Handicapping the Belmont Stakes

[twogunsid]

From thedowneyprofile.com: http://www.thedowneyprofile.com/Belmont_Horses

My Picks:

1. I'll Have Another
2. Five Sixteen
3. Dullahan

[trumad]

1. Union Rags---sticking with him.

Dullahan
I'll have another.

BTW: You want to pay me that 20 now or later.

[twogunsid]

2. Later...

let's wait and see what the Racing Gods have in store for us.

It pains me not to pick Union Rags; He is such a talented horse and I've liked him since his 2YO campaign. I don't like his pedigree for 1 1/2 miles. His sire has just never got a horse that could go that far.

Good Luck, trumad!

[trumad]

3. Yeah I agree...

I have to say---he's one of my most disappointing picks ever for the Derby, etc.

[twogunsid]

7. Shit...

What do I need to do to get you that 20?

[trumad]

10. Drive to Orlando...

Lets make it when we see each other at a track someday....

[twogunsid]

11. You're a good man...

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is Bowley's in Winter Park still open?

[twogunsid]

13. or The Booby Trap?

[trumad]

18. that place closed...LOL

Terrific architecture .....

[twogunsid]

21. I was looking for good picture of that place...

but I couldn't find one. It was on Lee Rd., right?

Just as well. A picture of that fine establishment would probably cause some problems here.

[trumad]

22. Lee and I-4

[twogunsid]

23. The lion statues are a classy touch...

I went to boot camp at RTC in '81 and Nuke School in '82.

Orlando was a very fun place back then.

[trumad]

26. Church street was actually fun back then.

[trumad]

14. I think so

Not sure.

[TZ]

4. Neither of you is right.

Apparantly the racing gods hate TC fans. I'll Have Another is being scratched from the Belmont.
http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/triplecrown2012/story/_/id/8025449/another-race-belmont-trainer-says

[twogunsid]

8. The racing gods suck...

what a let down.

[charlie and algernon]

5. Everything just changed. I'll Have Another is OUT.

[El Supremo]

6. Will we ever have another?

Triple Crown winner?

[twogunsid]

9. Not in my lifetime...

Thoroughbreds are just too damn fragile.

[trumad]

12. Tendon huh?

Things that make you go hmmmm?

[twogunsid]

15. Specifically: The beginning of tendonitis...

I guess he rapped his tendon earlier and they felt heat in the leg yesterday. Took pictures and here we are.

Good Luck in the breeding shed!

[El Supremo]

16. Is it the same leg that kept him out of races last year?

Something about his shin.

[twogunsid]

17. Bucked shins are pretty common for 2 and 3YO's...

not really career ending. Rest, ice, some analgesics.

Sounds like he rapped himself. He has been kicking his stall in the new detention barn. But, I'm just speculating.

[TZ]

19. I just read he's being retired

Bowed tendon.

[twogunsid]

20. OK. I was disappointed but I can live with this...

he's gonna live. He didn't come unbuckled on the track. Reddam is still rich. O'Neill has other horses in the barn. We didn't get lied into a war. No one is gonna die. Lot's of good things happening.

[El Supremo]

24. But Las Vegas is going nuts.

All betting is on hold. They can't figure out new odds.

[twogunsid]

25. Dullahan was 5-1 on the morning line...

They are going to take a bath. Ouch!