Re: SMARTY WILL LOSE THE BELMONT (519 Views)
Posted by:
twoshoes (IP Logged)
Date: May 17, 2004 11:47AM
Rock Hard Ten is a big, gorgeous animal who looked mighty small in Stew Elliott's rear view mirror Saturday. Can Smarty get beat in the Belmont? Absolutely. The wheels could come right off after that string of huge efforts though I must admit visually he didn't look cooked Saturday. Do I expect anyone from the Preakness will turn the tables on him after that trouncing? No - no more so than I expected any horse behind Funny Cide in last year's Preakness would do so at Belmont. The difference is I don't think there is an Empire maker or Ten Most Wanted laying in wait this year. We'l have to wait and get a look at the field to see who's most likely. Who knows - maybe they'll let Pleasantly Perfect or Dale Earnhardt Jr. enter.