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Friday, June 10
Grade 2, $500,000 New York, fillies & mares 4 years old and up, 1 ¼ miles, turf: Guapaza, Havana Moon, Photo Call, Sea Calisi, Songoficeandfire, Trophee.

Grade 2, $250,000 True North, 4-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs: Dads Caps, Holy Boss, Joking, Private Zone.

Saturday, June 11

Grade 2, $500,000 Woody Stephens, 3-year-olds, seven furlongs:Counterforce, Dig Deep, I Will Score, King Kranz, Mrazek, Tom's Ready.Questionable: Quijote, Sharp Azteca, Tale of S' avall.

Grade 1, $1.25 million Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap, 3-year-olds and up, one mile: Anchor Down, Blofeld, Frosted, Marking, Mshawish, Noble Bird, Sloane Avenue, Tamarkuz, Upstart, Ami's Flatter.

Grade 1, $1 million Woodford Reserve Manhattan, 4-year-olds and up, 1 ¼ miles, turf: Divisidero, Grand Tito, Ironicus, Slumber, World Approval.Questionable: Oathkeeper.

Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps, fillies and mares 4 years old and up, 1 1/16 miles: Carrumba, Cavorting, Curalina, Stopchargingmaria, Unbridled Forever.Questionable: By the Moon, Sheer Drama.

Grade 1, $700,000 Longines Just a Game, fillies and mares 4-years-old and up, one mile, turf: Celestine, Irish Rookie, Lexie Lou, Mrs McDougal, Rainha da Bateria, Recepta. Questionable: Maimara, Tapitry, Nancy From Nairobi.

Grade 1, $700,000 Acorn, 3-year-old fillies, one mile: Carina Mia, Cathryn Sophia, Go Maggie Go, Paola Queen, Forever Darling.


Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, 3-year-olds, 1 ½ miles: Brody's Cause, Cherry Wine, Creator, Exaggerator, Destin, Governor Malibu, Lani, Suddenbreakingnews. Questionable: Stradivari, Wild About Deb, Trojan Nation.
 
[h=1]G1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan marks seasonal debut for European sensation Flintshire[/h]By NYRA Press Office
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Chad Brown has dominated the proceedings in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan in recent years, winning three of the last four runnings. The trainer's representation in this year's edition of the Grade, $1 million race suggests his excellent streak could continue when the 1 1/4-mile turf race is run at Belmont Park Saturday.

The 115th running of the Manhattan, the race immediately preceding the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, drew an accomplished field of 11 older males. Brown entered four: Big Blue Kitten, Flintshire, Slumber and Wake Forest. Only Big Blue Kitten, the runner-up last year behind stablemate Slumber, and Flintshire, a $7 million earner making his first start for Brown, are his confirmed starters. Brown said it's possible that either Slumber or Wake Forest, who share the same ownership group, would skip the Manhattan and point to the Grade 1 United Nations at Monmouth Park July 3.

Flintshire, a homebred for Juddmonte Farms, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite. Javier Castellano has the mount on the 6-year-old, who will break from post 10 on the inner turf course.

Last year while trained by Andre Fabre, Flintshire demonstrated a devastating turn of foot that propelled him to a 2 1/2-length victory in Saratoga's Grade 1 Sword Dancer. He returned to France and finished second in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, his second consecutive runner-up finish in that race, and then concluded the season by finishing second in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase, a race he won in 2014.

Because Flintshire's connections believed the son of Dansili would relish the firmer ground and faster pace associated with American turf racing, the horse was sent to Brown in March.

The original thought had been to kick off Flintshire's 2016 season in the United Nations, but then came his June 4 work on the turf at Belmont Park - a five-furlong move in 1:00.60 - and Brown had a change of heart.

"The work was outstanding," Brown said. "The horse looks fit and ready to go. It's a great opportunity to run for a huge purse in a very prestigious race and run out of your own barn and not have to ship. So, when I saw that final piece of work, it convinced me to run."

The 8-year-old Big Blue Kitten, last year's champion turf male, has been in Brown's care throughout his 31-race career. On the cusp of passing $3 million in earnings, Big Blue Kitten enters the Manhattan following a fifth-place finish in his 2016 debut, the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs May 7.

