In the Sim, we\u2019re just lucky.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Our horses don\u2019t break down, and with an injury, all we need to do is to move the train-for date back several weeks.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Real-world horses aren\u2019t so lucky, so the Belmont Stakes is being contested (perhaps, given all the rain in the East this week, literally) under a dark cloud despite having a solid, evenly-matched field and an air of unpredictability, which usually is good for any story.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that respect—unpredictability—the <\/SPAN> It\u2019s a tightly packed field of fourteen again in the New Yorker, but where the Bluegrass Derby and the Middle Jewel Stakes featured a morning-line where the oddsmakers threw a blanket over the field and turned it into a guessing game, the New Yorker arrives on the calendar with a clear-cut favorite.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>New Found Cyclone won the Middle Jewel in impressive style, and he ran a good race in the <\/SPAN> There\u2019s the tangent with the horses who have contested both legs of the Triple Crown thus far.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Three of the fourteen entries—New Found Cyclone, the Middle Jewel winner and 4th<\/SUP> in the Derby; Virtuoso, the Derby victor who never fired when 8th<\/SUP> in the Middle Jewel; and Rhibus, who has disappointed a bit with a 9th<\/SUP> in the Derby and a 6th<\/SUP> last out in the Middle Jewel—meet that criteria, and it holds the air of a grudge match of sorts between the two classic winner and a third colt who looks to recapture the magic that brought him to this point. Then there\u2019s the tangent which includes those who have tried the trail, and left it without much success.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Of the assembled, only Remember Tampero tried to run with the big guns in the <\/SPAN> Lastly, there\u2019s the tangent with the latecomers to the Triple Crown chase.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ten horses skipped the early races in the series altogether, and they stand united in the quest for the brass ring, the ring that gives them a seat at the table, the table of power in the sophomore division!\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While I will keep any further Lord Of The Rings allegories to an absolute zero, the new horses to this chase have an impressive collective r\u00e9sum\u00e9.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Euler won the Barbara Walters Special on Derby Day.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lockitineddie was a game second in the Florida Derby two back and hasn\u2019t raced since mid-April.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hussled, #6 in the division, won a California Grade II at 11 furlongs on the day of Middle Jewel, and takes his best shot here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And Globogym won the Chicago Derby on the off-week between the <\/SPAN> Think I\u2019m trivial?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>You ain\u2019t hardly seen<\/I> trivia until you get some historical tidbits on the New Yorker.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To wit: Previous winners of the New Yorker: 1999: Senior Dancer (14.90-1), <\/SPAN> 2000: Fit Groom (5.50-1), <\/SPAN> 2001: Dirty Mat (5.30-1), <\/SPAN> 2002: All Lit Up(AUS) (25.80-1), <\/SPAN> 2003: I Seek U<\/I><\/B> (4.20-1), <\/SPAN> 2004: Tuff Enuff (3.90-1<\/B>), <\/SPAN> 2005: Macho Niner (11.20-1), <\/SPAN> Here\u2019s the field, from the rail out, of the New Yorker: Bourbon St. Blues(<\/SPAN><\/B> Privileged<\/SPAN><\/B> [Gone West x <\/SPAN> Tricky Nate<\/SPAN><\/B> [Tiznow-Oh Boy Linda, by Regal Classic, trained by kneeboot<\/I><\/B>] is a late arrival on the 2006 scene.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Bred from a stakes-winning sprinting mare on both surfaces early this year, he\u2019s come into his own so far.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While he\u2019s still eligible for a second-level allowance condition, he\u2019s twice stakes-placed thus far in his brief career; he was a late-charging second in the Fedirico three back, and after another third in a long listed stakes, he picked up the pieces for third late in the Tommy Wayne Johnson Memorial at 11 furlongs last time.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In the Fedirico and the Vengeful Storm, he closed from deep in the field and looked like he could handle longer distances; last out going 11 furlongs, though, he managed to pass tired horses while failing to make inroads on the lead.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Fedirico came out a solid number, and Intergalactic, the winner, came from that to be second in the Middle Jewel next time out, but exactly what can be gleaned from the Tommy Wayne Johnson is uncertain.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s clearly talented enough to hang with some of the up-and-coming stars, but had a little trouble with the distance last out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A contentious pace can\u2019t hurt his chances, but this is a bigger step up in class and with only seven starts in his career to date, he\u2019ll likely need to show more from way out of it. Remember Tampero<\/SPAN><\/B> [Unbridled\u2019s Song-Tampero, by Theatrical(<\/SPAN>