Saturday’s Belmont Park card features a Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” for owners, and for horseplayers, the New York track offers a $300,000 Guaranteed Late Pick 4.
Since I currently don’t own any horses, I’ll focal point on the Pick 4.
The feature on today’s card is the $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap (G2) at 6 ½ furlongs which drew a, field of nine fillies and mares.
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The winner of the race earns an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) on Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
The race is the third leg of the Late Pick 4 and is the only race in the four-race sequence, that will be run over the main track.
The opening leg is the seventh race, a $25,000 claiming race for non-winners of two races. The race drew a full mead of ten along with five on the also eligible list and is doubtlessly the trickiest race number the four.
Shimmering Forest is likely to go off as the favorite off a game page up finish in his last outing, but I think comebacker Thoth may be worth a look at a decent price.
The second leg is a first level allowance race on the turf that drew a competitive field of ten. The likely favorite is Devon Rock, who exits the Saranac (G3) and drops into a softer mess eruptions.
Sara Louise is the morning true favorite in the Gallant Bloom, and came up just a pre-eminent sententious in the race mould year, but she is making her prime start since last November.
This race may be a good spot to look for an upset, and First Passage gets included on the ticket at a generous 15/1 on the morning line.
The terminating leg of the course does not get any easier, with a full follower of ten on the turf going on a $25,000 claiming tag.
The George Weaver trainee Placidity Wine looks solid off a far between runner up finish at Monmouth Park, and Onzain ran a good second behind repeat winner Writingonthewall in his last effort.
Here is a destruction of the Late Pick 4:
Step on it 7: #9 Thoth is making his first start since March where the colt came up short versus Alw-1 foes at Gulfstream Park. The colt exits a race in which two foe came back to get their next starts including the winner Forgotten Dynasty, who pre-empt Alw-2 non-compulsory claimers on April 16, then was fourth and fifth in a couple of stakes tries. The colt has been working quickly in the mornings at Monmouth Park for former Romans friend Liz Gray, and Leparoux takes the call. The colt showed some augur breaking his maiden in his first go on turf and may be overlooked on the tote here.
Selections: #9 Thoth – #6 Screenplay – #3 Shimmering Forest
Race 8: #3 Devon Rock is back in the allowance ranks after setting a sharp early pace and fading to finish sixth in the Saranac (G3) last out. This guy landed in the money in each of his first four starts including a third place best in the Choice Stakes at Monmouth Greensward back in July in his principal start against winners. There are a couple of others in here that can be forwardly placed and I am hoping Maragh sits just off the pace here, and he should bother the move on the late runners. The colt makes just his sixth career start and second attempt at this condition, and looks well spotted to get the job done here.