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Originally Posted by CincyHorseplayer
The Belmont isn't the end of the line for the 3yo crop. I look forward to the chase every year and start tracing pedigrees with the winners of the Saratoga and Del Mar stakes. There is no letdown for me after the Belmont because we are already in the midst of the best racing of the year. With the best yet to come. Don't get the borderline suicide watch mentality when the TC is over.
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Agreed.
Classic Empire, Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing, Timeline, all opted to skip the Belmont, -
so that they can run big in the upcoming races this summer, and fall.
Those are some of the cream of this crop.
Obviously more racing ahead.
Makes no sense that some whine about top horses skipping the belmont, and then declare the season over!
Unless some of these rested colts, or some new face, becomes a champion, this will not be among the greatest 3yo crops of all time.
Even if Timeline were to become the next Arrogate(as some fans wildly predict), we'd probably grade the crop similar to last season.
However, we do have a crop. It has character. It still has some exciting potential. This crop is very much 'alive'. The cream of the crop has more good racing ahead.
