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.

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. 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.” Ortiz had to take off all 12 of his mounts because of his injuries, including a ride on Known Agenda in the 1.5 million Belmont Stakes. Ortiz was clipped by a trailing horse, sending him to nearby North Shore Community Hospital. 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. Ortizs mount, Equal Pay, stumbled in the stretch and unseated the rider in the path of oncoming horses. Wählen Sie aus erstklassigen Inhalten zum Thema Irad Ortiz Jr in höchster Qualität. was placed on a flat board and transported to a hospital via ambulance following a spill in Thursdays fifth race at Belmont Park, according to NYRA analyst and former champion jockey Richard Migliore.

“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. will miss his Belmont Stakes ride on Known Agenda after he was unseated and injured in the fifth race Thursday at Belmont Park. Finden Sie Stock-Fotos zum Thema Irad Ortiz Jr sowie redaktionelle Newsbilder von Getty Images. was unseated during the running of the fifth race on Thursday at Belmont Park. 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. “I’m a little concerned and I don’t know what I’m going to do,” Clancy said Friday.

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