Whether GZ is an "immortal" or deserves a place in history is fun to debate, because there is no tangible way of determining how he would fare against the great ones of the past,so the debate could continue into infinity.

No question that GZ relishes the big oval at Belmont. GZ's past efforts at Bel in the Vosburgh and Tom Fool lead me to believe that he would be favored in, and could win, the BC Sprint.

It is this type of versatility that makes GZ unique if not immortal. I remember in the early 1980s that Olden Times still held the track record for 7/8s of a mile at Churchill(set in 1964, I believe) and also held the 1-3/4 mile turf track record at Santa Anita. Today it seems like our stars are specialists-- sprinters, milers, marathoners--and GZs ability to be competitive sprinting and routing at the highest level is something we rarely see.

Give credit to Stronach for keeping him in training for 4 years, and to Frankel for keeping him together.

In the Met, Forest Danger's last race was fast, but he couldn't have gotten a better pace set up behind the dueling Don Six and Medallist. D Six came back and was beaten by a NY bred in an open stake and Medallist came back injured. I would usually try to beat a 1/2 proposition in this spot, but this is GZs favored surface and he should be carrying no less than 128 lbs.

The unfortunate part of the light weight assigned GZ is that if he was carrying 128 or more, more owners/trainers may have been willing to take a shot in this race.