"He needed the race," Brown said. "It was a little short for him. It was a difficult race off the layoff. He was a little far back and the race really didn't set up for him. He seemed to get a lot out of that race, and has trained strong since then. I expect him to move forward off of that effort."

Joe Bravo, Big Blue Kitten's regular pilot, has the assignment from post 5 aboard the third choice at 6-1.

Brown said Wake Forest, the winner of the local prep for the Manhattan, the Grade 1 Man o' War on May 14, has made great strides since being purchased privately last fall in Europe.

"It's been impressive how this horse has developed all winter," the trainer said. "When we got him in, he trained okay, not spectacular. Then with each race that went by, I saw the horse really improve and now I see the horse in top form in the mornings and afternoon."

John Velazquez has been named to ride the 10-1 Wake Forest, who was assigned post 3.

Slumber, who won the Manhattan last year by 2 3/4 lengths for his first Grade 1 score, was third in Churchill Downs' Turf Classic, a race which launched his 8-year-old campaign.

"He was a bit unlucky in his last race," Brown said. "He encountered a bit of trouble late in the race inside of horses. I thought maybe if he could have gone to the outside, he would have made a closer race out of it."

Slumber, 10-1 in the program, will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. and drew post 2.

Divisidero, the neck winner of the Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard, returns to Belmont Park, where he won last year's Pennine Ridge Stakes before finishing seventh in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby. A winner of four of eight starts, Divisidero possesses a potent late kick, and his trainer, Buff Bradley, wants to see his runner in a position where that style can be maximized.

"We're going to need to pay attention to what is going on there with the pace, and maybe be a little closer because the pace figures to be a little bit slower than his last race." Bradley said.

Hall of Famer Edgar Prado rides Divisidero, who has been assigned 8-1 odds and drew post 11.

The Shug McGaughey-trained Ironicus, the second choice at 4-1, looked strong in winning Belmont's Grade 3 Fort Marcy over a yielding turf course five weeks ago. The 5-year-old will be asked to step it up in the Manhattan, his first start in a Grade 1.

World Approval, who owned the lead in the stretch of the Turf Classic before Divisidero's bold run led that one to victory, has also been entered and is 12-1.

Trainer Bill Mott, who has won three prior editions of the Manhattan, has entered both Take the Stand (15-1) and Triple Threat (30-1). The latter lost his rider when he and another horse clipped heels at the five-sixteenths pole in the Turf Classic. Take the Stand, winner of the Grade 2 Muniz Memorial Handicap at the Fair Grounds in March, is making his Grade 1 debut.

Grand Tito (20-1), who was uninjured but scratched from the Turf Classic after an incident in the paddock, and Oathkeeper (30-1), making his U.S. debut, complete the field.
 
[h=1]Exaggerator goes from hunter to hunted in G1 Belmont Stakes[/h]By NYRA Press Office | 06/08/2016 02:49 PM ET
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No longer in the shadows following his emphatic victory in the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes, Big Chief Racing, Head of Plains Partners and Rocker O Ranch's Exaggerator will have the headliner's spotlight trained on him early Saturday evening in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets at Belmont Park.

The 148[SUP]th[/SUP] running of the 'Test of the Champion,' at 1 ½ miles the last and longest leg of racing's Triple Crown, puts an exclamation point on the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, a spectacular three-day celebration serving up 19 stakes, 11 of them graded including six Grade 1 events, worth $9.6 million in purses.

Carded as the 11[SUP]th[/SUP] race, post time for the Belmont is 6:37 p.m. EST as part of NBC's two-hour national telecast from 5-7 p.m. NBC Sports Network will provide additional coverage of Saturday's 13-race program from 3-5 p.m.

A dark bay or brown son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, second by a head to filly Rags to Riches in an historic 2007 Belmont, Exaggerator had finished behind previously undefeated 2015 2-year-old male champion Nyquist four times, including the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby May 7, before turning the tables with a 3 ½-length triumph in the Preakness.

Exaggerator, trained by California-based Keith Desormeaux in his Belmont Stakes debut, is attempting to become the 12[SUP]th[/SUP] horse to win the Preakness and Belmont after falling short in the Kentucky Derby, and the first since Afleet Alex in 2005. In all, 18 horses have swept the final two-thirds of the Triple Crown including seven that did not run in the Derby.

