... we are now up to 14 players (18 chips), not including my own:

Mike Skelton - 2 chips
Allan Myers
Paul Donohue
Fred Bergman
Bill Thompson
Tom Leggio - 2
Doug McKenzie - 2
Lin Wiesenstein
Bob Touts
Ralph Myers - 2
Doug Cundiff
Scott Blackburn
Steve Blust
Bob Orme

I will put in one or two depending on what I need to even out the field.

Same rules as for the Ky Derby & the Preakness, except I will be home this weekend, so will accept entries posted or emailed any time prior to 10 am
PDT Saturday June 9th:

1 -- One entry for each $5 chip at risk. Multiple entries per person permitted. Just tell me how many. I will accept any entries posted here or sent by email. Deadline for entry is 10 am PDT (1 pm EDT) Saturday, June 9, 2001.

2 -- I will assign entrants to horses at random.

3 -- No limit to the number of entries. If fewer than the starting field, I will double up the longshots, two horses to one entrant. If more than the starting field, I will assign one or more entrants to one or more horses as necessary to make a fair distribution (you'll just have to trust on this one for the time being; the combinations and permutations are just too many to try to spell out in advance).

4 -- Late scratches (after I assign chippers to horses) will be re-assigned if possible. Race day scratches will probably be too late for assignment and assigned chippers will be excused from participating.

5 -- Winner take all except:

.......... If there are more chippers than horses, some horses will have two or more chippers assigned and they will split the winner's share.

.......... The chipper(s) assigned to the last place horse will NOT have to send a chip to the winner(s). Instead, the winner(s) will send their chips to the last places finisher(s). Scratches do not count for last place; however, a horse which starts but does not finish will be considered the last place horse.

6 -- Send no chips until after the race and I will announce who receives the chips.

Please post any questions here.

Current line up:

Post Line .. Horse

1 ... 8-1 .. Invisible Ink
2 .. 15-1 .. Balto Star
3 ... 6-1 .. Dollar Bill
4 .. 10-1 .. Thunder Blitz
5 ... 5-2 .. Monarchos
6 .. 30-1 .. Buckle Down Ben
7 .. 30-1 .. Dr. Greenfield
8 ... 5-1 .. AP Valentine
9 ... 8-5 .. Point Given

As usual, the number of entires has shrunk. Point Given on the outside again. The official Belmont Stakes website is at:

http://www.nyra.com/belstakes/

Good luck!! ----- jim o\-S