139th BELMONT: Prospective Field
 

139th Belmont Stakes

1. Imawildandcrazyguy (Guidry/Kaplan) 20-1
2. Tiago (Smith/Shirreffs) 10-1
3. Curlin (Albarado/Asmussen) 6-5
4. C P West (Prado/Zito) 12-1
5. Slew's Tizzy (Bejarano/Fox) 20-1
6. Hard Spun (Gomez/Jones) 5-2
7. Rags to Riches (J. Velasquez/Pletcher) 3-1

go to bed.

hahaha

I am actually up right now reading about Soprano spoilers..

I just can't believe he is going to run CQ here, he looks like a great BC Sprint/Mile candidate

I would def. give WildandCrazyGuy a big chance in the Belmont.

and Tiago as well, but I think a lot of people will be on him.

Cupcake Melee FTW!!! :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

Well, its not the Kentucky Derby, but it will still be interesting to watch. Once again, I just hope the undercard comes up juicy.

I thought Great Hunter was running too? When did plans change on that?

Agreed. I think it was the Smarty Belmont... that undercard was one of the sickest ever!

Belmont Past Performances: http://www.drf.com/tc/belmont/2007/p...contenders.pdf

Like the day after they announced he was going. . .

http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=25649


Paul Reddam's Great Hunter, who finished 13th in the Kentucky Derby will miss the June 9 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) after suffering a chipped ankle in his right front leg, trainer Doug O'Neill said Saturday.

“He'll be out of commission for a few months,” O'Neill said of the son of Aptitude, who was scheduled to ship to New York for the third leg of the Triple Crown after turning in a strong five-furlong work in 1:00 4/5 over the Cushion track at Hollywood Park on Thursday.

Why no Any Given Sat or NoBiz?

miraja2...Thanks!

Any Given Saturday can't get 10 furlongs, how is he going to get 12? Nobiz is going to the Dwyer instead.

Bejarano gets the mount of Slews Tizzy


But bigger thing

Did the French Connection take Time Squared out??? Dont see him on anyone's probable list anymore

He did when Pletcher put the filly in. i read it on either the BH or DRF website.

Did Matz ever give much consideration for pointing Chelokee towards the Belmont? Sorry once again if there was a big news article about Chelokee's status and I missed it.

While it wouldn't have been the worst placement to go in the Belmont I think Matz just knows the horse isn't quite that fast to compete with the big boys (or girl). If he takes the High Cotton route he can build up a nice resume while running in spots he can win.

I think Matz is perfectly happy to try to pick off some late-season races that will help breeding value. Remember that Chelokee's owner, Centennial Farms, also owns Vitruvius, a swift allowance winner at Aqueduct who was scratched from the Peter Pan. Matz probably knows that Chelokee COULD be able to develop into a Travers horse with the right progression.

It could be a great summer for Centennial Farms between Chelokee, Vitruvius, and Corinthian.

NT