"It's a little different than usually us coming through the back door, but I've always said I'd much rather have the favorite than be 20-1," Desormeaux said. "When you're 4-5 in your hopes of taking down a $1.5 million race, I'd much prefer that. It's not so bad."

The 9-5 program favorite in a field of 13 3-year-olds, Exaggerator will break from post position 11 under Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, Keith's younger brother and winner of the 2009 Belmont with Summer Bird. All horses will carry 126 pounds.

"I'm truly very excited for Exaggerator, more thrilled that I'm here with my brother Keith. I just hope the story continues and we write another chapter," Kent Desormeaux said. "I'm so excited; I wish the race was today.

"I think the role has changed now. It becomes a situation that I actually enjoy," he added. "Everybody is going to want to be where I am and wonder where I am, so I hope they all take their horses out of their normal situations, their normal comfort levels and all want to be around Exaggerator, because Exaggerator is going to be where I'm comfortable."

What had been projected as a paceless race, a factor not suited to Exaggerator's typical closing style, changed with the late addition of front-running Gettysburg by WinStar Farm, which also owns Belmont contender Creator and will stand Exaggerator upon his retirement.

Keith Desormeaux remains unfazed by either scenario. Exaggerator has shown the ability to run closer to the lead, as in his runner-up finish to Nyquist in the seven-furlong Grade 2 San Vicente Feb. 15 and his neck victory in the Grade 3 Delta Jackpot last November.

"It's up to Kent. If the pace is fast, yeah, he'll be far back. If the pace is slow, he'll be closer. It's not a matter of how far back he is; it's a matter of being comfortable through the first half of the race. He just needs to be comfortable," Desormeaux said.

"Kent has got to judge his own pace. He's got to ride with blinkers. It doesn't matter who's out there," he added. "He just needs to drop Exaggerator's head, let him get in comfortable 12 and change eighths and they can have as many speed horses as they like. But that's easy for me to say."

Trying to become the first horse to finish second in the Derby and win the Preakness and Belmont since Nashua in 1955, and the second straight favorite following 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, Exaggerator will see some familiar faces in the Belmont.

From the Preakness comes fellow closer Cherry Wine, still looking for his first stakes victory but second by a nose over Nyquist; Belmont Park-based Stradivari (fourth) and Japanese owned and trained Group 2 UAE Derby winner Lani, the only horse besides Exaggerator to run in all three Triple Crown races (fifth).

Out of the Derby are Grade 3 Southwest winner Suddenbreakingnews (fifth); multiple graded stakes winner Destin (sixth); Brody's Cause, the only multiple Grade 1 winner in the Belmont other than Exaggerator (seventh); Grade 1 Arkansas Derby winner Creator (13[SUP]th[/SUP]); and Grade 1 Wood Memorial runner-up Trojan Nation (16[SUP]th[/SUP]).

"I think it is a wide open field and I think Exaggerator is a deserving favorite," two-time Belmont-winning trainer Todd Pletcher said. "He ran great in the Derby, and he ran great in the Preakness. He's shown up every time."

Pletcher will saddle both Destin and Stradivari in the Belmont, a race he won in 2007 with Rags to Riches and 2013 with Palace Malice. It will be the sixth time he has had multiple starters, including a record five horses in 2013. He was also the trainer for Gettysburg's first seven starts until WinStar moved the colt to trainer Steve Asmussen earlier in the week.

"I think Destin ran a sneaky good race in the Derby. He didn't get away from the gate the way we wanted to. We didn't get to the position that we wanted to. He had to work to kind of get to the top of the stretch in the position that we hoped he'd already naturally be in just kind of stalking the pace," Pletcher said. "He's trained well since then, he's won a race over the Belmont track, and sometimes five weeks in between is helpful when you're taking on horses like Exaggerator that are having their third race in five weeks.

"Stradivari, I think you can make a case that he was behind schedule a little bit leading into the Preakness and sometimes a race like that will move him forward. That's' what we're hoping. I think they've both shown that on their days they're capable of running with the best of this crop."

Second choice on the morning line at 5-1, Stradivari will break from post 5 with Hall of Famer John Velazquez aboard while Destin, third choice at 6-1, will have Javier Castellano aboard from post 2.

