

YEP ! BELMONT CONSTRUCTION

What bothers me the most
Belmont has always been 1 1/2 M

Now because of the configuration of Saratoga
The race has been converted to 1 1/4 M

Not sure why they could not keep the same distance
It has to do with the configuration of the track
line and where the finish line would end up ?

I would've thought they could have figured a way
To keep the race at the same distance it's always been
Apparently not 😾