Triple Crown and Greatness

after a replay looked to me like no horse was going to beat Justify out the gate nor acquire a better position...the Jockey Mike Smith was able to set the pace with some help from stable mate "Restoring Hope" who was a 35-1 long shot...R Hope's Jockey kept him wide going into the first turn and then pulled him in closer to Justify so if any horse wanted to make a move they would have to go wide and would burn out...R. Hope hung in there for about a mile and then started to fade...in the meantime Bronkowski was at the rear and made a bold move to overtake the horses which he did rather impressively but it looked to me that he was running out of gas coming home and was able to come in second...Hoffburg came in third and I was thinking he would be the horse to beat on account he appeared to be a very good looking well built horse with all the tools...

Restoring Hope would have done well if he had won the Belmont.......but with Justify winning there will be much money to be made on account of the triple crown win...he is also a distant relative to Secretariat and is about the same body build and color...a big powerful horse...

Something that Bob Baffert and Mike Smith have in common is that both had that burning desire to be around horses from a very young age and they were...both of these guys know exactly what it takes to get the best out of a good horse...

Baffert has now tied with another old time trainer to win the triple crown twice...but Baffert lost a triple crown by a nose about 8 or ten years ago so he was right there...I believe he will win another one before he retires...maybe two...when he won the Kentucky Derby he was very confident in the horse to go all the way as he called him a special horse with intelligence...but at the Preakness he appeared to be fading fast at the wire so I lost a little confidence then on account the next race would be quite a bit longer...Baffert at that interview did not sound very confident because he didn't say much about the horse...regardless...the potential to win the triple crown is very exciting and something to look forward to...being witness to great performances is very much appreciated...