6/7: Belmont Festival at Saratoga ~ 157th Belmont Stakes Day

BELMONT STAKES RACING FESTIVAL ~ 157TH BELMONT STAKES DAY

POST-SCRATCHES

1st: OC/N1X, F&M-3+, 6.5f (P5, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #1e Rice entry 6-5
Next Best: #2 Roswell 7-2
Exotics Use: #4 Proud Foot 8-1
Super Add: #5 Maggy’s Palace 8-1

2nd: MSW, 3+, 7f (P4, P3, DD)

Crazily deep MSW which features host of obviously talented late starters including 4yo’s from Pletcher (Life and Times) and Chad as well as 2 firsters from Mott that cut out to be good ones (Copious out of Paradise Woods/$475k Stars and Strides)..

Most Likely: #4 Mainstream 6-5
Best Value: #6 Copious 8-1
Next Best: #7 Draft Riots 5-1
Exotics Use: #10 Secured Lender 9-2

3rd: OC/N2X, 3+, 9f-OFF (Must Pay P5, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #12 Certified Loverboy 2-1
Best Value: #1 Big Blue Line 10-1
Next Best: #14 Alternate Reality 8-1
Exotics Use: #5 Magical Ways 15-1

4th: OC/N2X, 3+, 7f (P4, P3, DD)

Deep, perilous 2nd level OC/ALW and note that the 2 likeliest speed players are the only 2 runners in for the $75k tag. Hades comes back off a much needed 7 month break and Orseno is VERY strong off that kind of hiatus. Case could be made that Awesome Slew colt was only ever a one turn middle distance type and it feels like he’ll be overlooked in here..

Best Value: #8 HADES 6-1
Next Best: #9 General Partner 7-2
Exotics Use: #5 Into Pleasure 10-1
Super Add: #2 Echo Again 10-1

5th: OC/N1X, 3+, 7f (Must Pay P5, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #2 Silver Slugger 5-2
Best Value: #3 Rocketeer 12-1
Next Best: #9 Aggelos the Great 6-1
Exotics Use: #10 Rookie Card 6-1

P5 Grid:

1: 1-2 (A), – (B), – (C)
2: 4-6-7 (A), – (B), – (C)
3: 12 (A), 1 (B), – (C)
4: 8-9 (A), 2-5 (B), – (C)
5: 2-3-9 (A), – (B), – (C)

Simple (A+B): 2x3x2x4x3 = 144 x .50 = $72
All A’s: 2x3x1x2x3 = 36 x .50 = $18

P4 Grid:

2: 4-6-7 (A), – (B), – (C)
3: 1-12 (A), – (B), – (C)
4: 2-5-8-9 (A), – (B), – (C)
5: 2-3-9 (A), – (B), – (C)

All A’s: 3x2x4x3 = 72 x .50 = $36

6th: Wonder Again (G2), 3yo-F, 1m-OFF (P4, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #6 Nitrogen

7th: True North (G3), 4+, 6.5f (Must Pay P5, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #5 Book’em Danno 5-2
Next Best: #4 Nakatomi 4-1
Exotics Use: #6 Mullikin 2-1
Super Add: #1 Concrete Glory 8-1

2-day .20 All Dirt P6 Grid:

FR 6: 3-4 (A), – (B), – (C)
FR 9: 4-7 (A), 1-2 (B), – (C)
SA 7: 4-5-6 (A), – (B), – (C)
SA 8: 1-4 (A), – (B), – (C)
SA 11: 1-2 (A), 5-10 (B), – (C)
SA 13: 2-6-7 (A), 3 (B), – (C)

Simple (A+B): 2x4x3x2x4x4 = 768 x .20 = $153.60
All A’s: 2x2x3x2x2x3 = 144 x .20 = $28.80

8th: Metropolitan H. (G1), 3+, 1m ($5 Met-Belmont DBL, $1 P6, P3)

Best Value: #4 Just a Touch 4-1
Next Best: #1 Fierceness 1-1
Exotics Use: #5 Raging Torrent 5-1

9th: Jaipur (G1), 3+, 5.5f-T (Must Pay P5, G/S, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #2 Think Big 6-5
Best Value: #8 Alogon 10-1
Next Best: #9 Ag Bullet 7-2
Exotics Use: #5 Arzak 8-1

2-day .50 All Turf P4 Grid:

FR 12: 8 (A), – (B), 1 (C)
FR 13: 1-2-3-8 (A), 9-10 (B), 5-7 (C)
SA 9: 2-9 (A), – (B), – (C)
SA 10: 1-5 (A), 2-7 (B), – (C)
SA 12: 2-3-4-6 (A), – (B), – (C)

Simple (A+B): 1x6x2x4x4 = 192 x .50 = $96
All A’s: 1x4x2x2x4 = 64 x .50 = $32
Backups (CAAAA + ACAAA): 1x4x2x2x4 = 64 x .50 = $32 (1 in Leg A) + 1x2x2x2x4 = 32 x .50 = $16 (5-7 in Leg B)

10th: Pennine Ridge (G3), 3yo, 1m-OFF (Late P5, P4, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #7 Mi Bago
Next Best: #9 Noble Confessor

11th: Woody Stephens (G1), 3yo, 7f ($5 Woody-Belmont DBL, P4, P3, DD)

Best Value: #1 Big Truzz 10-1
Next Best: #4 Patch Adams 5-1
Exotics Use: #2 Madaket Road 10-1
Super Add: #5 Citizen Bull 5-1

12th: Manhattan (G1), 4+, 9.5f-T (P3, DD)

Most Likely: #2 Integration 9-2
Next Best: #6 Spirit of St Louis 5-2
Best Value: #4 Carson’s Run 12-1
Exotics Use: #3 Highway Robber 6-1

13th: Belmont Stakes (G1), 3yo, 10f (DD)

Most Likely: #7 Journalism 8-5
Next Best: #Baeza 4-1
Best Value: #8 Heart of Honor 30-1
Exotics Use: #2 Sovereignty 2-1

$2 Epsom Derby/Belmont Stakes DBL (10:30a)

EPS 5: 5-7-10-15 (A), – (B), – (C)
SAR 13: 6-7 (A), – (B), 2-3 (C)

All A’s: 4×2 = 8 x $6 = $48
Backup (A-C): 4×2 = 8 x $2 = $16

14th: OC/N1X, 3+, 1m-OFF