Not Belmont Bound
Thursday update: Oops. I read the situation all wrong. Street Sense will skip the Belmont, point to the Travers (DRF).
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That’s about the only conclusion that can be drawn from a press release sent out by Churchill Downs today, announcing a news conference at the track with trainer Carl Nafzger on Thursday at 10:30 a.m., a follow-up phone conference for remote journalists at 11:30 a.m., and a web video replay of the conference for the public starting at noon. Oh, and there’ll be a “video opportunity” on Wednesday morning, when Street Sense works. So, it looks like we’ll have the top three finishers of the first two classics meeting once more in New York. A Triple Crown might not be on the wire, but a Hard Spun-Curlin-Street Sense rematch is still a good story. Fellow TBA-er Michael, of Curb My Enthusiasm, will be covering the remote press conference and promises updates throughout.
Wednesday morning addendum: Alan at Left at the Gate guesses the decision will be no. And the early DRF report on Street Sense’s work this morning is hardly glowing.
