Zito puts the buzz in Belmont Stakes
Nick Zito did his best to put a positive spin on Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes.
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and Preakness winner Bernardini are not running, meaning no Triple Crown try, no rematch, no rivalry, no buzz.
But there was Zito, plugging away for the biggest race of the year in New York.
"It's a competitive field, an interesting field," the Hall of Fame trainer said Wednesday. "The favorite ran second in the Kentucky Derby, the second favorite won the Peter Pan and you have horses running around here and there and they are not running bad."
The last time the Derby and Preakness winners missed the Belmont was 2000, when Commendable won. Zito's Hemingway's Key is a 15-1 long shot in a 12-horse field with Derby runner-up Bluegrass Cat the morning-line favorite at 3-1.
Zito's horses have finished second six times at the Belmont, and his win came with Birdstone, who spoiled Smarty Jones' Triple Crown bid in 2004.
Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and Preakness winner Bernardini are not running, meaning no Triple Crown try, no rematch, no rivalry, no buzz.
But there was Zito, plugging away for the biggest race of the year in New York.
"It's a competitive field, an interesting field," the Hall of Fame trainer said Wednesday. "The favorite ran second in the Kentucky Derby, the second favorite won the Peter Pan and you have horses running around here and there and they are not running bad."
The last time the Derby and Preakness winners missed the Belmont was 2000, when Commendable won. Zito's Hemingway's Key is a 15-1 long shot in a 12-horse field with Derby runner-up Bluegrass Cat the morning-line favorite at 3-1.
Zito's horses have finished second six times at the Belmont, and his win came with Birdstone, who spoiled Smarty Jones' Triple Crown bid in 2004.
Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
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