Belmont October 9

Race 1

  • 8  Rescue Cat

  • 9  Flying K C

  • 5  Bea Bea

  • Secondary (4, 12)

Race 2

  • 2  Sol the Freud

  • 4  You Know I Know

  • 9  Private Tale

  • 8  Mr. Canada

Race 3

  • 7 Indebted

  • 5  Neoclassic

  • 1  Tale of the Heart

  • 4  Dream Man

  • Secondary (6, 8)

Race 4

  • 5 Kathy’s Song

  • 8  Run Blondie Run

  • 7  Bogulator

  • Secondary (1, 9, 10)

Race 5

  • 2  Eden Ridge

  • 7  Big Zip

  • 3  Love That Jazz

  • Secondary (5, 6)

Race 6

  • 8  Lucky Town

  • 12  Market Strength

  • 11  Lotta Gold

  • Secondary  (3, 5)

Race 7

  • 10  Pray for Bourbon

  • 4  Jamyson ‘n Ginger

  • 2  Montrachet

  • 7  Moonlit Garden

Race 8

  • 4  Final Chapter

  • 8  Whiskey Seven

  • 7  Summer Breezing

  • Secondary (1, 3, 5, 6)

Race 9

  • 6  Leaveematthegate

  • 10  Primo Pentimento

  • 12  Paddy’s Crown

  • 1  Bushmill Giant

  • Secondary (2, 3, 5)

Belmont October 8

Race 1

  • 2  Come Around

  • 10  Hurry Up Alan

  • 3  All is Number

  • Secondary (1/1A, 6)

Race 2

  • 2  California Swing

  • 9  Profiteer

  • 4  Data Room

  • Secondary (1, 6)

Race 3

  • 3  Your Way

  • 2  South Sea

  • 7  Dupree

  • Secondary (4, 8)

Race 4

  • 4  Yellow Agate

  • 3  Nonna Mela

  • 1  Sky Gesture

  • Secondary (2, 5)

  • This edition of the Frizette is very competitive. While NONNA MELA ran two big races at SAR, I’m looking at second time starter YELLOW AGATE. She has a lot of things in her favor. She beat a pretty good field in breaking her maiden, and got a field topping number as a result. Her breeding suggests she should relish the extra distance. My only concern – if the track plays to speed like it did yesterday, he task will be that much harder.

Race 5

  • 2  Point Piper

  • 7  Tommy Macho

  • 1  Ocean Knight

  • Secondary (ALL)

  • This is any horse’s race as you can tell by the morning line odds. I’ll be focusing more on the verticals in this affair.

Race 6

  • 5  Lady Eli

  • 6  Sea Calisi

  • 1  Ame Bleue

  • Secondary (2, 4)

  • LADY ELI was the best turf filly in North America last year, but her bout with laminitis left her fighting for her life, much less her career. Well, after over a year layoff she came back in the Ballston Spa, shook off most of the rust and finished a close second. No question she needed that race, and you have to expect a top effort today. She has plenty of good competition in SEA CALISI, winner of the Beverly D at AP, and Andre Fabre shipper AME BLEUE, as well as the horse that beat her upstate, STRIKE CHARMER and the consistent SENTIERO ITALIA.

Race 7

  • 2  Disco Partner

  • 10  Green Mask

  • 5  Pure Sensation

  • Secondary (3, 6)

Race 8

  • 3  Syndergaard

  • 6  Big Gray Rocket

  • 5  Favorable Outcome

  • 1 Practical Joke

  • SYNDERGAARD is likely to go favorite in this renewal of the Champagne off his two smashing wins against state-breds. Regardless of the competition in those races, he’s shown more than enough talent to succeed here. But this will be a major test for him. Bob Baffert’s BIG GRAY ROCKET comes in off an equally impressive win in a Del Mar maiden, and is spectacularly bred for the mile. And certainly the Chad Brown duo of FAVORABLE OUTCOME and PRACTICAL JOKE would be no surprise. Whatever you do in this race, demand value.

