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[Michael D.]

I\'d prefer this horse not even run.

After the Preakness flop, there won\'t be any value in beating the guy, and you really can\'t toss him with confidence. Or can you?

If they had skipped the Preakness, the sheet would look as nice as any Belmont starter I\'ve seen in a while, especially with the :06.14 final 1/16 in the Derby. But now he runs for the 3rd time in 5 weeks, coming off a stressful effort where he put up a \'4\' while losing a shoe.

But if they had skipped the 2nd leg, he probably loses the shoe in the Belmont. Right?

Only adding to the confusion, they now go with Dominguez.

This guy went from possible key, to toss, to who the frick knows.

[jimbo66]

Couldn\'t agree more Michael.  I can\'t toss him.  The question is how much to use him.

To make matters worse, being the tall rangy type, he figures to relish the wide sweeping turns at Belmont.

[bstaubs22]

I can\'t come close to wanting to use him at all. Go to the DRF website and click on the story about the first seven starters from the derby possible competing in the Belmont. The picture on that page is of MMM and you can clearly see his ribs sticking out and seems as though he has lost a lot of weight. It doesn\'t help matters either that he can\'t keep his shoes on!!

[MO]

On the Preakness telecast, Donna Brothers said this horse had lost weight between Derby and Preakness. Ran like it too. He\'s toast.

[jbelfior]

Kathy Ritvo may be a nice lady with a great story but she may also  be about to ruin a pretty nice racehorse in a matter of 5 weeks.

I\'m starting to agree with Jerry that this is a bad betting Belmont and why exhaust yourself when there may be better opportunities on the undercard.

Now if Neil Howard stops playing around and enters Prime Cut, then I may start getting interested.


Good Luck,
Joe B.