7/14: Belmont Park (4th-9th)

[Kasept]

Final week of racing in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas with Saratoga and Del Mar looming on the horizon. But even with the winding down towards the classic summer resort meets, fireworks may still remain in the cities as Sunday's double carryover at Hollywood demonstrated. Sequence ultimately proved reachable, as $5.5k was returned to winners, but I could only muster the $73 P4 on a $50 play, but it was a fun way to end the Summit of Speed weekend.

Hope everyone did well. Belmont action today to start this closing week... Last day of live broadcasting from Florida today as K.C. and I take a two day break before Saratoga shows start next week!


BELMONT PARK


POST-SCRATCHES


4th: MSW, 2yo-F, 5.5f (P6, P3, DD, Super)

Best Value: #6 Hey Valentina 5-1 7th
Next Best: #4 Position Limit 4-1 WON ($10.00)
Exotics Use: #7 Evangelical 3-1 2nd
Super Add: #1 Backslash 6-1 3rd


5th: CLM, 3+, 8.5f-IT (G/S, P3)

Most Likely: #4 Broad River 5-2 4th
Next Best: #2 Adagio 2-1 2nd
Best Value: #1 Parc des Princes 5-1 3rd


6th: NY-MDN CLM, 3+, 1m OFF THE TURF (P4, P3, DD, Super)

Most Likely: #2 Pegasus Ena WON ($7.40)
Next Best: #10 All Zipped Up 3rd
Exotics Use: #1 Joba 5th


7th: CLM, 3+, 8.5f OFF THE TURF (P3, DD)

Most Likely: #6 Too Amenable 2nd
Best Value: #5 Bold Vindication 3rd


8th: NY-OC/C, F&M-3+, 1m-T (DD)

Most Likely: #1 Paraiba 3-1 3rd
Next Best: #2 Cagey Girl 9-5 2nd
Best Value: #4 Our Golden Dream 5-1 4th


9th: NY-MDN CLM, 3+, 6f (Super)

Rough finish to the card with this ugly bunch o' coconuts..

Best Value: #8 Nozzy Minogue 10-1 3rd
Next Best: #11 Uncle Pat 9-2 WON ($5.40)
Exotics Use: #10 Chuckie's Honor 3-1 2nd


<$50 P4 Play:

6: 1-2-10
7: 5-6
8: 1-2
9: 8-10-11

3x2x2x3 = $36


Good luck!
Steve

[randallscott35]

Lots of rain down here steve, i dont know about turf today

[Kasept]

Thx Rand...

Turf course update hasn't been revised yet, but just checked with Sciacca, and 1, 6, 7 are off as of now. He thinks they'll all come off by later this morning. Raining steadily at BEL now. Main track sloppy.

[Alan07]

http://www.equibase.com/premium/changes/BEL-changes.asp

[Kasept]

BEL SCR/CHG'S (http://www.equibase.com/premium/changes/BEL-changes.asp)

Track: SLOPPY
Turf: YIELDING
Turf Races: 5,8 - ON TURF ( 1,6,7 - OFF TURF )

[the_fat_man]

Thx Rand...

Turf course update hasn't been revised yet, but just checked with Sciacca, and 1, 6, 7 are off as of now. He thinks they'll all come off by later this morning. Raining steadily at BEL now. Main track sloppy.

Final week of racing. Terrible (and small) fields for the most part this meet and the ****ERS take the races off the turf.

Hard to like the decision makers at NYRA.

EDIT: 5th and 8th are still on

[randallscott35]

3 horse puzzle in the first.

[the_fat_man]

8th: NY-OC/C, F&M-3+, 1m-T (DD)

Most Likely: #1 Paraiba 3-1
Next Best: #2 Cagey Girl 9-5
Best Value: #4 Our Golden Dream 5-1




Interesting situation with Paraiba. IMO, she's a very nice turf filly (and has always been) but has difficultly putting in sustained runs because she has footwork issues. I.E. she doesn't like to get hit and changes leads repeatedly when she is. Johnny V butchered her a number of times early until he finally understood this and he now rides her the best. You wonder, however, if DONK understands this. He sends her to DEL last out for that mini stake and she was the only horse to close in a race that didn't come back. She ran extremely well under the circumstances. But she was all over the place in the stretch, changing leads back and forth, and running in spurts, as Saez was beating on her. I suppose that DONK didn't tell him to use the whip as little as possible. Kind of defeats the point of shipping her there. (Not that Prado rode her any better 2 races back.)