I think the Belmont distance tends to string them out a bit, wide trips in this race are not that much of a concern to me, unless somehow you get hung out on the first turn.
big18741 wrote:

> Reverberate ran a 3 or so in his allowance win.Not sure how
> much he moved up in the Peter Pan,but guessing it makes him
> competitive if AA runs an off race and you know Giacomo will be
> way wide at least on the second turn for sure.Reverberate ran a
> hard race in the Pan so I can't see him improving again in 2
> weeks,but a repeat isn't out of the question.He loves the track
> and is bred to go all day.Southern Africa ran a 3 and change
> prior to the Lone Star Derby,and I'm guessing he also moved up
> some in that race-he was nice and wide when he won there.He
> gets almost a month in between races and some nice works so
> some more improvement isn't out of the question.
>
> The Zitos might be on good patterns but they look really
> slow.Andromeda has 5.5's and could improve,but he's going to
> get way overbet.Birdstone had run reasonably fast as a 2 yr old
> and in his comebacker at 3.He also won the Champagne over the
> track.He went off 36-1.Andromeda has done nothing and will go
> off at what 12-1? No thanks.
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