Belmont Stakes Saturday Betting - Ready’s Echo Could Surprise

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Todd Pletcher saddled Monba in the Kentucky Derby. Monba, the winner of the 2008 Bluegrass Stakes, was considered a real contender in the Derby. After all, Monba had won a Grade I, looked to be peaking at the right time, and was definitely a horse that could move forward in the Derby. Monba, of course, didn’t.

But that didn’t worry Todd Pletcher because he had a horse named Ready’s Echo that he was getting ready for the 2008 Belmont Stakes.

Although a lot of online horseplayers expected the Todd Pletcher trained Harlem Rocker, to show up for the Belmont, it is Ready’s Echo that Todd Pletcher will saddle in the quest to derail Triple Crown threat Big Brown.

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