PaceAdvantage
05-27-2003, 02:00 PM
Seriously, when did the Belmont Stakes become as prestigious as the Kentucky Derby, where every trainer with a 3yo who can breathe has been clawing at each other to reach the entry box first?
I read the racing news everyday, and everyday it seems some unheard of horse is now being pointed to the Belmont Stakes, typically from a Kentucky outfit....
Conspiracy? Trying to stack the odds in favor of a Funny Cide defeat? Is someone going to pull a Woody Stephens on us and "make sure" Funny Cide loses just like Winning Colors???
Now KEN (KY Boy) McPEEK is thinking of running not only BEST MINISTER (who?) but also WILD AND WICKED (WHO???) in the Belmont, after Wild And Wicked won an ALLOWANCE race in the MUD at Churchill in 1:44 1/5 for the 8.5 furlong race.....yawn....
I realize he won last year with Sarava, but lightning does NOT strike twice with any sort of regularity.
What gives here? Ever since talk of ol' Atswhatimtalknbout's abscess and bruised foot got around, the good ol' boys have been scrambling to make sure they have adequate fire power to go after the NY Bred gelding who could easily win the coveted Triple Crown....
Am I paranoid....am I a suspicious New Yorker??? Or are my theories grounded in the reality that it seems that people are entering the race not to make sure THEY win, but that a certain someone else DOESN'T win, or at least has a tougher time of winning.....
==PA
I read the racing news everyday, and everyday it seems some unheard of horse is now being pointed to the Belmont Stakes, typically from a Kentucky outfit....
Conspiracy? Trying to stack the odds in favor of a Funny Cide defeat? Is someone going to pull a Woody Stephens on us and "make sure" Funny Cide loses just like Winning Colors???
Now KEN (KY Boy) McPEEK is thinking of running not only BEST MINISTER (who?) but also WILD AND WICKED (WHO???) in the Belmont, after Wild And Wicked won an ALLOWANCE race in the MUD at Churchill in 1:44 1/5 for the 8.5 furlong race.....yawn....
I realize he won last year with Sarava, but lightning does NOT strike twice with any sort of regularity.
What gives here? Ever since talk of ol' Atswhatimtalknbout's abscess and bruised foot got around, the good ol' boys have been scrambling to make sure they have adequate fire power to go after the NY Bred gelding who could easily win the coveted Triple Crown....
Am I paranoid....am I a suspicious New Yorker??? Or are my theories grounded in the reality that it seems that people are entering the race not to make sure THEY win, but that a certain someone else DOESN'T win, or at least has a tougher time of winning.....
==PA