source for Past Performance: Daily Racing Form, via BelmontStakes.com:
http://www.belmontstakes.com/racing/default.aspx
This is a profoundly stupid move on their part.
I bet $100 on I’LL HAVE ANOTHER this morning. I know, but you should see the odds.
My pick: $20 triple box (total cost: $120)
Dullahan, Union Rags, Street Life
Now if I only had the money to bet! Lost my butt in the Preakness with “Went The Day Well”. And I had him to show! He closed like the wind in the Derby despite having all sorts of traffic problems. Didn’t do a thing in the Preakness.
Fugue for Tinhorns from Guys and Dolls
NICELY
I got the horse right here
The name is Paul Revere
And here’s a guy that says that the weather’s clear
Can do, can do, this guy says the horse can do
If he says the horse can do, can do, can do.
(Benny starts singing his part at this time, while Nicely continues:)
Can do - can do - this guy says the horse can do
If he says the horse can do - can do, can do.
(Rusty starts singing his part as the time, while Nicely and Benny continue:)
For Paul Revere I’ll bite
I hear his foot’s all right
Of course it all depends if it rained last night
Likes mud, likes mud, this X means the horse likes mud
If that means the horse likes mud, likes mud
Likes mud.
I tell you Paul Revere
Now this is no bum steer
It’s from a handicapper that’s real sincere
Can do, can do, this guy says the horse can do.
If he says the horse can do - can do - can do.
Paul Revere. I got the horse right here.
BENNY
I’m pickin’ Valentine, ‘cause on the morning line
A guy has got him figured at five to nine
Has chance, has chance, this guy says the horse has chance
if he says the horse has chance, has chance, has chance
I know it’s Valentine, the morning work looks fine
Besides the jockey’s brother’s a friend of mine
Needs race, needs race, this guy says the horse needs race
If he says the horse needs race, needs race, needs race.
I go for Valentine, ‘Cause on the morning line,
The guy has got him figured at five to nine
Has chance, has chance, this guy says the horse has chance
Valentine! I got the horse right here.
RUSTY CHARLIE
But look at Epitaph. he wins it by a half
According to this here in the Telegraph
“Big Threat” - “Big Threat”
This guy calls the horse “Big Threat”
If he calls the horse “Big Threat”,
Big Threat, Big Threat.
And just a minute, boys.
I’ve got the feed box noise
It says the great-grandfather was Equipoise
Shows class, shows class.
This guy says the horse shows class
If he says the horse shows class
Shows class, show’s class.
So make it Epitaph, he wins it by a half
According to this here in the Telegraph.
Epitaph! I got the hore right here!
Thanks for the post.
Racing needs its heroes. This is a class move. The casual fans may not understand it, but the game’s breeders, owners and jocks all appreciate what a loss it is that we don’t have a triple crown contender or winner again this year. This horse has captured the hearts of many.
Again, in my opinion, this is really a class move. I bet before the end of the day, you’ll hear others in the game say the same. I’ll Have Another’s connections would be skewered by the left if they raced today and the colt was injured.
Oldplayer
Okay, here’s an admittedly ignorant question: suppose I’ll Have Another rests up for a year and gets better.
Can he run the Belmont next year and still qualify as a Triple Crown winner?
Or is the whole point three races in a limited amount of time?