NY Bred Day at Belmont

My only play of the day was Rahy's Appeal and it was a paltry $10wp. I was gunshy because Gomez never comes through for me. Ever. Typically Rahy's Appeal runs third and Gomez wins the next race. I've been seriously considering betting $2 win bets on every mount Gomez has just to see how long it will take him to enter the winner's circle.

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

It looked to me as if Bad Boy Rising wasn't taking to the track or was injured (HOPE NOT!!!). He was struggling way before the stretch. In fact, he was struggling and running bad during the entire race!

I actually was impressed with Sharp Humor's return off of the layoff. He looked really good to me today and will improve off of this start. I don't see him going anywhere but forward. He validated to me today that he is a very good horse.

Bad Boy Rising was scoped after the race and found to have a very bad lung infection. Hes fine, nothing wrong.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Bad Boy Rising was scoped after the race and found to have a very bad lung infection. Hes fine, nothing wrong.

So that is why he looked as if he was really struggling out there. Lung infections will take a horse completely out of their game. I'm glad that he is going to be okay and thanks for the info

[SCUDSBROTHER]

The interesting thing that I notice about these NY Breds is that (in general)Pletcher doesn't have as much success at uping their figures.For instance,Carminooch got beat by Organizer in this race last year by about this much,and the same this year.At times,he has gotten West Virginia to run a high figure(twice against Invasor,)but the horse can't do it consistently(and today couldn't even beat Carminooch,or Organizer.)To me,these NY Breds (in general)struggle to consistently perform at a high level. For instance,if you took a Kentucky or Florida bred stakes horse from Tom Bush,and gave it to Pletcher,I think probably he(his group ) could keep improving on that horse's figures.However ,if you gave Pletcher a horse like Gold and Roses(a fairly consistent New York bred stakes horse that Tom Bush trains,) I don't think the horse's figures would greatly improve.

[largo1]

Just watched the Empire race replay. Why was Funny so wide?(Is he looking for the Mike Smith Path??¿¿!!) I can't tell. Looked like he was coming on at the end, but hellllll, I can't tell from racereplays.com.

[sumitas]

dude, i told you all, Raffies Majesty (Organizer) is a great sire, just not commercial for the sales...

i tell you the real deal on pedigrees, not the bull**** sales stuff...