Litfin: Belmont Park horses to watch for week of May 6
Dave Litfin's horses to watch at Belmont Park for the week of May 6.
Dave LitfinMay 06, 2015
Dave Litfin's horses to watch at Belmont Park for the week of May 6.
Triple Strike (#3, ML 5-2) stretches out to one mile and 70 yards in Wednesday’s fourth race at ThistleDown. Since Jan. 1, 2014, trainer Robert Gorham is winning at a 30 percent clip when saddling a horse switching from sprint to route, for a return on investment of $3.74.
Our Faith (#5, ML 9-2) will return to action in Wednesday’s third race at Evangeline Downs, a six-furlong maiden special weight race. It will be his first start since a third-place finish by 10 lengths in a maiden race Feb. 8 at Fair Grounds. The fourth- and fifth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts.
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Let’s close out opening week at Belmont Park on Sunday with a late pick four play on an intriguing sequence that begins with race 6.
American Pharoah was best winning the Kentucky Derby, and he deserves all the credit he is receiving. But while I am well aware he has the speed and the talent to get a perfect trip every time he races, it must be said that American Pharoah had yet another perfect trip Saturday. He stalked a deliberate pace, moved at a point when it was ideal for him to move, and out-finished a gutsy Firing Line. It was all pretty simple. And now, that’s five straight stakes victories for American Pharoah after five straight perfect trips.
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Cat Burglar (#6, ML 4-1) returns for the first time since June 14 in Saturday’s fourth race at Churchill Downs, a one-mile optional claimer. Trainer Bob Baffert is winning at 32 percent clip when starting a horse coming off a layoff longer than 180 days, for a return on investment of $2.45.