Illman: How I'll play Belmont Park on Saturday, June 18
The Grade 3 Poker Stakes highlights a solid Saturday card at Belmont. Let’s take a look at a few potential plays.
Dan IllmanJun 17, 2016
The Grade 3 Poker Stakes highlights a solid Saturday card at Belmont. Let’s take a look at a few potential plays.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, June 18th, 2016 by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore
There is a star I like running Saturday night at Churchill Downs, though I'm not talking about Effinex in the Stephen Foster, The Pizza Man in the Wise Dan, Gun Runner in the Matt Winn, or Untapable in the Fleur de Lis. I'm talking about a potential star: Try Your Luck in the Grade 3 Regret.
In Saturday's Wise Dan Stakes at Churchill Downs, I'm going with Za Approval who, at age 8, probably isn't quite as good as he once was, but who might be good enough if The Pizza Man doesn't perform to standards.
Beer: Belmont horses to watch for the week of June 13
Trip Notes by Michael Hammersly for races run on June 10-12, including the Belmont Stakes and Met Mile.
Brad Free's horses to watch at Santa Anita for the week of June 13.
Ron Gierkink's horses to watch at Woodbine for the week of June 13.
The meet comes to a close, meaning the money must go out, so there’s some appeal to Sunday’s pick six at the Albany,Calif., track.
In Todd alone you can trust to start the early pick-four sequence Sunday at Belmont Park by singling his strong-looking entry of 2-year-olds (1, 1A) in the first leg, race 2, or you can double up the ticket by throwing in DIXIE KICKS (3), who ran a big race first out for the underrated Mike Mareina. I’ll go with the latter.