The Belmont in Elmont

[rwall]

Here we go, I am sticking with the original list of horses I picked in the Derby...

Afleet Alex (won Preakness)
Andromeda's Hero
Giacomo (won the Derby)
Flower Alley (Not Entered in the Belmont)

and since Flower Alley isn't entered I will play Andromeda's Hero to win. Looking for him to improve bunches off his Derby effort. Nothing fancy just 1 bet to win.

Good Luck To all.

[moondog22]

Hey rwall good luck on the ponies

[kbsooner21]

Good luck with the calls RWall!!

[griswold]

RW,

Good luck and enjoy Belmont Day!

[The Lovedoc]

gl rwall... i'm leaning torwards AP Arrow

[smooth53_98]

I am contemplating going with a tri....

Afleet Alex over Giacomo, Southern Africa, and Reverberate right now...

-smooth

[smooth53_98]

Just punched:

Ex - 4 over 8,9
Ex - 9 over 4,7,8
Tri - 9 over 4,7,8 over 3,4,5,7,8,11

Good luck all!

-smooth

[Bill the Thrill]

can you guys help me understand the comment made by Giacomo's Jock "he flipped his pallet"?

[rwall]

Bill,
My answer is probably too much info, but this is part of an article from thoroughbred times..........

..........Forty percent of horses that perform poorly despite exhibiting no obvious physical problems have undiagnosed upper airway obstruction. The two most common types of wind problems are dorsal displacement of the soft palate, which causes flapping of loose tissue in the throat, and laryngeal hemiplegia, a paralysis of the arytenoid cartilage (flapper) usually on the left side of the horse's larynx.

Other less common problems are entrapment of the epiglottis, when the flap of cartilage that ****** the opening of the larynx is sucked into the airway upon inhalation, epiglottic fold collapse, caused by weak epiglottic cartilage; and pharyngeal collapse, which occurs when suction from the horse inhaling causes the walls of the pharynx to collapse.

The soft palate is the tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth that separates the entrance of the esophagus from the entrance to the windpipe. Normally, it forms a fight seal that allows air into the windpipe and food into theesophagus, but not visa versa.

Dorsal displacement of the soft palate, or a flipped palate, occurs in certain horses that break this seal and begin breathing through the mouth and the nose at the same time, typically during peak exertion. The soft palate begins to flap, just as it does in humans who snore, and the flapping of this loose, soft tissue causes severe airway obstruction. The jockey will hear a gurgling or choking noise, and the horse will stop running until it swallows, which allows the soft palate to return to its proper position.

Three types of traditional surgery-myectomy, tenectomy, and staphylectomy- routinely are performed on horses to stop them from flipping their palates.

[jjoneill]

got to give CONGRATS to rwall!!! HELL OF A CALL