G1 Belmont Stakes

[magwell]

Originally Posted by cj

Lani would have won the Belmont with Lasix IMO.

CJ are you agreeing with me or just taking a shot at my earlier comment ?

[cj]

Originally Posted by magwell

CJ are you agreeing with me or just taking a shot at my earlier comment ?

I agree with you, didn't read back that far, sorry.

[cj]

Originally Posted by jk3521

Cudos to Larry Collmus on his race calls. Almost made me not miss Tom Durkin !

Larry was fabulous. Wish he would have called Creator the winner but I can understand why he didn't. You can't make that gaffe as a race caller.

[luisbe]

Originally Posted by jk3521

Cudos to Larry Collmus on his race calls. Almost made me not miss Tom Durkin !

Just that he mentioned Froasted when he was 4 lengths in front.

[Grits]

Originally Posted by luisbe

Just that he mentioned Froasted when he was 4 lengths in front.

I bet Larry can spell his name though.

However, you cannot.

[AlBundy33]

Originally Posted by luisbe

Just that he mentioned Froasted when he was 4 lengths in front.

Froasted? Is that a type of roasted slurpee or something of that nature?

[Grits]

Was quite pleased for Lani yesterday. He may not have won but he easily proved.. a horse, today, training in the U.S. can get the 1 1/2 mile distance without it. Odd isn't it?

[Fager Fan]

Originally Posted by Grits

Was quite pleased for Lani yesterday. He may not have won but he easily proved.. a horse, today, training in the U.S. can get the 1 1/2 mile distance without it. Odd isn't it?

I don't get the fascination with this horse. What exactly has he done except prove to be a bad actor (which isn't something I admire in a horse)?

[Grits]

I should change ...it, to lasix. Fager, I feel he worked hard for this race. That's all.

[lamboguy]

Originally Posted by Grits

Was quite pleased for Lani yesterday. He may not have won but he easily proved.. a horse, today, training in the U.S. can get the 1 1/2 mile distance without it. Odd isn't it?

maybe the fact that LANI didn't run on lasix helped him against the other horses that ran in the 3 races. EXAGERATOR looked like he was completely knocked out and had no business to be in the race yesterday.

[ultracapper]

Thing about Lani is that many were speculating that he may be able to get to the front and walk the dog. The connections obviously weren't thinking that way at all as Take hit the dashboard right out of the gate and took him to the very back.

The horse ran great.

[Bullet Plane]

Originally Posted by Fager Fan

I don't get the fascination with this horse. What exactly has he done except prove to be a bad actor (which isn't something I admire in a horse)?

You're kidding right?

I could have swore that he took down third purse money to the tune of $150,000.

And lost first by, what, a length and a half?

[ultracapper]

They're more apt to run the 1 1/4 to 1 5/8 mile races in Japan than they are here. Lani may very well end up having a very nice career back home as it looked like the distance was right in his wheelhouse. Being that he has shown a bit of immaturity also indicates he may still have some development moving forward.

He may turn into a real, real nice classic distance performer.

[ultracapper]

Originally Posted by ribjig

Did anyone anywhere on PA forum
CLEARLY
state bet Creator to win?????
-not -exactly -an -inexplicable -longshot...

Belmont Stakes........Under The Radar
Post #5

[pandy]

Lani reminds me of former K. Derby winner Giacomo. He doesn't do enough running prior to the stretch. He needs a track or a pace setup that favors closers and a long stretch to be effective. I think you could make a case that in dirt races, it would be wise never to bet on horses with his style...deep off the pace one run closers are not good bets. This is one of the difficulties of playing multi-race exotics as opposed to something simple like a win or exacta bet. A win/exacta bettor never has to include these horses. A Pick 5 player may have to throw them in sometimes.