No Belmont for Nobiz
From Belmont Park notes:
Despite a nice five-furlong breeze of 1:00 1/5 over Belmont’s fast main track this morning, Elizabeth Valando’s Nobiz Like Shobiz is doubtful to run in the Belmont Stakes, according to trainer Barclay Tagg.
“He worked great, I thought,” Tagg said of the move with jockey Cornelio Velasquez up. “He galloped out six furlongs in 1:13, but I’m not planning on running him in the Belmont.”
A number of factors were considered by Tagg and Valando concerning the Wood Memorial winner’s potential run in the Belmont.
“If it were a walkover or a two-horse race, I would run,” Tagg said. “A $1 million race is a $1 million race.”
Tagg’s no fool. He knows his still maturing colt is no match for the likes of Curlin right now. Nobiz Like Shobiz will instead be pointed to the Dwyer, Jim Dandy, and Travers.