Dale Romans, third with four of his six career Belmont starters including Keen Ice last year, trains both Cherry Wine and Brody's Cause. Cherry Wine was fourth in the Grade 2 Rebel and third behind his stablemate in the Grade 1 Blue Grass before bypassing the Derby, while Brody's Cause also won the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland and was third to Nyquist in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall.

"I would say Brody is the more talented, but Cherry Wine is on the improve. They're both good horses, but the key going into these big races is they're just training so well and they feel so good and they're so healthy. We're not trying to stop any leaks," Romans said.

"On past resumes, in my opinion, there's no superstars. Brody's Cause is very accomplished, two Grade 1 wins, but six months now this might look like a stellar group," he added. "That's kind of the thing about the Belmont if you don't have a Triple Crown on the line. But it seems like there's always some good ones that come out of there."

Cherry Wine will carry jockey Corey Lanerie from post 3 as the 8-1 fourth program choice. Luis Saez rides Brody's Cause (20-1) from post 12.

New York-bred Governor Malibu enters the Belmont after finishing second by less than a length in its local prep, the Grade 2 Peter Pan, May 14. The Malibu Moon colt won the Gander Stakes against state-breds to open his sophomore year and finished first in the Federico Tesio April 9 at Laurel but was disqualified to second for interference.

Governor Malibu is trained by Christophe Clement, who teamed with jockey Joel Rosario to win the 2014 Belmont with Tonalist and spoil California Chrome's Triple Crown bid. Rosario will ride Governor Malibu (12-1) from post 1.

"It takes a good horse to win the Belmont. This race is a huge deal for me. I train at Belmont and it means a lot. It's very ambitious so let's run it and see what happens," Clement said. "I'm very happy. The horse is doing very well and he's a very sound horse. He's training forwardly and I guess we'll have to find out if he's good enough."
Suddenbreakingnews is another late runner who closed from dead last to finish fifth in the 1 ¼-mile Derby, less than five lengths behind Nyquist. He drew post 4 as the co-fifth choice at 10-1 with Hall of Famer Mike Smith aboard.
"I don't think the post matters. He's going to go down and either turn left or right at the turn," owner Sonny Henderson said. "I think the mile and a half or over fits him like a glove."
Lani has trained at Belmont Park since his ninth-place finish in the Derby. Known for his lengthy workout regimen and problematic starts, he found himself far back again in the 1 3/16-mile Preakness but was only beaten five lengths after having to steady in upper stretch.
Yutaka Take, a 16-time riding champion in Japan, has the call on Lani from post 10 at 20-1.
"I'm very happy with number 10," Kieta Tanaka, racing manager for owner Koji Maeda and trainer Mikio Matsunaga, said. "To be honest, the Belmont Stakes has been the main target since we came here to the United States, so I'm very much looking forward to this weekend. He has been doing the same thing as what we do back home so ideally he is fit enough."
Creator rallied from last to win the 1 1/8-mile Arkansas Derby April 16 prior to his nightmarish trip in the Derby. Listed at 10-1 on the morning line, he will have a new rider in Irad Ortiz Jr. from outside post 13.

Gettysburg (30-1) will be making his third attempt in a graded stakes, having finished fifth in both the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Feb. 13 at Tampa Bay Downs and Arkansas Derby. Most recently, he was third as the favorite in a 1 1/16-mile entry-level allowance May 26 at Belmont. Jockey Paco Lopez makes his Belmont Stakes debut from post 6.

Trojan Nation (30-1) returns to New York for the second time since the April 9 Wood at Aqueduct, where he found himself in tight quarters along the rail and was beaten a head. Aaron Gryder, riding in his first Belmont, has the mount from post 9.

Rounding out the field are the Charles Fipke bred and owned pair of Seeking the Soul and Forever d'Oro making their stakes debuts for trainer Dallas Stewart. Both colts broke their maiden on the same day, May 29, with Forever d'Oro's victory coming at Belmont going 1 1/16 miles, while Seeking the Soul graduated running a mile at Churchill Downs.

Jose Ortiz has been named to ride Forever d'Oro and Florent Geroux will be aboard Seeking the Soul, both 30-1 on the morning line.
 
