Belmont: Closer Looks for June 26, 2014
DRF Plus closer looks for Belmont Park on Thursday, June 26.
DRF StaffJun 25, 2014
DRF Plus closer looks for Belmont Park on Thursday, June 26.
Heading into the final three weeks at Belmont, favorites are having a solid spring-summer meet at 136 for 369 (36.8 percent) overall, with negligible differences between their records on dirt (87 for 227, 38.3 percent) and turf (49 for 142, 34.5 percent). Oddly enough, the most unreliable post-time choices have come in graded stakes (5 for 20, 25 percent).
Belmont: DRF Plus handicapping report for June 25, 2014
Trip Notes for June 21: Bed o' Roses, Eatontown, Summertime Oaks by Michael Hammersly.
Two second-level allowances with $62,500 claiming conditions are the headline races for Sunday at Churchill Downs – one for older fillies and mares that goes as the fifth and another for older males that is run later as the ninth.
There is a $54,466 pick six carryover into Sunday's card. Let's take a look at some interesting contenders.
Excaper, who is 2 for 2 this year since undergoing successful throat surgery, will try to keep rolling in the one-mile King Edward Stakes on the turf.
DRF Plus handicapping analysis for Santa Anita on Sunday, June 22.
DRF Plus handicapping analysis for Churchill Downs on Sunday, June 22.