Belmont Stakes Follow Up with Pandy

Bob Pandolfo's post analysis of the Belmont Stakes, run at Saratoga this year, and a mile and a quarter instead of a mile and a half

[@roblegg3983]

Mindframe ran a Huge race - *BUT I believed in Dornoch when most "experts" didn't. Just b/c a horse doesn't fire in main prep race (Bluegrass) before the Derby and has a bad trip in the Derby, doesn't mean he can't regain his form back. Birdstone and Lemon Drop Kid are good examples. Had the Trifecta w/ DORNOCH. Dornoch showed fight and grit at the end holding off Mindframe.

[@chuckberger3196]

I too bet DORNOCH, Agree with everything you said. Did bet the tri, but had the exacta.

[@user-ry6yl6hs8i]

Scrutiny of the elapsed times between calls makes me consider that the track was playing very much slower than the raw final times or Beyers. If so the horses that ran the hardest will need longer recoveries or may never be the same, and the runners who gave in to the difficulty thus reserving themselves may prove this whole day to be a multiple super key race day. A great day in all respects much waranting review. Thanks Bob.

[@charleslockhart6778]

Oh geez

[@innopva9973]

his inexperience was staggering this mindframe next time might be worth a wager however. good toss this race.

[@JCH2768]

As an Antiquarian fan I'm glad he ran well. It seems he didn't have quite enough speed to finish in the top 3.

[@BobPandolfo]

He could improve out of this race, the track was pretty speed favoring, which didn't suit him.

[@charleslockhart6778]

Dornoch is the best 3 year old in this crop and he just proved it. The excuses for Mindframe and Sierra Leone are valid but they were beaten by a superior effort from Dornoch in the Belmont. Dornoch took on Sieze the Grey and ran him into submission and still had enough to look Mindframe in the eye and put him away. Dornoch was still running strongly at the end of the race and the gallop out shows that he clearly was not letting anyone pass him. It is going to take another effort or two just like it in the Haskell or Travers to get the respect he is due.

[@BobPandolfo]

We'll see. Dornoch did get some lucky trips. For instance, in the Remsen last year, the track was very speed favoring and he wired the field. Then in the Fountain Of Youth, all of the good horses were scratched and he beat a very poor field. So basically he has won good effort, the Belmont.

[@Lenatmu]

A win is a win, all these people that got it wrong are a little butt hurt. Enough with the sour 🍇