SATURDAY,
JUNE 20
BELMONT
SPOT PLAYS
Race 10 – The Belmont Stakes
#8 Tiz the Law
Plus
play exacta box w/#1 Tap It To Win
#8 Tiz the Law stands as the clear leader of the 3yo
division now with some other key horses injured, and based on his nearly
flawless record that includes a win the Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream this
winter followed by a tour de force victory last time out in the Florida Derby,
where he effortlessly crushed the field at this same 1 1/8-mile distance. Grade
1 winner on this track in last fall’s Champagne Stakes, where he cruised to
victory by four lengths. The horse to beat, and run he’s a huge win bet if
anything close to his morning line of 6-5 because his actual odds should be
closer to 2-5.
Play in exacta box with #1 Tap It To Win, who has gotten
good at the right time with two good outings so far as a 3yo following surgery to
fix an injury that hampered him last year. Returned from a layoff to win at
Gulfstream, and then was dynamite here at Belmont last time out when he set
blazing fractions en route to a wire-to-wire win in near track-record time. If
anyone in this field is capable of the upset, it’s this horse.
Race 11
#3 Largent
Has never
run a bad race for trainer Todd Pletcher with 3 wins and 2 very close seconds
in five career turf races to far, and now comes to Belmont for the first time
and is placed at the proper class level for success with regular rider Saez
aboard. Has speed, and generally prefers to press the pace and pounce in the
stretch. Workouts look sharp and the speed figures stack up well against this
field. Should beat these with a repeat of any of the kinds of efforts he turned
in this winter at Gulfstream.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20
BELMONT
RACE 1
1 –
#1a Traffic Pattern 7-2
2 –
#9 Striking Speed 6-1
3 –
#11 Turn of Events 9-2
RACE 2
1 –
#3 Mischevious Alex 5-2
2 – #1
No Parole 3-1
3 –
#5 Shoplifted 8-1
RACE 3
1 –
#6 Indian Pride 1-1
2 –
#1 Palomita 5-1
3 –
#7 Mrs. Danvers 9-5
RACE 4
1 –
#1 Decorated Invader 6-5
2 –
#3 Proven Strategies 3-1
3 –
#7 Famished 5-1
RACE 5
1 –
#2 O’ Trouble 7-2
2 –
#1 Mutakaamil 4-1
3 –
#7 Rare Stripe 2-1
RACE 6
1 –
#5 Selflessly 5-2
2 –
#2 Sweet Melania 7-5
3 –
#1 Speaktomeofsummer 8-1
RACE 7
1 –
#8 My Sassy Sarah 5-2
2 –
#3 Single Verse 8-1
3 –
#10 Light in the Sky 8-1
RACE 8
1 –
#1 Gamine 1-1
2 –
#4 Casual 3-1
3 –
#7 Perfect Alibi 5-1
RACE 9
1 –
#6 Hidden Scroll 8-1
2 –
#2 Oleksandra 7-2
3 – #4
Pure Sensation 5-2
RACE 10
1 –
#8 Tiz the Law 6-5
2 –
#1 Tap It To Win 6-1
3 –
#2 Sole Volante 9-2
RACE 11
1 –
#3 Largent 5-2 Best
Bet
2 –
#7 Monarchs Glen 10-1
3 –
#2 Breaking the Rules 6-1
RACE 12
1 –
#10 Power Up Paynter 15-1
2 –
#9 Big Wonder 20-1
3 –
#8 Turbo Drive 8-1
4 –
#2 Crack Shot 3-1