Belmont selections 6/17
Best Bet: Home Rule, Race 6 (31-10-8-6) $36.90)Longshot: Xela, Race 5 (32-6-2-4 $113.90)RACE 1: CRAFTY GEM ran off with the rider last time and set a torrid pace for the class, faltering in the final yards. Switches to top journeyman Rajiv Maragh. Can leave or stalk. ELENI’S HOPE returns to dirt, where she won the previous condition April 17, going this distance. Switches to Dominguez and can handle it wet or dry. MIGHTY IRISH appears to be cycling up to a peak effort. The Gary Contessa trainee has earned both of her career wins at this distance. Reunites with Javier Castellano. LUCK finished like a car in last. has been a long time between wins.1.Crafty Gem, 2.Eleni’s Hope, 3.Mighty Irish, 4.LuckRACE 2: UNIQUE ALLY set a brisk pace and led into deep stretch in his may 20 unveiling. Tried grass last time and produced a similar effort. Well-posted outside. JIM’S APPLEMARTINI debuted at the maiden special weights level at Saratoga. Returns from the ten month vacation and switches to the live Mike Hushion barn. could be very good or very bad. MY MAN JAKE chased the top choice last time and paid the price. Might inherit the lead should that one scratch. Switches to top dirt rider David Cohen. LAST MISTAKE could pick up the pieces if everyone else duels.1.Unique Ally, 2.Jim’s Applemartini, 3.My Man Jake, 4.last MistakeRACE 3: MISS WORLD came off the shelf in a Grade 3 stake and did the dirty work pressing the slow pace set by the wire winner. Reunites with Rajiv Maragh, who was aboard for two of her 2009 wins. TOTTIE made her U.S. debut in a key race at the previous allowance condition, winning nicely. followed with a graded stakes score. Her April 9 effort wasn’t as bad as it looks on paper. KRISTI WITH a K has made one start this year, which was 89 days ago. The immediate return to the bench suggests something went amiss that afternoon. has been training regularly. OFF THE TURF SELECTIONS: AMAZING, SOLO PIANO, MISS RED DELICIOUS1.Miss World, 2.Tottie, 3.Kristi With a KRACE 4: NETWORKING (E) and entrymate Believe In a.P. have apparently been working in company. I prefer the former because of her superior speed and early win pedigree but I’ll take them both. LET’S GET FISCAL debuts for connections potent with juveniles. The filly was a $190,000 purchase in February, highest-priced of nine from freshman sire Bandini. EVANGELICAL is the house horse, being owned by North Shore Racing, which is composed of some NYRA officials. The filly has a superb speed sire and is a half-sister to a juvenile winner.1.Rick Dutrow Entry, 2.Let’s Get Fiscal, 3.EvangelicalRACE 5: BROAD RIVER faced much tougher in his three starts this year. The veteran raced wide pressing the pace last time and was in the thick of the fight until the final yards. BIG JEROME also drops from an unrestricted claiming race into this conditioned event. Like the top choice he has the class despite not winning this year. Reunites with Coa. XELA posted a gritty win over this turf course may 5. Stepped up to this class level last time and ran well versus a field which appeared better than this. Can ride the rail once more. OFF THE TURF SELECTIONS: DAVID JACOBSON ENTRY, BROAD RIVER, JOHN TOSCANO ENTRY1.Broad River, 2.big Jerome, 3.XelaRACE 6: HOME RULE will be hard to deny if she repeats the form of her may 16 start over the grass. she stalked a strong pace, forged to the lead, then yielded grudgingly after a stretch duel. SILK ROUTE was involved in some early bumping in her may unveiling. The royally-bred filly made a good middle move and sustained her run for second. Should only improve. LUCIDA has tactical speed in a field of plodders. The has raced within striking distance of the pacesetter in both turf outings. Might appreciate the extra distance. OFF THE TURF SELECTIONS: HOME RULE, SILK ROUTE, CHRISTOPHE CLEMENT ENTRY1.Home Rule, 2.Silk Route, 3.LucidaRACE 7: DOS HOMBRES comes off the bench for the hot Schettino barn. Drops from an unrestricted event which was a tough key race. Barn has been live with layoff returnees. J J’S PROPHET emerges from an event on the verge of becoming a key race. Pressed the pace while outside, forged to the lead, then got caught by the closers. Switches to Dominguez. RIPTIDE came off the bench in a June 2 sprint. In that event the Gary Sciacca-trained horse finished well despite getting no help from the pace. Stretches out to a better distance. LEMON SHORE wheels back in six days from an improved effort going seven furlongs. OFF THE TURF SELECTIONS: METULLA, JOHN G C, J J’S PROPHET, OLD MAN BUCK1.Dos Hombres, 2.J J’s Prophet, 3.Riptide, 4.Lemon ShoreRACE 8: NO FLY ZONE has been first or second in 11 of 25 starts and should have a pace and class edge over the rest. has an outside post where jockey David Cohen can let him relax. SUNDAY BLITZ ships in from a claiming score over Woodbine’s Polytrack surface. Trainer Steve Klesaris hits nearly 30 percent with the synthetic to dirt angle. has tactical speed. KING ANDREW makes his first start off the Gary Gullo claim. The gelding has been a gem of consistency this year, finishing in the money in all six starts.1.No fly Zone, 2.Sunday Blitz, 3.King AndrewRACE 9: FIRST OF TEN didn’t handle the turf conditions last time, on a course labeled good which might have been closer to yielding. either of his previous two starts were good enough to win here. ACTOR’S GROOVE is hard to like on top, given the number of starts he’s had since breaking his maiden. nevertheless, his may 13 effort was good enough to win. TRANS SIBERIAN exits his may 22 maiden win. That field has turned out to be better than par for the class. Trainer George Weaver is capable of repeating with maiden breakers. VERVEITUP broke his maiden two back, then faced a tougher field than this last time. OFF THE TURF SELECTIONS: HOPEFUL BOY, ADAM BOY, FIRST OF TEN, PAL’S FIRST LADY1.first of ten, 2.Actor’s Groove, 3.Trans Siberian, 4.VerveitupBelmont Park Record: 84/325 $463.20Wednesday’s Winners: Race 2 – The Truffle Man – $11.80Race 7 – no Rhyme or Reason – $3.50Race 8 – Magic Lion – $3.80
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