The Belmont Stakes: 1 turn, 9 Furlongs

[Robert Fischer]

How is the track playing today?

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Robert Fischer

How is the track playing today?

Chalk and very few riders actually trying to ride.

[Aerocraft67]

Originally Posted by classhandicapper

Tiz the Law looks like an obvious and legitimate favorite, but there are quite a few horses that look eligible to jump up and aren't so far off him that they can't move past him unless he also fires a new peak. Th bigger problem (at least for me) is that from that 2nd group you can make a similar case for 4-5 horses to jump up. So it's not such an easy race to key a horse as part of the exotics.

Kind of how I see it. I'm using with some . Including a couple of supers with one "all" slot, too.

Happy with the prices on and .

[ultracapper]

That looked so easy it was silly.

[classhandicapper]

Originally Posted by Robert Fischer

Class - What is going to happen with Tap It to Win??

Yea, he 'hung' just a bit in the Matt Winn, and although the Track didn't help, the race held apart aside from Maxfield...

I'm kinda 'reaching' with the idea that being outside, and no turns out of the gate, and maybe improving a bit as a lightly raced horse could chase into a board spot?

Going into the Belmont I thought the track might be tilted a little towards speed (wasn't sure). So I wound up using Tiz the Law over Tap It To Win (track) and Pneumatic who I thought was pretty good value. I feel OK with the play, but Dr. Post was my next horse. He probably would have been in my exacta instead of Tap It To Win if I didn't think the track might be biased. So be it.

I broke even for the day. I liked No Parole a lot in the Woody Stephens. I had him coming out of a race where he put away several other speeds. He was working extremely well too. I thought he'd get loose as the speed of the speeds there and he did. Even I get some right.

The winner looked very good and came home like a horse that will go on.

[Appy]

I won my ex in the Belmont (would have hit tri and Sup too but DNP), but overall was needing some help to breath fresh air when lo and behold my top choice the 10 horse won the 12th and pd 33+ for the W. That one put some strut back in my stride. Sure didn't have the 9 figured for a big race so missed the great $448 ex.
Loved the morning after barn pic of Tiz The Law w/ handler Bloodhorse posted.