![]() Known Agenda broke from the rail at the Derby and was out of it by the time he got out of the first turn. His trainer, Todd Pletcher, has a way of parking his horses to train at Belmont Park - and he has saddled three winners and six runners-up in the Belmont Stakes. Bourbonic (15-1), Overtook (20-1) are other Pletcher horses who will go to the gate Saturday. Plus, he is the son of Tapit, whose progeny have, since 2013, thrice won the Belmont and four times finished in the top three. He was bumped at the start of the Derby, then forced to race wide and still finished fourth at Churchill Downs. He has been training well in the interim. NEW YORK (AP) A nasty fall riding in a race earlier this week not only sidelined jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., it proved costly on Saturday's Belmont Stakes card. Before we jump into the betting picks, let’s start with some pertinent information about the race including the odds. Because of the fall, he will not ride Known Agenda this weekend. His pedigree is short on speed and long on stamina and that particular combination can be damning on the Big Sandy, as the Belmont Park track is known because, well, it’s big and sandy. Can Rombauer turn around with three weeks of rest and replicate his Pimlico stretch run? I wouldn’t bet on it, not even with the great Johnny Velasquez aboard.Įssential Quality is the favorite in part because he’s probably the best horse in the field. In other big news, legendary jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Odds are that I won’t pick another winner of a Triple Crown race for another 10 years keep that in mind as you continue here. I cannot be right. “Essential Quality and Rombauer fight it out for second.” “I understand the interest in the 7 (Rock Your World) at a mile and a half and what should be a good price, but Charlie should like the distance, too, and his Derby and whole resume are better,” Davis said. was taken to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., and later released after being involved in a spill in the eighth race June 25 at Belmont Park. The fight was captured on a video that shows Ortiz landing at least three punches on Lopez following the fourth race Friday at Gulfstream. The other of my favorite, happy handicappers, Scott Davis, former horse racing editor at The Dispatch, is jumping back on Hot Rod Charlie. Davis and yours truly picked Hot Rod Charlie to win the Derby he finished third, a head behind Mandaloun. ![]() I’m going to stick with him, but I’m not going to bet as much, if you know what I mean. “Ortiz is so good and he knows the horse I think (Ortiz) is worth a length. for New York-breds at Belmont ended in tragedy as Happy Happy B ( Honor Code) broke down during the. “I’m a little concerned and I don’t know what I’m going to do,” Clancy said Friday. Jose Ortiz Sent to Hospital after Belmont Spill.
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