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ELMONT, N.Y. – Thirteen proved to be a lucky number for the New York Racing Association when it came to this year’s Belmont Stakes card.
Not only did 13 enter the Belmont Stakes, but there were 13 entrants each in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, Grade 1 Just a Game, and Grade 2 Woody Stephens, three of the nine supporting stakes on Saturday’s 13-race program at Belmont Park. The Grade 3 Jaipur Invitational drew 14.
The $1.25 million Met Mile drew a wildly competitive field of 13, with Frosted, the runner-up to American Pharoah in last year’s Belmont Stakes, made a tepid 7-2 morning-line favorite. Frosted, who drew post 5, is coming off a fifth-place finish in the $10 million Dubai World Cup.
Kiaran McLaughlin, the trainer of Frosted, said he opted to run in the Met Mile because of the prestige of the race, and he’s hoping for a speed duel to develop so that Frosted can rally from off the pace.
McLaughlin entered two others in the race – Marking and Tamarkuz. Tamarkuz finished fourth behind Honor Code in last year’s Met Mile.
Trainer Todd Pletcher also entered three in the race, led by Stanford, the winner of the Charles Town Classic. He also has Anchor Down, the winner of the Westchester, and Blofeld, the winner of the Gulfstream Park Handicap.
Noble Bird, coming off a monster performance in the Pimlico Special, will turn back to a mile for this race. Also entered were El Kabeir, Donworth, Upstart, Ami’s Flatter, Sloane Avenue, and Calculator.
Brown has four in Manhattan
Flintshire, a Group 1 or Grade 1 winner in three countries, heads a field of 11 entered for the Grade 1, $1 million Manhattan Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on turf.
Flintshire, who won the Grade 1 Sword Dancer at Saratoga last year for Andre Fabre, will be making his first start for trainer Chad Brown, who received the horse in March. Brown entered three other horses in the field –Slumber and Big Blue Kitten, who ran one-two in this race last year, and Wake Forest, the winner of the Grade 1 Man o’ War earlier at this meet.
Flintshire will break from post 10, while Slumber and Wake Forest drew posts 2 and 3 and Big Blue Kitten drew post 5.
Others entered are World Approval, Take the Stand, Ironicus, Oathkeeper, Triple Threat, Grand Tito, and Divisidero.
Cathryn Sophia tops Acorn
The Grade 1, $700,000 Acorn for 3-year-old fillies drew only a field of six, but it includes Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia, Black-Eyed Susan winner Go Maggie Go, and Eight Belles Stakes winner Carina Mia.
The field also includes Off the Tracks, who was cross-entered in Friday’s Jersey Girl Stakes. By NYRA house rule, Off the Tracks will have to scratch from the Jersey Girl after entering in a race the following day.
Cathryn Sophia, trained by John Servis, is 5 for 6, including a 2 3/4-length victory in the Kentucky Oaks. She will break from post 5.
Go Maggie Go finished fourth in the Oaks and turned around two weeks later to win the Black-Eyed Susan. She drew post 6 in the Acorn.
Carina Mia, who was excluded from the Oaks due to a lack of qualifying points, won the Eight Belles by six lengths on May 6.
Poala Queen and Forever Darling complete the field.
Five Grade 1 winners in Phipps
Curalina, last year’s Acorn winner, is one of five Grade 1 winners entered in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles.
Curalina is coming off a 7 1/2-length victory in the Grade 1 La Troienne, in which she beat, among others, Sheer Drama, who is back in this field. Curalina drew post 5, while Sheer Drama will break from post 7.
Stopchargingmaria, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner, was beaten a neck by Sheer Drama in the Grade 1 Madison on April 9, her only start this year.
Cavorting, coming off a monster win in the Grade 2 Ruffian, and Forever Unbridled, the winner of the Grade 1 Apple Blossom last out, are the other Grade 1 winners in the field.
Carrumba, a Grade 3 winner, and the seemingly misplaced Desert Valley complete the Phipps field.
Full field in Just a Game
With female turf champion Tepin safely bedded down in England, a full field of 14 was entered for Saturday’s Grade 1, $700,000 Just a Game Stakes at a mile.
Tepin won this race last year and hasn’t lost since, including a victory in the Grade 2 Distaff Turf Mile.
Rainha Da Bateria, who finished second to Tepin that day, is one of two Chad Brown runners entered in this year’s Just a Game. Brown also entered Mrs McDougal, the winner of the Plenty of Grace Stakes in her last start. Mrs McDougal defeated Strike Charmer, who came back to win the Grade 3 Beaugay on May 14. Strike Charmer is back in this field.
The Just a Game field includes Celestine, Lady Lara, and My Miss Sophia from the Bill Mott barn; La Berma and Prize Exhibit for California-based conditioner James Cassidy; Recepta, Faufiler, Irish Rookie, and Lexie Lou.
Baffert has two bullets to fire
Trainer Bob Baffert won’t be participating in this year’s Belmont Stakes, but he has two bullets to fire on the undercard in Justin Squared in the Grade 2, $500,000 Woody Stephens and Cupid in the $150,000 Easy Goer.
In the Woody Stephens, at seven furlongs, Baffert sends out the undefeated Justin Squared, who is coming off a win in the Chick Lang Stakes at Pimlico. He will face Sharp Azteca, who comes off a 2 1/2-length victory in the Pat Day Mile, and 11 others, including I Will Score and Mrazek, the one-two finishers in the Grade 3 Laz Barrera at Santa Anita.
In the Easy Goer, Baffert sends out Cupid, the winner of the Grade 2 Rebel who finished 10th in the Arkansas Derby and came out of that raced needing throat surgery. Cupid will only face four rivals in the Easy Goer – Race Me Home, Rally Cry, Hit It Once More, and Economic Model.
 
