We should be rooting for Slew's Tizzy, a direct male descendent of MOW. MOW sired three winners of this race, more than any other sire has done. His sire (Fair Play) had been beaten in the race by only a head (and sired two other winners besides MOW)and his grandsire (Hastings) and greatgrandsire (Spendthrift)had won it. No horse in the Fair Play line, though, has won a Triple Crown race since War Admiral in 1937; I think it would be a remarkable for Slew's Tizzy to be able to do so tomorrow--no other horse in the race has anything like his lineage connection to Belmont winners of more than a century ago. Slew's Tizzy's sire, Tiznow, showed an apptitude for distance (winning at 10f over the the Belmont track), and may control the pace (I just saw Hank Greenberg tout him with Curlin in his exacta pick).
