TGJB Wrote:
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> Three maiden races and a statebred allowance on
> the Belmont card, and short fields all around.


JB... in the condition book for Belmont Day there was a NW1xT and a NW3xT written for early in the card. Do you think they pulled them to save the turf course for the two Graded turf races? Hard to believe those wouldn't naturally have overloaded fields. Only the MSW after the Belmont was actually carded. Depending on how chopped up the course gets, that race could get pulled during the card.