SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
SPOT PLAYS
BELMONT
Race 3
#7 Jupiter Rising
Cut back
into a turf sprint last time out and improved to run a solid second while five
lengths clear of the third-place horse. Now goes second time back off the 3 ½-month
layoff and returns to his favorite turf course where he has earned both of his
career-best finishes.
Race 10 – Jockey Club Gold Cup
#8 Thunder Snow
Plus
play exacta box w/#6 Diversify
#8 Thunder Snow is the winner of the Dubai World Cup this
year when he beat multiple Grade 1 winner West Coast. Owns all kinds of early
speed, but doesn’t need to lead to win and that pace versatility will come in
handy here in this race that is otherwise loaded with speed. Being disrespected
at 6-1 odds on the morning line now has $8 million in career earnings.
Play
in exacta box with #6 Diversify,
who is the east coast leader of the handicap division this season with wins in
the Suburban and the Whitney in his last two outings with giant speed figures
both times. Loves Belmont with 6 wins in 8 career outings on this track. The
only way he gets beat is to get cooked in a battle up front, and that is
possible here due to the speedy presence to his inside of Mendelssohn.
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 29
BELMONT
RACE 1
1 – #9 Qian B C 3-1
2 – #7 Beach Front 8-5
3 – #1 Beachside 10-1
RACE 2
1 – #2 Long Haul Bay 5-2
2 – #1a Pete’s Play Call 6-1
3 – #6 Life In Shambles 4-1
RACE 3
1 – #7 Jupiter Rising 9-2
2 – #8 Starry Messenger 10-1
3 – #3 No So Quiet Man 12-1
RACE 4
1 – #3 U S Navy Cross 2-1
2 – #1 Southern Phantom 7-2
3 – #5 Stilts 9-2
RACE 5
1 – #9 Balon Rose 4-1
2 – #11 Alasaayil 7-2
3 – #3 Trish the Dish 15-1
RACE 6
1 – #3 Guerriere 3-1
2 – #2 Cool Beans 7-2
3 – #4 Dolci Lili 5-2
RACE 7
1 – #6 Imperial Hint 1-5 best bet
2 – #4 Mr. Crow 5-1
3 – #5 Silver Ride 8-1
RACE 8
1 – #1 Robert Bruce 2-1
2 – #8 Channel Maker 9-2
3 – #6 Spring Quality 4-1
RACE 9
1 – #5 Opry 9-5
2 – #2 Forty Under 6-1
3 – #7 Somelikeithotbrown 7-2
RACE 10
1 – #8 Thunder Snow 6-1
2 – #6 Diversify 4-5
3 – #2 Gronkowski 4-1
4 – #3 Mendelssohn 7-2
RACE 11
1 – #4 Lion In Wait 7-2
2 – #2 Ferdinanda 9-2
3 – #10 Transaction Tax 15-1
4 – #7 Out of Trouble 6-1