Race 9

  • 3  American Patriot

  • 1  Camelot Kitten

  • 10  Beach Patrol

  • 7  Monster Bea

  • Secondary (4, 5, 9)

  • In a wide open race I’m going to demand odds, and that puts AMERICAN PATRIOT in my crosshairs. Todd Pletcher is not known for his success on the turf, but he’s done well with this runner. Clearly the horse disappointed in his last two starts are LRL and AP. In both races his jockey put him in a box for much of the race, and when it came time to do the real running he started too late. he was making a nice move in the Secretariat, and was trying hard in the Commonwealth. He gets a switch to Mike Smith today, and if Smith learned anything from those last two races, it would be that the horse needs to have a clear lane when it is time to run. I’ll take the chance at the odds.

Race 10

  • 2  Mubtaahij

  • 3  Hopperfunity

  • 6  Effinex

  • Secondary (1)

  • MUBTAAHIJ has come back from Dubai and run creditably in his two stateside starts. He lost to EFFINEX in the Suburban, but returned in the Woodward and ran an improved race. Third off the layoff and he should be at the top of his game. He should like the mile and a quarter. I’ll add that HOPPERTUNITY is not without chances here and EFFINEX is still a top quality horse.

Race 11

  • 11  No Texting

  • 9  Lead By Example

  • 4 Chang’s Secret

  • Secondary (6)

Belmont October

Race 1

  • 7  Glare Ice

  • 2  Mary Pray For Us

  • 4  Ragazza Piu’ Bella

  • Secondary (6)

Race 2

  • 10  Harlan’s Touch

  • 7  Shiraz

  • 1  Killybegs Captain

  • Secondary (4)

Race 3

  • 7  Instant Replay

  • 6  Are We Not Men

  • 2  Match Up

  • Secondary (1)

Race 4

  • 4  Felini

  • 1  Ranger Lady

  • 6 Set to Dance 

  • Secondary (3)

Race 5

  • 1  Another Genius

  • 12  Lulu’s Blues

  • 4  Fire Key

  • Secondary (2, 3, 9)

Race 6

  • 2  Dan the Man

  • 5  Investigator

  • 9  Massena

  • Secondary (1, 6, 8)

Race 7

  • 5  Burndines

  • 9  The Imposter

  • 8  Make a Decision

  • Secondary (2, 6)

Race 8

  • 1  Keen Ice

  • 7  Adulator

  • 6  Wake Up in Malibu

  • Secondary (2, 9)

Race 9

  • 1/1A  Tracking Stock/Contraction

  • 7  Monte Man

  • 3  Fastidious

  • Secondary (4, 8, 9)

Belmont October 5

Race 1

  • 6  Decent

  • 12 Black Eagle

  • 2 Liberal Spin

  • Secondary (3, 5)

Race 2

  • 1  Lil Renegade

  • 6  Madame Maybry

  • 2  Spun Copper (3)

Race 3

  • 6  Tisbury

  • 7  More Than a Legend

  • 1  German Edition

  • Secondary (5)

Race 4

  • 2  Comet Sixty Two

  • 5  Reimburse

  • 7  Kentucky Road

  • Secondary (1, 4, 8)

Race 5

  • 2  J. J. Jake

  • 4  Samadi Sky

  • 6 Fullback Foye

  • Secondary (1, 7)

Race 6

  • 1  Monster Mash

  • 5  Dad’z Laugh

  • 6  Tairneach

Race 7

  • 4  First Charmer

  • 9  Barrel of Dreams

  • 6  Moondance Joy

  • 8  Uncle Southern

  • Secondary (1, 3, 5)

Race 8

  • 8  Roman Approval

  • 1  Munjaz

  • 4  Request

  • 6  Bank Float

Race 9

  • 4  Song For the Soul

  • 10  Bellelarama

  • 11  Toni Tools

  • Secondary (2, 12)

