There were some really nice horses at Belmont Sunday. Shug McGaughey unveiled another one of his regally bred homebreds, Winner, a 3yo filly out of Pennant Champion who crushed her rivals without need of urging. Winner should prove to be a stakes winner for the Phipps clan...Mr Congeniality has really improved. I thought that Saint Anddan would beat him, but he was no match. The exacta price of $19.80 was actually pretty good for a 6 horse field. That was one of the toughest NW1 fields I've seen this year. The top two look like stakes quality 3yo's....Melhor Ainda lived up to expectations in the GR3 Sands Point, winning with ease again. Frankel doesn't usually brag about his horses, but he was raving about Melhor Ainda before the race on Sunday, saying that he thinks this is one of the best he's ever trained. It will be interesting to see what Europeons show up to compete with her in the Breeders Cup.