The Belmont

[jerry]

Much better record redboarding but here goes.

MC - Fast enough; training well on dirt; pair or off; use in top spot
CCh - New tops in the Preakness spell trouble for the Belmont. Off to X still puts him in possible 0 range. No value in him pairing; play to X.
Matterhorn - Lone race at 2 good; limited schedule at 3. Maybe small forward move; light use in bottom of super.
CCu - End of the line; pair or off; 0 range; use in top spot
ROC - Top in Preakness; Off to X; use in bottom of tris and supers.
Matuszak - Final work was eye catching; line seems gassed; off to X
Samraat - Cover his name, cover his breeding, forget everything you know about this horse and just look at his numbers; why not? the blood count thing worries me a little bit
Commissioner - \"Unless...\" unless he jumps forward 4 points like Palace Malice did last year and wins. I love this line; great value; use in top spot
WS - I keyed Perfect Drift in 02 off this line and got creamed; all value lost with the hype; going out on a limb but playing this one to X
GAR - Excuses in last 2; still think he\'s over raced; Preakness/Belmont combo has not yielded good results; pass
Tonalist - Could run a 0 or could not; price is more than fair; must use in top spot

[jerry]

Great race. Gritty performances from most right down to General A Rod who looked to be a threat at the top of the lane. Brilliant performance from Chrome considering he didn\'t have the easiest of trips. He\'s a special horse. Those guys should feel blessed. Hoping after Steve patches things up with his wife he\'ll get around to making some kind of apology to the rest of the world for his regrettable outburst. In his defense, most of us have probably behaved as poorly one time or another. Just not on national television. Very unfortunate.