geldedridgling

You may want to go back and rewatch the 2014 BCC. Shared Belief got clobbered out of the gate while Bayern, Toast of New York, and California Chrome didn't loose 1 stride and went on to race 1,2,3 around the conveyor belt. Shared Belief showed his class by still running 4th in that race, winning the G1 Malibu about a month later, and then with a clean trip running by California Chrome like he was standing still in the San Antonio Stakes. As for GR this year, he should be the morning line favorite as he's reeled off 3 straight G1 wins and is a length or so away from an undefeated season. Arrogate has lost his last 2 races. It's clear who the morning line favorite is and should be, but GR might not be the post time favorite and is not the most likely horse to win this race. He's still got to prove after 3 tries that he can win at 10 furlongs. Maybe he can but we'll see.

Against 3 year olds Girvin has finished off the board in his last 2 starts. There's no reason to run him in the BCC this year.

Montauk's maiden win looked a lot like the maiden win of Honorable Treasure, with the exception of H.T. running in a race taken off turf (the dirt was fast). Honorable Treasure looked a lot different facing winners in the Champagne. Let's see if Montauk can put 2 or 3 races together of the same type like Bolt before we jump aboard the hype train.

Nice! We'll see in about 2 weeks.

It's like a 3rd bout between 2 boxers where 1 boxer hadn't won either of the first two bouts.

Won't this be Gun Runner's 3rd try against Arrogate (Travers, World Cup, and now BCC)?

It's not like Bob is dodging Triple Crown races if his horses are ready. Bodemeister did a lot of running before ending his career in the Preakness,even though he got a late start. Bayern got a later start and still ran in the Preakness, Woody Stephens, Haskell, Travers, Penn Derby, and BCC. AP ran in the Rebel, AR Derby, all 3 triple crown races, the Travers, and the BCC. Arrogate didn't run his first race until April and lost, so should he have contested the Preakness as a maiden? West Coast also got a late start and got beat in the Lexington. Should he have contested the Preakness off a sub par performance? These are just a couple of odd years. Over time everything will smooth out I believe.

He was loose on the lead and left from the far inside post. He got no pace pressure at all. He's the 2017 version of Haynesfield. Good win and could be lots more on the NY bred circuit, but if he goes on to the BC he won't be loose on the lead and would have to run a lot better to finish ITM.

I'd love to see him skip the BC, run in the Malibu, and prep for the Pegasus. He's done a lot in a short amount of time but needs a freshening. He ran ok in the JCGC, considering he sat second in a race with a slow pace and got passed late by the only horse that gained any ground in the race. He "tripped" into 3rd.

Unless you spent less than $6.85 on the ticket this wasn't a "tax ticket". If you're going to make up a lie at least make it make sense....