Yanks shake up lineup. Defeat division adversary. Climb to 11-15.
One down, five to go.
Steinbrenner: \"Good Work Boys, when he comes to Belmont, team photos with the horse. And all the drinks are on me!\"
\"Zito is hopeful that Bellamy Road is not a need-the-lead type of horse. Zito believes the colt\'s last two workouts - including a five-furlong move Sunday in 1:00.42 - were good indicators that he will relax. (The prior workout was 1.02.3)
\"I think he will [rate], of course,\" Zito said\"
Biancone said that Spanish Chestnut did not handle the off track when he finished sixth in the Lane\'s End. Biancone said Spanish Chestnut came out of that race with a sore shin, which inhibited his training leading up to the Blue Grass, in which he also finished sixth.
\"He was not really ready to go a mile and an eighth,\" Biancone said. \"The horse you will see Saturday will be a better horse than you\'ve seen so far. I told you the same thing last year and my horse was better.\" - Well, is it just this poster or does anyone else think that if the horse wasnt really ready to go a mile and an eighth Bluegrass Day why did he?
\"To be honest with you, he\'s not worked like that for a long, long time,\" Biancone said. - As strange as it seems, Biancone seems credible on this and...This should be phrased like Joe Hirsh would phrase it. \"He will take a lot of beating and we think he is hickory\".
http://www.drf.com/news/article/64650.htmlApparently, Biancone is unaware of the anti rail bias his horse ran smack dab into the face of Bluegrass day.
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