FRIDAY,
JUNE 26
SPOT PLAYS
BELMONT
Race 4
#4 Sanity
Doesn’t have
the kind of early speed necessary to win one of the 5F Gulfstream turf sprints,
so toss out the loss last time out and give this horse another chance in this
better, longer spot with a big class drop. She’s 3-for-5 career in 6F turf
sprints, and Irad Ortiz picks up the mount.
Race 8
#7 Saratoga Treasure
Plus play exacta box w/#5 Mentality
#7 Saratoga Treasure
needed a race last time out and 7F was too far in the first start off the
layoff, so toss out that flop and try again here in the second race off the
layoff and back at the better distance of 6F. Won back-to-back turf sprints in
NY last fall, and a repeat of either one of those kinds of efforts would likely
beat these.
Play in
exacta box with #5 Mentality, who is a Belmont turf horse for the course with 4
wins in 6 career outings on the Belmont grass. Got a solid second-place return
prep race under his belt off a layoff last time out, and now is ready to roll
for sharp turf sprint trainer Wesley Ward. Workouts indicate continued fitness
and this horse if tough to beat on this course.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
BELMONT
RACE 1
1 – #4 Star of the West 4-5
2 – #1 Big Boy Mo 8-1
3 – #2 Dangerous Edge 7-2
RACE 2
1 – #3 Cobble Hill 6-5 Best Bet
2 – #5 J’s Warrior 6-1
3 – #6 Lost in Rome 5-1
RACE 3
1 – #1 Good Governance 3-5
2 – #5 Personal Time 3-1
3 – #3 Kid Bourbon 6-1
RACE 4
1 – #4 Sanity 5-2
2 – #3 First Appeal 4-5
3 – #5 Cobra Sophie 15-1
RACE 5
1 – #1 Blue Belt 3-1
2 – #5 Javelin 9-5
3 – #7 Tale of Mist 7-2
RACE 6
1 – #1 No Salt 6-1
2 – #4 Barleewon 2-1
3 – #10 Aintifunkynow 7-2
RACE 7
1 – #1 The J Y 6-1
2 – #9 Rinaldi 3-1
3 – #8 Ghost Giant 4-1
RACE 8
1 – #7 Saratoga Treasure 2-1
2 – #5 Mentality 7-2
3 – #1 Hannah’s Smile 9-2
RACE 9
1 – #13 Happy Hill Lil 5-1
2 – #14 Crick 6-1
3 – #9 Mopolka 7-2
4 – #8 Funderella 30-1