Belmont October 5

Race 1

  • 4  Mr Sam

  • 3  Foggy Mountain Cat

  • 8  There Goes Ben

  • Secondary (7)

Race 2

  • 4  Angel Choir

  • 3  Saratoga Smoke

  • 1  Doukas

  • Secondary (2)

Race 3

  • 5  Cursor

  • 6  Courtmewithcarats

  • 3  Special Risk

Race 4

  • 8  Chase Motto

  • 1/1A  Withhold/Lyrical Moment

  • 3  Tapit Together

  • Secondary (2)

Race 5

  • 5  Don Dulce

  • 1  Stormin Monarcho

  • 2  Winter Games

  • Secondary (4)

Race 6

  • 8  Palladian Bridge

  • 11  Barbie Stones

  • 2  Bust

  • Secondary (1, 10)

Race 7

  • 2  Second Mate

  • 6  Mambo At the Gym

  • 7  Sly Tom

  • Secondary (4, 6)

Race 8

  • 5  Bishops Pond

  • 3  Achnaha

  • 2  Evidently

  • 7  Gotachancetodance

  • Secondary (4, 6)

Race 9

  • 1  Sauvignon

  • 12  Dream On

  • 10  Imflatoutsweet

  • Secondary (4)

Belmont October 2

It really doesn’t look like much of a betting day, especially if races are off the turf and there are a lot of scratches.

Race 1

  • 6  Jetsam Six

  • 5  Epic Lady

  • 4  Super Marina

Race 2

  • 3  Derby Glass

  • 5  Mr. Palmer

  • 1  Wizardly

  • Secondary (2)

Race 3

  • 5  Miral

  • 2  Pat On the Back

  • 4  Haul Anchor

Race 4

  • 6  Imasuperstar

  • 2  Exulting

  • 5  Mighty Moses

Race 5

  • 2  Coasted

  • 6  New Money Honey

  • 1 Dancing Waves

  • Secondary (5, 7)

Race 6

  • 7  About That Base

  • 9  Code Red

  • 1  Filibustin

  • Secondary (3, 5, 12, 13)

Race 7

  • 7  Vandalize

  • 8  River Date

  • 9  Do Share

  • Secondary (6, 9)

Race 8

  • 3  Baccalo

  • 1  Extinct Charm

  • 6  Scuba

  • Secondary (7)

Race 9

  • 1  Dr. Koy

  • 3  Danny’s Rush

  • 4  Appealing Briefs

  • 7  Preferred Outcome

  • Secondary (5)

Dirt

  • 2  Fled

Belmont October 1

Race 1

Dirt

  • 10  Bonus Points

  • 9  Altito

  • 5  Kahramani

Race 2

  • 9  Louisiana Lady

  • 4  Divine Cause

  • 2  Corey Q

  • Secondary (8)

Race 3

  • 1  Oxford Circus

  • 6  Gotta Curlin

  • 2  Capitaine

  • Secondary (4, 5)

Race 4

Dirt

  • 7  Dreamsdocometrue

  • 8  Sail Ahoy

  • 1  Gentrify

  • Secondary (6)

Race 5

  • 6  Bustin It

  • 7  Just Afleet

  • 1  We Did

  • Secondary (3, 4, 5)

Race 6

  • 4  Flintshire

  • Secondary (2, 3)

Race 7

  • 4  Paulasilverlining

  • 6  Wavell Avenue

  • 7  Wonder Gal

Race 8

  • 6  Oscar Performance

  • 3  Bird’s Eye View

  • 2  J.S. Choice

  • Secondary (5, 8, 9)

Race 9

  • 6  X Y Jet

  • 3  Joking

  • 2  Holy Boss

  • Secondary (7)

Race 10

  • 2  Forever Unbridled

  • 7  Off the Tracks

  • 4  Penwith

  • Secondary (5, 6)

Race 11

  • 4  Jo’s Bold Cat

  • 5  It Must Be Nice

  • 7  Rule Number One

  • Secondary (6)