Here is part of Pletchers delimma. He gives his horses 14 days off after a race before he works them again. The Belmont Stakes is 14 days after the Peter Pan so he would be breaking ranks from his program.

The horse has gotten stretched out and rated in his last so he is learning and in good form. Do you risk taking him off the mark by wheeling him back or do you wait.

The waiting game also has its benefits, you keep the horse developing and there are races down the road like The Haskel, also for a 1 Million maybe more...IF....Smarty shows up there as the Triple Crown winner.

This might be the place to wait and pick your spot.

One final thought say he can't beat Smarty going 1 mile and a half, can he still hold on for second and third over Rock Hard Ten and Eddington assuming neither one of those beats Smarty ???