Belmont Stakes Odds

[Thomas Roulston]

My Boy Jack's stretch run in the Derby was more visually impressive - but Instilled Regard's distance pedigree is better.

[Thomas Roulston]

But in this case there will be, or could be, an added issue, in addition to the longer distance: No speed-favoring, sloppy track in the Belmont.

[reckless]

Originally Posted by reckless

With Justify running for the Triple Crown now, what are the odds of the following:

(1) the actual chances that Audible even runs in the Belmont;

(2) if the owners actually what him to run (unlikely, imo), what are the chances that Audible will actually run to win the race as opposed to running for second?

Win Star, et al, have more to gain with a Triple Crown winning stallion prospect than they do with a nice horse such as Audible winning, that's for sure.

My earlier post should be discussed more so than what followed.

Maybe this might help:

http://www.drf.com/news/common-owner...id?enable=true

BALTIMORE – The degree of difficulty for Justify’s bid to become Thoroughbred racing’s 13th Triple Crown winner at the June 9 Belmont Stakes in New York won’t be known until some important decisions are made by his ownership group regarding other horses.

The same people who own Justify – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, and Starlight Racing – also own Audible, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby and potentially the biggest threat to the undefeated Justify in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes.

A fifth party, SF Racing, owns part of Audible but not Justify. Also, Todd Pletcher, a three-time Belmont Stakes winner, trains Audible, who did not run in Saturday’s Preakness. Bob Baffert is the trainer of Justify.