THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 8
SPOT PLAYS
BELMONT
Race 9
#3 A Little
Faith
Plus play exacta box w/ #4 Notorious R B G
#3 A Little
Faith was disadvantaged by the bad turf sprint rail post, checked early, and
then ran on for an underrated fourth-place finish when beaten only about a
total of a length last time out, after having won the outing before in a turf
sprint at Saratoga. She’s even better at Belmont, where her turf record so far
is 2-for-2.
Play in
exacta box with #4 Notorious R B G, who exits a near-miss allowance
second-place finish last time out for Christophe Clement after running a
competitive stakes effort in a turf sprint in the race before that. Clement has
started the Belmont the same was he ran at Saratoga all season – red hot.
Race 10
#8 Panster
Finished a
solid third in rained-off-the-turf career debut when clearly meant for the
grass for turf ace trainer Christophe Clement, and now adds a half-furlong of
distance and gets another chance to get on the turf and earn a big win against
maidens. Irad Ortiz, back from his suspension, picks up the mount against an
iffy field.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
BELMONT
RACE 1
1 – #2 Vermont Billy 5-2
2 – #5 Ethos 5-1
3 – #3 Risk Profile 9-5
RACE 2
1 – #5 Perfect Banker 10-1
2 – #4 Justintimeforwine 3-1
3 – #1 High Tone 2-1
RACE 3
1 – #3 Hieroglyphics 4-1
2 – #8 Duc de Calas 8-1
3 – #2 Hayabusa One 7-5
RACE 4
1 – #8 Cover Photo 4-5
2 – #5 Movie Score 12-1
3 – #2 Cotton Candy Cutie 9-2
RACE 5
1 – #5 Twisted Tom 7-2
2 – #6 Our Last Buck 3-1
3 – #4 Dynamax Prime 6-1
RACE 6
1 – #5 Complaint 2-1
2 – #6 Amano 5-2
3 – #7 Holy Emperor 8-1
RACE 7
1 – #12 Smile Bryan 5-2
2 – #7 Power Up Paynter 4-1
3 – #5 Wild William 6-1
RACE 8
1 – #2 Quickflash 7-2
2 – #11 Bears Mafia 4-1
3 – #4 Big Boy Mo 12-1
RACE 9
1 – #3 A Little Faith 6-1
2 – #4 Notorious R B G 7-2
3 – #8 Fetching 9-2
RACE 10
1 – #8 Panster 5-2 Best Bet
2 – #1 Not Stormy 12-1
3 – #9 Tiz Tact Toe 5-1
4 – #12 Whatmakessammyrun 9-2
