Re: Belmont possibles (619 Views)
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toppled (IP Logged)
Date: May 19, 2015 07:43AM
Why would you want to torture yourself and have them run the Derby over again. If they could, then American Pharoah would just keep beating you over & over again. He wasn't in the more vulnerable position he is in the Belmont, because he had only 2 easy races going in. Now he's being asked to race his 3rd race in 5 weeks off another race only 3 weeks prior to his Derby. If he loses it will be from fatigue & possibly the distance, not because some horse you though was better than him when he was in the 1st pointed to race & least likely to lose got what you believe was a compromised trip. The best horse won the Derby, the best horse won the Preakness. He's the best horse in Belmont, but how much juice is left in the lemon? We'll find out soon enough.
Anyone who still thinks he could have been beaten in the Derby by any one of the other horses hasn't learned anything from the 1st 2 legs of the Triple Crown.