Re: Slide? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Slide. (464 Views)
Posted by:
irontank (IP Logged)
Date: June 09, 2004 04:55PM
C'mon...I understand Birdstone was 36-1 but I just ran a search of every post on here over the last 30 days and exactly one pre-Belmont post even mentioned Birdstone as a contender (check out twoshoes' post on June 2...his prediction was mostly right on)
True enough he was the only other Grade 1 winner and a horse that previously won at Belmont and bred for the distance...but I have to assume that his poor recent form was the reason that no one on this forum (other than Mark) predicted that he would be a factor.
Was he an underlay at his morning line odds of 15-1 (did anyone really expect Birdstone to go off that low?) but an overlay at 36-1?...is that why no one mentioned him in the 3 weeks leading up to the race??