Jimbo,
Ditto your comments about Ramon. I remember TGJB at one of my early seminars saying giving him the rail in a 2 turn race should be accompanied by a 5 lbs weight penalty to be fair to the rest of the field. Miff always referred to him as Ramon "+2 lengths" Dominguez. Javier is heads and shoulders above anyone else out there now on a consistent basis. Kent D. Wide Mike & Gary Stevens still show occasional flashes of why they are enshrined on Union Ave. Did you see Miff's post about having Trump deport your boy Frenchy? LMAO
The good news IMHO on the jock front is there are 5 on the rise showing talent and heading towards reliability. The Ortiz brothers and Manny Franco along with 2/3 of the French connection Geroux & Pratt.
Way too early for Belmont weather for sure BUT there are some possibilities of doom and gloom?
Frank D.