Thanks in no small part to our excellent seats in the shade, I had quite a nice Belmont day, which is presumably more than can be said for Big Brown . (I should note that thanks also go to Ventura , Zaftig , J Be K , Silver Edition and Dancing Forever for making our day fairly profitable). Yes, the heat...

I don't believe that post position is usually much of a factor in the Belmont; while in theory Big Brown could get boxed in behind traffic from the 1, he should have enough natural ability to overcome such adversity. However, the strategy in the Belmont often seems to be to get the favorite to run...

It would certainly be a longshot, but his sire and trainer both have a history of Belmont upsets....( read more )