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MIAMI - Shortly after Ravelo’s Boy worked seven furlongs in 1:28.29 at Calder on Sunday with jockey Alex Solis aboard, trainer Manny Azpurua confirmed that his horse will run in the Belmont Stakes on June 9.
[BELMONT STAKES: Video updates, expected field, early odds]
Ravelo’s Boy, who has not started since finishing a troubled fifth in the Tampa Bay Derby, came out after the renovation break and galloped 1 1/2 miles prior to turning around and breaking off at the seven-furlong pole. Ravelo’s Boy completed his opening half-mile in 51.57 seconds before unexpectedly hooking in with an unraced 2-year-old named Vitameta from the barn of trainer David Fawkes at the three-furlong pole. The pair went in company to the wire, covering the last three-eighths in 36.82 with Ravelo’s Boy under some pressure to finish before galloping out a strong mile in 1:41.16.
“I’m very pleased with his work,” said Azpurua. “The rider did a great job, exactly what I instructed him to do, which was to slow him down early and get him to finish strong. He was able to control the horse and then when he saw that other filly he didn’t have to ask him to run, he did it all on his own and galloped out in a very good time.”
Sunday’s work was the third for Ravelo’s Boy over the past week. He also breezed five furlongs in 1:01 last Sunday and zipped a half mile in 46.60 on Thursday.
“The owner watched the work with me and decided afterwards to go for the Belmont,” said Azpurua. “The horse is doing so well right now. The only concern I have is the mile and one half. His dam can go any distance but his father has sired a lot of fast horses that don’t show they can go long. But I loved the way he finished today, especially after galloping one and one half times around before the work.”
Ravelo’s Boy is a son of Lawyer Ron out of the French Deputy mare Dance Tune. He is owned by the Korina Stable.
Azpurua said Ravelo’s Boy would work again at Calder next Sunday, and then ship to New York the following day with Solis to him ride in the Belmont.
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I love watching horse races, so i have booked tickets for Belmont Stakes to watch them live from best seller GoodSeatTickets
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I'm thinking I'll put a small wager on this guy since we share the same birthday except for the year and also because he's a great grandson of Lord Avie. :]
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The owner and trainer should be wearing a Nasal patch on the side of their head, I think they have water on the brain and the patch might help in drying up the water.
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Owner needs his head examined.
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As an Andy Rooney clone, I, for one,
love the cast of characters for this
Belmont: Azpurua (sounds like a Rum
brand to me); Baffert (debonair GQ
paid spokesperson); Lukas ("I believe
Optimizer is Legitimate agains these"
when I'm high on wacky tobbaky);
Wonder Drug Doug & Company
planning a Facebook IPO like
stud syndication for Nasal Wonderhorse;
and then to top it all there is longshot
trainer Doodnauth Shivmangal ("Should
I call you Dood, or will Mr. Shiv be better?")
distributing business cards on the infield
amongst wealthy potential clients with
the correct spelling of his super duper
D-O-O-D-N-A-U-T-H S-H-I-V-M-A-N-G-A-L
all-star name. If this isn't the funniest Belmont
in History it at least comes close to SNL when
it poked fun of Genius Sarah Palin shortly after
she told us she could see Russia from her balcony
in Alaska. This is great material for a new and
improved SNL spoof. Imagine "look-alikes" of
Sir Lukas, Dandy Bob, Droug O., Oz Purua, and
the genial Dood-Shiv discussing the 2012 Belmont.
It would be a riot!
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Solis terrific, maybe he can waste his mount preventing another triple crown winner. See '04 Belmont.
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Good luck. He'll finish nowhere.
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