Belmont Workshop
 

I heard the following from several very reliable handicappers. Contrary to what alot of handicappers feel, the Belmont does not favor deep closers. Horses that are near the lead are the ones that fair the best. With that I'm giving first crack at identifying the pace type of all horses in the race. Feel free to shoot me down..

Bluegrass Cat - P
Bob and John - P
Deputy Glitters - P
Hemmingways Key - S
High Finance - EP
Jazil - S
Oh So Awesome-S
Platinum Couple-S
Sacred Light-S
Steppenwolfer-S
Sunriver-P (S/P ?)
Double Galore EP

With that said main win contenders before cranking the numbers through Spec would be (in no order)
Bluegrass Cat
Bob And John
Deputy Glitters
Sunriver

Interested to see what the Matchup folks feel will be the pace of this race.

positionally vs distribution
 

one has to be close to the pace POSITIONALLY, but if the energy distribution is not in the low 67 or high 66 median percentage, they run out of gas unless none in the field projects in that range.

The Editor's Note's, Temperence Hill's, Victory Gallop's and Birdstones of the world (plodders) made use of that. But then if you just OUT-Hustle everyone and have enough left (Swale, Conquistador) that works too.

median at the Belmont
 

top four last year had the same thing in common: a median in the high 66 to low 67.

place the same
 

similar to the winner

again
 

finishers have to have this distribution to last

finishing the top 4
 

another one close

OMG-Belmont Selections
 

Ok... I trusted the software and hit the exacta in the Preakness.. Now I plan on looking like a total fool tomorrow at 6:35...

Top 2 Picks

6-High Finance
5-Oh So Awesome

troubling
 

Bob N John is presenting a troubling bunch of lines into today's contest.

"Bob N John is presenting a troubling bunch of lines into today's contest"

Not sure what you mean there.

progressively earlier
 

horse is either 1) meeting a pace that is too fast for it to handle, 2) going off form 3) animal is running at distances NOT suited for it....usually too long. of course NOT always, but it is troubling when one sees this.