Let's Play Two At Belmont

Today we look at two fine races at Belmont Park.  The nice thing about Belmont is you can really stretch your bankroll, preserve it and come out a winner.  It is one of the few tracks that offer a $1.00 (USD) Win/Show, Win/Place, and Place/Show wager.  The payout is half the amount you would earn on a standard $2.00 (USD) wager.  It's very nice when you budget a specific amount per race and then spread it over a few horses you think have a chance of being in the money.

Belmont Park Race 8 {1 1/16 mile~Turf~3 year old Up~NY~Allowance}
This is a very nice Turf contest with a talented field of ten going to the gate.  There are also three "also eligible" that will go should there be any defections from the race.  Overall, Quiet On The Tee (Dominguez / Clement) looks like the best racer in here.  He is coming off a layoff with three sound workouts.  He has the top distance record of 80% in the money and sports the third highest speed number at the distance.  Jockey, Ramon Dominguez and trainer, Christophe Clement are a winning combination.  Relatively Ready (Prado / Donk) could challenge with the highest speed number at the distance, a three race progression, and two hearty workouts.  The rest of the field seems to be of equal capability.  Flowersonyourback (Lezcano / Wright) will be moving up in distance with a decent last out speed number, a five race progression, and two strong workouts.  Eire's Run (A. Garcia / Rice) looks well spotted with the highest last out speed number and one firey workout.  Should be an interesting race.  Let's play the first of our double-header at Belmont Park.

$1 WIN / SHOW:  #7 Quiet On The Tee
$1 PLACE / SHOW:  #1 Rlatively Ready
$2 SHOW:  #10 Flowersonyourback
10 CENT Superfecta:  #7 Quiet On The Tee / #1 Relatively Ready / #10 Flowersonyourback / #2 Eire's Run.

Belmont Park Race 9 {Dwyer~G2~1 1/8 mile~3 year old~Stakes}
What a fabulous stakes race.  Entrants include several that were on the Kentucky Derby trail this year that will make this a highly competitive race.  Winstar Farm's, Drosselmeyer (Desormeaux / Mott) has the edge with the highest speed number at the distance and three awesome workouts.  His last out speed number also tops the field.  Fly Down (Lezcano / Zito) should be a great challenger with the second highest speed number at the distance and three tremendous workouts.  He is the only one in the field to race over "Big Sandy".  Remand (J. Velazquez / Terranova) will be moving up in distance and appears to be ready to fire.  This fella sports the third highest last out speed number and the best workout tab with four superb, peaking workouts.  Remand could pull the upset.  Two others that will be in the mix battling it out for a piece of the purse will be Carnivore (Dominguez / Delozier) and Turf Melody (Maragh / Motion).  Carnivore posted the fourth highest last out speed number and two hearty workouts.  Turf Melody has the second highest overall speed number and has posted two robust workouts.  Let's play the second of our Belmont Park double-header.

$1 WIN / SHOW:  #2 Drosselmeyer
$1 PLACE / SHOW:  #7 Fly Down
$2 SHOW:  #5 Remand
10 CENT Superfecta:  #2 Drosselmeyer / #7 Fly Down / #5 Remand / #1 Carnivore, #3 Turf Melody.
















Friday's Results
Belmont Park R7.  Our first pick, Academy Run, finished 4th.  Our second pick, Xodo, finished 2nd for place money of $4.30 and show money of $2.70.  Our third pick, Soldier Field, finished 5th.  Superfecta went 3-4-2-5.
Churchill Downs R9.  Our first pick, Belo Sorte, won (1st) for show money of $2.40.  Our second pick, Versailles Road, finished 4th.  Superfecta went 8-4-5-2.
Bankroll trickles down to $50.50.