With trainer Brian Lynch facing a positive marijuana test affecting his good standing, multiple grade I winner Private Zone will be scratched from the $250,000 True North Stakes (gr. II) June 10 at Belmont Park.
Lee Park, spokesperson for the New York Stake Gaming Commission, said: "The commission determined administratively that Private Zone is not eligible."
Retired jockey Rene Douglas of Good Friends Stable said the horse had to be scratched after Lynch had a positive drug test for marijuana. With Lynch's good standing with the NYSGC changing after entries were taken, state rules do not allow Private Zone to be re-entered under a different trainer's name.
Douglas said he believes the treatment of Lynch was heavy-handed and the rule that forced Private Zone to be scratched punishes the horse and owner, even though they didn't break any rules.
"This is the first time he has had something like this happen; it's nothing that bad," Douglas said. "It's unfair for the owner and unfair for the horse. It takes a lot to get a horse ready for a race, it's a big investment."
Douglas said he also feels bad for the fans who were looking forward to seeing Private Zone run. The Macho Uno gelding was scheduled to make his 6-year-old debut Friday.
Douglas said they'll figure out where to next start the horse, and that they plan to stick with Lynch as the horse's trainer.
 
Play2win said:
With trainer Brian Lynch facing a positive marijuana test affecting his good standing, multiple grade I winner Private Zone will be scratched from the $250,000 True North Stakes (gr. II) June 10 at Belmont Park.
Lee Park, spokesperson for the New York Stake Gaming Commission, said: "The commission determined administratively that Private Zone is not eligible."
Retired jockey Rene Douglas of Good Friends Stable said the horse had to be scratched after Lynch had a positive drug test for marijuana. With Lynch's good standing with the NYSGC changing after entries were taken, state rules do not allow Private Zone to be re-entered under a different trainer's name.
Douglas said he believes the treatment of Lynch was heavy-handed and the rule that forced Private Zone to be scratched punishes the horse and owner, even though they didn't break any rules.
"This is the first time he has had something like this happen; it's nothing that bad," Douglas said. "It's unfair for the owner and unfair for the horse. It takes a lot to get a horse ready for a race, it's a big investment."
Douglas said he also feels bad for the fans who were looking forward to seeing Private Zone run. The Macho Uno gelding was scheduled to make his 6-year-old debut Friday.
Douglas said they'll figure out where to next start the horse, and that they plan to stick with Lynch as the horse's trainer.
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This sport gets shit ass backwards most of the time, guys like Preciado and Vitali with horses testing positive are allowed to enter horses but Lynch can't
 
It's a joke for sure...and they wonder why the game is dying. Have you seen what's going on with casinos and how it affects Finger Lakes?
 
Charging folks $20/$25 for admission is a joke also...guess families will not be attending and I guess they don't want their business and I guess they would rather hit you before you get through the door parking, pp's, etc instead of having better pools.
 
