Selections

Belmont May 30

Race 1

  • 6  Dream On  2-1

  • 3  Classy Chris  5/2

  • 4  Ginned Up  5-1

Two horses stand out in this race, but the remainder represent a lot of unknown quantities. Not a particularly good betting race in my opinion.

Race 2

  • 7  Enduring Touch 3-1

  • 1  Five Star Rampage  7/2

  • 6  Golden Gem  4-1

I thought you could make a case for most of the horses in this race. Other than Enduring Touch the race looks very light on speed so he may have a decided advantage, especially considering he lost most of his chance at the start of his last race.

Race 3

  • 6  Sioux  5/2 *HORSE TO WATCH

  • 4  Royal Posse  5/2

  • 2  Bellamy Way  4-1

We haven’t had too many horses to watch come up, but Sioux is one of them. He’s jumping up a bit, but he loves the distance and does well at BEL. I think the odds may be favorable.

Race 4

  • 7  Jules N Rome  5/2

  • 3  Perfect Freud  5/2

  • 4  Haveyougoneaway  7/2

This race appears to have a ton of speed horses and no standout off the pace runner. Danny Gargan has really given Jules N Rome some new found energy. Perfect Freud is listed at 15-1 on the ML. I think he would be a huge value at that price. But don’t kid yourself – lots of horses have a chance here.

Race 5

  • 2  Rescue Cat  3-1

  • 6 J K’s Girl  4-1

  • 5  Stormin Saratoga  4-1

This is one of those turf races where almost none of the horses have turf preps. Another complicating factor is that the past performances reveal very little real speed in the race. Rescue Cat is the obvious horse with turf experience and the crowd is unlikely to ignore her. Lots of question marks.

Race 6

  • 1  Sudden Surprise  5/2

  • 5  Championofthenile  3-1

  • 9  Awesome Gent  4-1

  • 4  Lucky Lurie  5-1

Race 7

  • 7  King Kreesa  3-1

  • 6  Lubash  7/2

  • 2  Kharafa  7/2

  • 1  Macagone  7/2

This looks like a lot of NY State-bred turf stakes from 2015. I’ve always shown a little favoritism to King Kreesa and Lubash. Macagone gets added off his win against Lubash last out. King Kreesa is definitely a fan of the BEL turf.

Race 8

  • 1  Bag of Tricks  3-1

  • 10  Absatootly  7/2

  • 4  Katniss the Victor  4-1

  • 5  Frosty Margarita  4-1

Race 9

  • 9  Neck of the Moon  7/2

  • 2  Distorted Beauty  4-1

  • 7  The Tea Cups  9/2

Race 10

  • 7  House of Friends  3-1

  • 8  Vino Bianco  7/2

  • 3  Open Book  4-1

  • 4  Southern Gentleman  5-1

Another turf race where the turf form is absent from most of the horses.  Other than Vino Bianco, I’m looking for horses that have reasonably good turf breeding and with room for improvement.