2023 Belmont Stakes possibles
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Angel of Empire (Brad Cox, Flavien Prat) Last Race: Kentucky Derby, CD, 3rd
Arcangelo (Jena Antonucci, Javier Castellano) Last Race: Peter Pan, BEL, 1st
Forte (Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz, Jr.) Last Race: Florida Derby, GP, 1st
Hit Show (Brad Cox, Manny Franco) Last Race: Kentucky Derby, CD, 5th
Il Miracolo (Antonio Sano, Marcos Meneses) Last Race: Alw, GP, 1st
National Treasure (Bob Baffert, John Velazquez) Last Race: Preakness, PIM, 1st
Raise Cain (Ben Colebrook, Junior Alvarado) Last Race: Kentucky Derby, CD, 8th
Red Route One (Steve Asmussen, Joel Rosario) Last Race: Preakness, PIM, 4th
Tapit Shoes (Brad Cox, TBA) Last Race: Bath House Row, 2nd
Tapit Trice (Todd Pletcher, Luis Saez) Last Race: Kentucky Derby, CD, 7th
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If eight of the ten start, that'd be nice. Field could use a foreign horse or two, or maybe another new shooter. This year's crop looks average at best at this point, which makes it a little more wide open.
I'm down a little on wagering after the first two legs of the Triple Crown, which is normal - and look to the Belmont to get ahead. Bet Hit Show in the Derby, and cashed a small saver exacta, and had National Treasure in the Preakness Futures and BES/Preakness doubles, but missed the vertical gimmicks.
My first thought is that Forte looks like the obvious key horse. So now we know who to toss.....
