The 2025 Belmont Stakes

[Danny]

Wow

 

[Ian_Davies]

Indeed:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962225697830691110

To return to the race, this obviously left Sierra Leone and Flavien Prat in an impossible position.

Prat - possibly shaken by the incident - actually didn't seem to do a lot about that down the back straight and, not for the first time tbh, he's left Sierra Leone with an absolute mountain to climb on the turn for home where he also came widest of all.

Great opportunistic ride from Johnny Velazquez - completing a coast-to-coast big-race double after Fierceness - to prevail with Antiquarian, but no way in my book has the best horse won the race.

With the 3yo Triple Crown form now tainted by Journalism's defeat against an older horse, Sovereignty might have a job on against Fierceness and Sierra Leone in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

 

[Ian_Davies]

I'm glad to read on social media that Irad Ortiz's agent says he's not only ok, but has been cleared to ride today if he feels up to it.

 

[Ian_Davies]

Jockey Club Gold Cup race in full:

 

[Ian_Davies]

Ted Noffey looks an interesting 2yo:

 

[maureen]

What colour is he? They were talking about brown horses with white tails on racing radio the other day and they reckoned that a lot of them were quirky.

 

[Robicheaux]

Looking at Kentucky on Saturday. Dettori, two interesting rides again. Big money once more.

 

[Ian_Davies]

What colour is he?

Description is "grey or roan."

 

[maureen]

Description is "grey or roan."

That’s ok then. I assume it’s only when they’re bay or brown. Trouble is I keep noticing grey tails now.

 

[Ian_Davies]

I really wish I had named this thread "The 2025 USA Racing Thread" now - still, there's always next year.

Three races at Woodbine tonight and FWIW my USA data model bets 1/4 Notable Speech 4/1 Win For The Money and a million bar two.

Notable Speech is 8/5 according to The Morning Line, but that's the stuff of fantasy and I expect him to be well odds on.

 

[Frankel]

That was a horrific trip round for Buick!

 

[Robicheaux]

He's having a bad night

 

[LUKE]

Buick having a mare -wouldn't be rushing to take the 1/3 on Notable Speech.I think Peter O' Sullevan had a rule about avoiding jockeys who were going against them.

 

[LUKE]

Have to lay that for afew quid at 2/5.

 

[Slim]

There was 8/13 available earlier when Ian posted. You'd be on good terms with yourself if you played.

 

[Frankel]

Never in doubt!

 

[maureen]

Phew. Thought I ‘d put the mockers on Buick tonight by remembering to watch the races!

 

[maureen]

Why don’t jockeys suffer from jet lag?

 

[Frankel]

Why don’t jockeys suffer from jet lag?

I don't know, why don't jockeys suffer from jet lag?

 

[Ian_Davies]

Notable Speech wouldn't be the best 2,000 Guineas winner ever, but he had his ground tonight and he was different gear to that lot.

 

[Ian_Davies]

It's the Pennsylvania Derby and the Cotillion Stakes at Parx on Saturday night UK time.

These contests will have my attention.

 

[Ian_Davies]

Baeza, brought with a well-timed, sweeping, run by the magnificently-named Hector Isaac Berrios, gained a decisive and deserved win in the Pennsylvania Derby.

He'd bumped into a right pair in Sovereignty and Journalism in the Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and the Jim Dandy, but he'd run well every time and he made no mistake here.

 

[maureen]

Darn it. Forgot again. Busy making banana bread and manicuring the dogs nails.

 

[Ian_Davies]

What are you like?

There you go:

 

[maureen]

Thanks Ian! Is he another horse with a grey tail? Or was it just dirt?