In the Second
… at Belmont today, Critical is scratched in favor of stablemate In Fine Fettle, a 2-year-old Lion Heart filly debuting for trainer Rick Dutrow (so hard to avoid that name these days) and Jay Em Ess Stable. First crop sire Lion Heart is proving as precocious a stud as he was a racehorse, getting seven winners out of his first 13 starters (including a minor stakes winner at Lone Star last month, Lyin’ Heart). Morning line on In Fine Fettle is 5-1; the 2-1 projected favorite is Miss Bodine, a Vindication baby starting for Bob Baffert off a string of nothing unusual (for Baffert or Vindication 2-year-olds) speedy works.
