You have to go back to June 3rd to find a winner from the Todd Pletcher or Rick Dutrow barn at Belmont. On that day, Pletcher was 2 for 2 (wins) and both Dick Dutrow and Tony "Virtual" Dutrow had a winner each. Since that time, only Tony Dutrow has added another winner.

Rick Dutrow has one 3rd place finish and Pletcher has one 2nd, three 3rd, three 4th, and two 9th place finishes since last Saturday. The overall stats for Todd for the past week are shown below:

June 3 - 10: Pletcher - 12 2-1-3

I actually looked this up last night and thought it was highly unusual that neither Pletcher or Dutrow had done anything in the previous 4 days. I was very leary about today, particularly as there were not any Grade 3 races which seem to be a mainstay of the Pletcher/Dutrow/Romans program.

What surprised me most was not that their horses lost, but that their stables were so depleted for Belmont Day. Maybe they shot their wad at Churchill or on Memorial Day...or the rain set them back.

Any ideas?

Delmar Deb