TimeformUS Belmont Park Horses in Focus for Sunday, July 8, 2018
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Sunday's card at Belmont Park.
David AragonaJul 07, 2018
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Sunday's card at Belmont Park.
While some may argue that Diversify’s recent form is subpar, I thought he bounced back very well in the Commentator last time after a puzzling non-effort at Charles Town.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Saturday's card at Belmont.
Unlike Saturday’s late pick five at Belmont, which is restricted to bettors in New York and those wagering through NYRA’s ADW platform, the late pick four there, covering all the stakes but the Dwyer, is open to all.
Excluding the $100,000 Shepperton, where 1-9 morning-line favorite Pink Lloyd likely will win his 12th straight stakes race, most of the races on the 11-race card at Woodbine on Sunday are wide-open events.
Saturday's card is iffy on first-timers, but you might want to toss a couple of bucks at this one.
Masked (#3) is clearly the horse to beat as he drops out of some tough stakes events into this optional claimer. While I’m not against this horse, he’s probably going to be a very short price, and I think there is one intriguing alternative to consider.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Friday's card at Belmont.
There is the Grade 3, $300,000 Delaware Oaks at Delaware Park; the Grade 2, $200,000 Great Lady M. at Los Alamitos; the Grade 3, $200,000 Parx Dash at Parx Racing; and the Arlington Million Preview Day program at Arlington. But the biggest doings Saturday will be on Belmont Park's Stars and Stripes Day card of five graded stakes events, led by the Grade 1, $1.2 million Belmont Derby and the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Oaks.
Admission Office may have the brightest future among this bunch, but I think this is the time to take a shot against him.