Posted on 06/10/2006 7:03:05 AM PDT by gate2wire
Belmont morning saw the sun peeking its way between some heavy-looking clouds. There is plenty of standing water on the roads.
The forecast for the day is not too bad: windy and cool with some sun to break through the clouds throughout the day. It's supposed to dry out. The temperature at post time should be 71 degrees.
Bring a jacket.
The two stakes on the turf course today should be interesting. In yesterday's Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT), run over a soft Widener course, 3-year-olds pretty much clicked off :24 quarters in the mile race in :24.03, :48.07, 1:12.44, and 1:36.74. That was before last night's cloudburst.
(Excerpt) Read more at tcm.bloodhorse.com ...
Good...speed duel.
Woo hoo...7-1 and 9-1.
Good for you.
Mine didn't work.
Final time 1:42 and 2...Fast.
Back stretch is being run into a pretty good headwind. Sprints start on the turn. Therefore, the frontrunners do not have to run INTO the headwind, yet benefit from the wind at their backs down the stretch. In sprints only!!!, frontrunners could have a very good day.
For amusement only.
Sorry, didn't mean to gloat.
xpressbet is showing $144 on $2 for that. nice.
I used tradesports because still not certain how to use the xpressbet wagering thingy.
not at all, excellent.
if i could have figured out how to do a 7/all on xpressbet, i would have gone with your idea.
didn't mean to sound glum, i'm not
it is very windy there, you can hear it on the announcer mics
Note the picture. By coincidence, the flags are blowing just like today's wind. Hurts frontrunners in routes, helps those in sprints.
just discovered no online wagering for Virginia on Belmont today through xpressbet, no explanation why
phone wagering only.
Not surprised. At least you can phone it in.
interesting
must be an NYRA thing, VA doesn't restrict online wagering.
gotta' go do some chores, hopefully back for the 3rd
Off to the track myself. Good luck.
Just a little trivia for the bettors and the watchers of the Belmont. Oh So Awesome is owned by a syndicate, Team Valor. One of the partners in this syndicate is Mark Belling, conservative talk show host in Milwaukee and frequent chair-warmer for El Rushbo. Mark will be at the race today.
Interesting... repost that tidbit on the live thread too... folk are wondering who to root for :~)
Where is live thread?
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