Hofburg, which finished seventh at the Derby but didn't run in the Preakness, has a better shot at the upset. Tenfold, third in the Preakness, is hampered by not having the experience at the longer Derby. Vino Rosso disappointed with ninth at the Derby, but it has the talent and rest to rebound more than a month later.
Justify counters all that by having plenty of energy left, in the unique position of not having raced as a 2-year-old. It will be ready and it would be shocking if it's not in great position to take the Belmont coming down the final stretch.
Gronkowski, big and strong like its namesake, ran well in the Belmont tuneup. It has won four consecutive races in England, including the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Skipping the first two Triple Crown races should give Gronkowski plenty of juice for a powerful run.
The 150th Belmont Stakes is run on Saturday (6:37 p.m. ET post time, NBC),
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I’m going with Secretariat
PInging ETL as we just discussed this. Thanks!
I like Justify, but absolutely cannot stand Bob Baffert. So it is impossible for me to root for any of his horses no matter what.
What is all this it?
Justify may be a terrific horse, but I once again see a bias put for the horse just because he won the other 2 TC parts. Meanwhile what works for him somehow works against the other horses. It just aint so.
Im anxious to see what happens if he gets a NICE track. Hes run both TC parts in the rain/slop. That is nice but it would also be nice to see how he does with others running their best on a dry track.
Justify was sucking air at the end of the Preakness.
If there are distance specialists in the Belmont I’d go with one of those.
Believe it or not, I’ll be going with what looks to be the longest shot in the race, Freedrop Billy, at least for the Exactas and triples. That is, if I can gather some money together before then.
Here’s a link to the past performances for this year’s Belmont Stakes.
Totally free.
https://www.scribd.com/document/380062659/Belmont-Stakes-2018-past-performances
And good chance for rain yet again for last leg in triple crown!
Excuse the formatting errors. And ignore the blue hyperlinks. They won't work. Go to Wikipedia's Belmont Stakes page to access them.
Tapwrit was 2017. His winning time was 2:30.02
Again, Secretariat was 1973.