fkach, you'll earn large respect points agreeing with me. :)

Seriously though, even Baffert said Pre Derby that Sinister laid his body down in that race. I heard it but had to bet the fastest horse anyway. It was a little bit of a buck the bounce flyer and I did not get as good of odds as I should have. Adding insult to injury I talked the horse up pretty good and ate a lot of crow. I still think it was a helluva Bluegrass.

Regarding Bellamy's Wood there were some very fast races on that card besides Road's 1.47 Wood.

Valiant Warrior Lost in the Fog ran on that card and ran his gutsey per usual game race.

The faster horses were Medalist, Forest Danger and Don Six. Medalist never ran again. Forest Danger was never effective again and Don Six never reached back to this good figures post Wood. (TGraph, check me upon that last statement.) Bottom line is that track was so fast and hard it used up some pretty good horses. Bellamy included, but his fast race was not a standout. In his race there were slipped saddles, cheap horses and horses off form. At least that has been my opinion. I'd like to say I beat Bellamy Road and cashed, but I never did. My horse finished 3rd that Derby and although I had the Travers winner selected, I passed the Race. Hate to bet upon Pletcher. Anyone can do that.

I do believe the hard Aqueduct track contributed to Road's demise.

CtC

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> I agree with your view on both Sinister Minister
> and Bellamy Road.
>
> Even though the old Keeneland often produced very
> fast races by speed horses that were not
> duplicated, the track was very honest the day SM
> blew them out. It was a once in the lifetime giant
> effort.
>
> The same can not be said of the day Bellamy Road
> won the Wood. BR ran fast, but not as well as he
> ran fast. ;-)