Belmont Stakes

[curious]

Great coverage all morning on ESPN. A slew of G1s and the Belmont itself at 11am.

[Chief Stipe]

Interesting that two races have been abandoned on the NZTAB at Saratoga.  I assume due to lack of money in the pools.

An hour to go to the Belmont Stakes and $7 in the win pool on the tote!

[Chief Stipe]

I see they groom the track between races.  I've always wondered why they don't do that with our AWT's.  Harness do it.

[Freda]

I believe it is done overseas with the AWT's too.

[Chief Stipe]

19 minutes ago, Freda said:

I believe it is done overseas with the AWT's too.

Mind you Saratoga seems to have 6 very large John Deere tractors doing the work.

[Chief Stipe]

1 hour ago, curious said:

Great coverage all morning on ESPN. A slew of G1s and the Belmont itself at 11am.

I hope Trackside Management and Presenters are watching the ESPN show.  Great mix of human interest and great visuals alongside some great presenters.  Our race commentators are better though.

Love the sound of the horses galloping as well in the race audio.

[Chief Stipe]

They seem to have their irrigation worked out...

[Chief Stipe]

A rendition of New York New York and we get a haka.

I can't get over how close the public can get to the horses.  Mind you if you got kicked you could sue for millions.

[Chief Stipe]

Geez barely enough to avoid the TAB abandoning betting! $638 in the tote win pool.

[curious]