2016 Belmont Field

[Leamas57]

The opening number for Guys and Dolls?

[Leamas57]

Lani will outkick those horses you named through superior number and pattern power  [If they don\'t look right, Jerry, remember the Japanese read from right to left and down to up...].

Leamas

[Leamas57]

That\'s redboarding, P-Dub.

[sekrah]

1. 4th or 5th fastest horse in the field, behind the fastest by only about 1 pt, and he has an excuse in his best race.
2. Moving forward.  
3. Easily the best price of those 4-5 horses.

Sure, spacing isn\'t great, but sometimes horses just keep going, especially 3yos this time of the year.  Is it the perfect looking setup for him? No.  At 20-1 and training well is he worth a crack? Sure!

One other thing.. It took Lani about 4 jumps after the wire in the Preakness to close those last two lengths on Nyquist, Cherry Wine and Stradavari.. He got Exaggerator a few jumps after that.  NO ONE was moving better than him at the wire, and he lost by 5 lengths after being 3w/4w.

[johnnym]

Agree was very surprised by his sheets pattern and number.
One thing for sure,He is the fittest horse going in.

[horsegoer]

Lani won\'t hit board.
big question.. does sbn x out or is poised for a new top off that little backward move?

body\'s cause has a nice pattern.

[johnnym]

I have watched the derby replay a plenty of times my question, is the backward move performance based or trip based?

20 horses a few of them did get pinched especially Creator. How you factor that into a number I do not know.
Good Luck

[Leamas57]

If track plays as fast as it is so far today, frontrunners will appeal more tomrrow for Belmont Stakes (and other dirt races). Kareena just went 6 furlongs in under 1.08