Palace Malice in the Belmont. 2:30.7 n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

[Aerows]

1. Phenomenal

Great ride.

[Elwood P Dowd]

7. Will Secretariat's 1973 record of 2:24 ever be broken? (nm)

[LWolf]

8. No. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. I'm thinking no.

I read somewhere that the inbreeding caused by selective breeding has caused the performance to flatten out and we've already seen the best there will ever be.

[u4ic]

11. They're inbreeding for speed

and horses who may have been great on the track, but unsound.

Stamina is not as relished in the US as in European racing.

edit: Just looked at PM's pedigree, he has a lot of stamina in it. Far more than the usual American bred. I wonder if they'll try him on the turf, as he has lots of turf lovers in there as well. I don't follow racing any more, but am glad to see the reversal.

[u4ic]

12. In the Belmont, I doubt it

on the turf, it has already. A full two seconds faster.

[uppityperson]

2. Code orange to go, repeat, code orange. 302.94. eom

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. Damn! I'm missing one of the popsicle sticks in my decoder! n/t

[FarCenter]

4. So why do they always let Rosie Napravnik change silks, wash off the mud and do her makeup

before interviewing her on national TV?

[LWolf]

9. They don't. nt

[Ohio Joe]

5. I hate it when I have no clue what a post is about

I know what those words mean but they simply make no sense in that order without more context.

[FarCenter]

6. the horse Palace Malice won the Belmont Stakes race at Belmont Park in Queens, NYC

It is the third race of the Triple Crown, the three biggest races of the year for three-year-old horses. The others are the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.