The Stakes and the lineup

I just wanted to pass this along before things got too late. More notes will follow on the blog shortly. But here, before the post, is resident horse racing expert Paul Lo Duca's 10-second take on the Belmont: "Unless something happens where [Big Brown] stumbles, he won't lose. I just think the horse is a freak. I like Tale of Ekati and Denis of Cork for second and third."

San Francisco
Lewis - 8
Castillo - 5
Winn - 9
Molina - 2
Durham - 4
Aurilia - 3
Bowker - 7
Vizquel - 6
Sanchez - 1

Washington
Guzman - 6
Dukes - 9
Milledge - 8
Boone - 3
Flores - 2
Casto - 5
Lopez - 4
Pena - 7
Hill - 1