Obv performance enhancing. I don't smoke weed much but if I was around horses all the time I'd have to reconsider
 
Play2win said:
It's a joke for sure...and they wonder why the game is dying. Have you seen what's going on with casinos and how it affects Finger Lakes?
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I've read some of it and it doesn't look good for FL, from what i have seen. Cuomo hates horse racing though and so the state doesn't give a shit
 
Play2win said:
Charging folks $20/$25 for admission is a joke also...guess families will not be attending and I guess they don't want their business and I guess they would rather hit you before you get through the door parking, pp's, etc instead of having better pools.
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It's funny because they got away with it last 2 years with Triple Crown on the line, be surprised if there's 80K in attendance this year, I don't care how good the card is that does not appeal to the casual fan enough to spend that amount of money. The people who run the sport live in such a bubble that they don't even realize it.

Saw someone on twitter post some meeting minutes of a CHRB meeting and one of the board members said out loud in the meeting, who care about the bettor? Can't imagine any other business saying in a public forum who cares about our customer.

At the very least they should be following Vegas sports book model where they give drink, food, program tickets for a certain amount bet, place $100 in bets get a $10 food/drink voucher or something
 
kjohnson109 said:
Obv performance enhancing. I don't smoke weed much but if I was around horses all the time I'd have to reconsider
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The guys I mentioned Preciado and Vitali have had numerous drug violations in their horses who have run, they get suspended/fined but then appeal and even if suspended their assistants are allowed to run their horses. I wouldn't mind the Lynch suspension, since he did break the rules, if that is how they treated those who drug horses.
 
Going through Saturday PP's and this card is impossible so there should be money to make some place. Lean towards Destin at this point in The Belmont.
 
Hey p2w, idk if u get or check the events/horses at the Monmouth park racetrack, but if you have any information or even tips for how to play horses, I will be there for tomorrow!

Thanks either way
 
ScopeY said:
Hey p2w, idk if u get or check the events/horses at the Monmouth park racetrack, but if you have any information or even tips for how to play horses, I will be there for tomorrow!

Thanks either way
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I've been to Monmouth a few times, very nice track and great atmosphere however I only bet their races on Haskell Day or a few of the other big days there. I know Lloyd and Da Raiders pay attention to Monmouth racing so maybe they can assist you but Monmouth always used to be known as a track that favored early speed types.
 
Sucks, just saw on TVG that Dacita broke out w/ hives today. Chad says he's seen horses either run ok or run poor with this but certainly not a positive.
 
Lloyd Braun said:
I'll be there
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Sucks because I attended two of the last three Belmont's and had intentions of going this year especially since a TC isn't on the line but have to work main gig. Hope you have a nice day and make some money as well. I'll definitely catch you at the Spa even though I have a hectic summer ahead.
 
Another great call on the Big Hoss, nice work Play....really nice finish and trip there overall...
 
Belmont Day card is impossible, if I didn't have to work I would be there...get out at 3pm ET and will be around to post thoughts and plays. Also should be around from 12 to 1...here we go

R1 from a betting stand point no interest...#2 should win if not 2nd most likely winner is probably #5

R2 not a big fan of layoff horses going 1 mile 1/16 and #3 has never run that distance on dirt but at 10-1 in the morning line appears to be the main/controlling speed and 1 1/16 on dirt is only a one turn race at Big Sandy.
 
Play2win said:
Belmont Day card is impossible, if I didn't have to work I would be there...get out at 3pm ET and will be around to post thoughts and plays. Also should be around from 12 to 1...here we go

R1 from a betting stand point no interest...#2 should win if not 2nd most likely winner is probably #5

R2 not a big fan of layoff horses going 1 mile 1/16 and #3 has never run that distance on dirt but at 10-1 in the morning line appears to be the main/controlling speed and 1 1/16 on dirt is only a one turn race at Big Sandy.
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R2: #6 will likely be favorite but has to stretch in distance and last out win was on off track and now faces winners for 1st time.
 
R3: speaking of main/controlling speed, I'm all over #4...2nd Lasix could even take another step forward from last.
 
Didn't put too much time into R4...but only have three horses that I would consider at the 1 1/2 distance...3,5,9 and even though 1 1/2 race #9 could be at a big pace advantage (speed)
 
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