Belmont- The graveyard of champions

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Posted By: scott fandango

i was at belmont saturday and we got a good look at BB at the Paddock right before the race.....when we saw him,we said he looked exhausted..
HE HAD NO SWEAT or LATHER on his skin, it was BONE DRY....this poor horse was dehydrated....all the others horses had that sheen already, they looked ready to go....

couple that with the sand like dirt at Belmont, the cracked hoof, and the poor ride by Kent (he ran into another horse from behind at one point), and the DNF makes sense to me...

place went silent, it was very eerie....we were expecting him to collapse before the finish line and be given the eight belles treatment.....