FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22
BELMONT
SPOT PLAYS
Race 2
#9 Athenry
Plus exacta box with #12
Hot Doctor
#9 Athenry drops in class
down against maiden claimers finally after five races vs. maiden special
weights, and the efforts he has been running and the speed figures stack up
well against today’s caliber of competition. Ran a career best effort last time
for fourth in a 12-horse field, and a repeat of that effort against this field
should get him over the hump.
Play in exacta box with #12 Hot Doctor, who must rebound
off of a sub-par effort last time out but is a good candidate to do so for
trainer Linda Rice, who has been hot at the Belmont fall meet so far. Has some
races in the pps that would make him tough to beat in this spot if he’s able to
run one of his better efforts.
Race 6
#2 Clara Peeters
Needed a race
or two off of a year layoff and now has a pair of third-place finishes in the
bank, including a race last time out against some very tough horses. Seems to
land in a much easier spot today and should be sitting on a big effort now in
the key third race of the form cycle.
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 22
BELMONT
RACE 1
2 School of Thought 7-2
3 Malibu Anthem 9-2
5 Someday Maybe 5-2
RACE 2
9 Athenry 5-2
12 Hot Doctor 9-2
10 Majestic Sky 15-1
RACE 3
2 Single Soul 1-1 Best
Bet
5 L’Indisdret 5-1
4 Made in Italy 5-2
RACE 4
2 Villainous 5-2
5 Lost in Rome 9-2
4 Mexican Wonder Boy 7-2
RACE 5
9 Asymmetric 5-2
5 Devious Banker 6-1
1 Astral Weeks 9-2
RACE
6
2 Clara Peeters 9-5
5 Publication 8-5
4 Princess Fawzia 4-1
RACE 7
3 Make a Wish 5-2
8 Handbelle 3-1
7 Morning in America 12-1
RACE 8
4 Stolen Holiday 6-1
9 Sussex Garden 5-1
7 Harper’s in Charge 6-1
RACE
9
10 Rustler 10-1
11 Kawhi Me a River 8-1
5 Easy Time 4-1
RACE 10
8 Hot Rod Rumble 5-2
11 Call Me Banker 9-2
3 Bali’s Shade 7-2
5 Something Majestic 20-1
