FRIDAY, JUNE 4
BELMONT
SPOT PLAYS
Race 7 – True North
#1 Firenze Fire
Classic
Belmont Park horse for the course has racked up 6 wins and a place in 9 prior career
races at Belmont, and many of those came in tougher spots than this one, including
wins in the Vosburgh and a in this same race, where he is the defending
champion. Returned last time out for his 6yo debut with a dominating Grade 3
stakes win. Third in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. First here today on his favorite
track.
Race 10 – Belmont Gold Cup
#8 Baron Samedi
plus exacta box with #4
Conviction Trade
#8 Baron Samedi is an Irish invader
who much have had this Grade 2 $400,000 race circled on his calendar because he
is tailor-made to win this race. Picks up Johnny Velazquez for the mount coming
out of a Group 3 win last time at 1 ¾ miles. Shipped to Longchamp France to win
a Group 2 race two starts ago, and now has reeled off six straight wins. True
European stayer for this 2-mile race looks good.
Play in exacta box with #4 Conviction
Trade, who can bump up the value of the exotics in this race at morning line
odds of 10-1. Grade 3-placed horse at 1 ½ miles has prior stakes experience in
a 2-mile turf race, having finished second in the Allen Jerkens at Gulfstream.
Should be forwardly-place on or close to the pace at this distance, and could
forget to stop.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
BELMONT
RACE 1
2 Platinum Player 8-5
1a Classic Lady 2-1
8 Kissing Frogs 6-1
RACE 2
6 Tales I Winit 4-1
7 Kreesa La Wrote 5-2
11 Caumsett 5-1
RACE 3 - Tremont
6 Little Drama 1-2
3 Overbore 5-2
2 Kavod 10-1
RACE 4
4 Mahaamel 4-5 Best Bet
8 Repo Rocks 7-2
2 The Honorable One 8-1
RACE 5
12 Public Sector 3-1
3 Sotoro 10-1
8 Colton’s Command 4-1
RACE 6
11 Devil’s Code 4-1
6 Colormepazzi 8-1
9 Beatthatflew 30-1
RACE 7 – True North
1 Firenze Fire 2-1
2 Flagstaff 5-2
4 American Power 8-1
RACE 8 – Bed O’ Roses
6 Chub Wagon 9-5
8 Estilo Talentoso 9-2
7 Pacific Gale 5-1
RACE 9 – New York Stakes
5 Harvey’s Lil Goil 3-1
7 Mean Mary 9-2
6 Civil Union 12-1
RACE 10 – Belmont Gold Cup
8 Baron Samedi 8-5
4 Conviction Trade 10-1
3 Ziyad 5-1
RACE 11
4 Summer Silance 6-1
3 Mutasallem 7-2
8 Landbuiscuit 5-1
5 Cambi Lion 9-2
