McGee: Belmont pick four play for Monday, May 25
I’m sold on the Michelle Nevin-trained READTHEBYLINE (5) in the Commentator (race 3) on this nice-looking Memorial Day program, awash with New York-bred stakes.
Marty McGeeMay 24, 2015
I’m sold on the Michelle Nevin-trained READTHEBYLINE (5) in the Commentator (race 3) on this nice-looking Memorial Day program, awash with New York-bred stakes.
It bears repeating that American Pharoah will be bidding to make history in more ways than one in the Belmont Stakes on June 6. Beyond attempting to become only the 12th to sweep the Triple Crown, he will be attempting to become the first to complete a sweep of the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes without having previously raced at Belmont Park.
Bobcat Jim capped a great night for the Kenny Smith stable when he rallied strongly to get past Delaunay for a neck victory in the $73,500 Ed Skinner Memorial on Saturday at Prairie Meadows.
After winning an early pace battle with Kluvyabye, Get the Sensation found herself alone on the lead in the $50,000 Fancy Buckles Stakes at Charles Town on Friday night and won by 6 1/2 lengths.
Lone Star Park near Dallas was forced to cancel its final three races Saturday night due to inclement weather, while its sister track, Remington Park in Oklahoma City, lost 10 of its races, also due to heavy rains. Both tracks are scheduled to resume racing Sunday.
In The Arsenal and Sonofa Sizzle scored in their eliminations for the Art Rooney Pace on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway.
In his 29th career start, Motown Men was forced into something new in Saturday’s $151,250 Tiznow Stakes for California-breds at Santa Anita. The 6-year-old Motown Men closed from well off the pace to win his first stakes.
African Rose returned to her best distance Saturday and rolled to a 3 3/4- length win in the $55,000 Albuquerque Distaff in New Mexico.
Z Smoking Gun became a stakes winner on Saturday when he won the $40,000 Inaugural at Arapahoe Park.
Neveradoubt gave jockey Flavien Prat his richest win in the United States with a shocking victory in Saturday‘s $200,750 Snow Chief Stakes for 3-year-old California-breds on turf at Santa Anita.