June 09, 2001
PP Horse.... Trainer.... Jockey.... Record*..... Earnings..... Last race... Comment.... Odds
1 Invisible Ink Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 8: 3-2-1 $385,560 2nd, Kentucky Derby His style, pedigree and efficient stride suit Belmont's distance, configuration... 8-1
2 Balto Star Todd Pletcher Chris McCarron 9: 4-0-1 $720,190 14th, Kentucky Derby McCarron, master of pace, is controller of pace aboard this sprinter's son 15-1
3 Dollar Bill Dallas Stewart Pat Day 10: 3-2-1 $503,696 4th, Preakness Stakes After four straight hard-luck races, ol' Bill deserves a clean, smooth trip 6-1
4 Thunder Blitz Joe Orseno Jerry Bailey 9: 2-2-2 $243,450 4th, Kentucky Derby Orseno says rested colt as ready as Red Bullet was before 2000 Preaknesss 10-1
5 Monarchos John Ward Jr. Jorge Chavez 8: 4-1-1 $1,605,630 6th, Preakness Despite his Kentucky Derby runaway, he may be overlooked in the betting 5-2
6 Buckle Down Ben D. Wayne Lukas Corey Nakatani 8: 3-1-2 $178,340 1st, allowance race,Churchill Downs Can Lukas pull off another Belmont upset with lightly regarded colt? 30-1
7 Dr Greenfield Gerald Butler Edgar Prado 4: 3-0-0 $61,936 1st, Dee Stakes (England) His crafty owners bought him in England with Belmont score in mind 30-1
8 A P Valentine Nick Zito Victor Espinoza 9: 3-1-2 $568,170 2nd, Preakness Two-for-two at Belmont, bred for distance, trained by hungry New Yorker 5-1
9 Point Given Bob Baffert Gary Stevens 10: 6-3-0 $1,868,500 1st, Preakness He seems best in the Belmont, but he's feisty, unpredictable, enigmatic 8-5
*-Starts: First-second-third.