THURSDAY,
JUNE 18
SPOT PLAYS
BELMONT
Race 2
#11 The Joke’s On You
Plus play exacta box w/#5 Invest
#11 The Joke’s
On You makes first start against winners after breaking his maiden last time
with a resounding victory by 13 lengths when stretched out for the first time
to today’s distance of one mile. Connections resist the urge to enter this
horse in too tough, and instead choose this nw2l claiming race against a
beatable field. Big chance to make it two in a row vs. these.
Play in
exacta box with #5 Invest, who is the morning line favorite based on some good races
earlier this year for a now-suspended trainer. Anyone’s guess how this horse
will return from the sidelines for the new barn of Brad Cox, but blinkers come
on and it’s encouraging that Jose Ortiz is aboard. Best recent race was at this
one-mile distance.
Race 4
#1 Chief
Know It All
Owns a
four-race winning streak at four different tracks extending all the way back to
Saratoga last summer. A repeat of any of those efforts would beat this field
and make it five in a row, especially the last two wins, where he crushed the
competition at Churchill Downs and then Aqueduct. Goes for new trainer but
winning ways should continue vs. this field.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
BELMONT
RACE 1
1 – #1 Sneer 5-2
2 – #2 Sky Queen 8-1
3 – #6 So Darn Hot 2-1
RACE 2
1 – #11 The Joke’s On You 8-1
2 – #5 Invest 8-5
3 – #2 Soul Flight 15-1
RACE 3
1 – #6 Make Mischief 2-1
2 – #3 Jill’s a Hot Mess 8-1
3 – #2 Kokopelli 5-2
RACE 4
1 – #1 Chief Know It All 2-1 Best Bet
2 – #8 Mills 7-2
3 – #5 Street Trust 8-1
RACE 5
1 – #9 Shiraz 2-1
2 – #4 Sepimus Severus 6-1
3 – #6 Cabinet Pik 5-1
RACE 6
1 – #10 Shandian 15-1
2 – #9 Onthewingsoflou 12-1
3 – #2 Spitball 7-2
RACE 7
1 – #2 Felix in Fabula 8-1
2 – #1 Its All Relevant 9-5
3 – #6 I Love Jaxson 5-2
RACE 8
1 – #4 Barrel of Destiny 6-1
2 – #12 Summer At the Spa 6-1
3 – #9 Astoria Kitten 5-2
RACE 9
1 – #5 More Mischief 9-5
2 – #2 Ratajkowski 1-1
3 – #3 No Hayne No Gayne 5-1
RACE 10
1 – #13 Dream Chasing 2-1
2 – #11 Devils Rendezvous 6-1
3 – #6 Abby Normal 5-2
4 – #5 Beans N Rice 20-1