The Belmont

[For The Lead]

It is late Thursday night with the Belmont Stakes less than 2 days away and not one post about this upcoming race. What is everybody doing, waiting for somebody to post “the winner”? Nobody has an opinion?

Ok, NEHRO. So I guess a lot of people like this horses chances because he closes. And after all, the race is a mile and a half. Anybody stop to think that the only horses he has beaten to this point in his life are maidens? I don’t care if he finished close in Grade I races, until he beats “some field” he is nothing more than a horse that is eligible for “NW2L”.

Readers here should go back some years and see how many wins horses had who have previously won this race. (please, don’t tell me about one horse, if it exists) Their maiden wins were so far back in their rearview mirror they could no longer see it. It’s a real tragedy that horses this bad are competing for this big prize. It just shows the sorry state of horse racing.

OK, who’s next, Animal Kingdom? Another closer going a mile and half? Got to like this horse, right? Already won the Derby and finished second in the Preakness? After watching this horse in the Preakness, the added distance of the Belmont sure looks good, doesn’t it?

Next up, Shackleford. He was the pace setter in the Derby. Forget all that stuff about slow times and the horse couldn’t get the distance. It means nothing. He went wire to wire in the Preakness in faster times. Of course most people will say he only won because the distance was shorter. Sure was. A whole sixteenth of a mile, WOW! So a mile and a half has to be too far for this horse. What do you think?

So there you are, no selections, just a little chatter about a couple of the horses in the race.

What can you add to the discussion?