What would be the best way to bet Smarty today.....

[wilheim]

Daily Racing Form's Steve Davidowitz's strategy.

My wagering strategy for my hypothetical $100 Belmont Stakes bankroll will be similar to my winning play in the Preakness, to feature Smarty Jones as a win key in trifectas, as follows:


$8 trifecta ticket A: Smarty Jones (9), in the win position, over stretch runners Eddington (8), Rock Hard Ten (5) and longshot Master David (1) in the second position; plus those three along with Purge (2) and longshot (4) Birdstone in the third position. That's an $8 trifecta, 9; with 1, 5, 8; with 1, 2, 4, 5, 8. ($96).

Plus, a $2 souvenir win bet on No. 9 Smarty Jones.
Total $98. Call me a Smartymaniac.

wil.

 

[Dante]

9 over 12458 for 1$ wheel is 12 $

if anyone is interested

 

[PeteRoseJR]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pete Rose JR:
Go against the public...Put half a unit on a parlay:

Smarty to lose + 245 approx?
Tampa Bay + 120 approx?

Good Luck<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


C mon Tampa Bay...I love the flames but am on the verge of a good hit.

No matter who wins I l be happy but one is more profitable than the other.

 

[wilheim]

NEW YORK (AP) Belmont, you ol' heartbreaker, you did it again.

Smarty Jones lost his Triple Crown bid and his perfect record when Birdstone upset the popular 3-year-old in Saturday's Belmont Stakes and toppled his chances to end a record 26-year drought without a winner of thoroughbred racing's most coveted prize.

The little red chestnut was poised to become the 12th Triple Crown champion when he turned for home, but Birdstone came flying down the stretch and took the lead inside the 16th pole to win by a length.

That move dashed yet another Triple Crown hopeful's attempt to do what no horse has managed since Affirmed in 1978.

A raucous crowd of more than 100,000 filled Belmont Park hoping to see the popular Pennsylvania-bred run into history.

Instead, this crowd, like many others, left disappointed and wondering when another Triple champion might grace this track.

Smarty Jones is the third straight Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, and sixth in the past eight years, to fall short in the 1½-mile Belmont, the longest and most grueling of the three races.

And so, the exclusive little club of 11 Triple Crown champions remains the same. And Smarty Jones is now the 18th horse to come tantalizingly close to winning it all, only to be tripped up in the race known as the ''Test of the Champion.''

Last year, New York-bred Funny Cide couldn't handle a wet track and was beaten by Empire Maker; two years ago, War Emblem stumbled at the started and finished eighth. This time, it might have been jockey Stewart Elliott who asked Smarty Jones to move to the lead too soon, with about a mile to go.

By the time the nine-horse field rounded the final turn on a fast track, Smarty Jones had already worked harder then he had in winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. With jockey Edgar Prado urging on Birdstone, Smarty Jones had nothing left and lost for the first time in nine races.

 

[PeteRoseJR]

1-0 Tampa

Brad Richards 11 th

 

[PeteRoseJR]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pete Rose JR:
Go against the public...Put half a unit on a parlay:

Smarty to lose + 245 approx?
Tampa Bay + 120 approx?

Good Luck<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Too bad the flames lost but.....

I didnt...

It never hurts to against the public...today was another perfect example.

Sweet.....