Belmont: DRF Plus handicapping report for October 13, 2013

Race 1

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Race 2

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Race 3

Value Play

LUDO BAGMAN (#3, 6-1): Just one win from 16 career starts, but only the last two outings were on turf, and he figures close based on either one. He ran the six-furlong split in 1:09 seconds in a longer sprint most recently.-Dave Litfin

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Race 4

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Race 5

Vulnerable Favorite

TIZ FOR TAT (#5, 2-1) is an okay horse, but four straight second-place finishes vs. similar foes for five-race maiden. The sense is we’ve already seen the best of him, and there are plenty of possible improvers in this field. - Marcus Hersh

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BAKKEN (#3, 5-1) This first time starter for trainer Chad Brown has been training like a proper horse, both at Saratoga and Belmont. You have to think that he will give a solid account of himself in the debut. - Mike Vesce

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Race 7

Spot Play

TOUCH THE STAR (#3, 8-1) debuts for trainer Bill Mott and owner Juddmonte Farm at about the time of year they seem to get their elite juveniles going; works suggest she has promise. –Byron King

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Race 8

Live Longshot

FOURSEVENTEEN (#3, 6-1): This gelding was an allowance winner at seven furlongs on the Widener course last year; he gets some class relief dropping to a low-level claimer, after being compromised by a lack of pace chasing Iron Power over the same layout most recently. -Dave Litfin

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Race 9

Spot Play

NONNIE CONNIE (#4, 7-2) ran a couple of races this spring here, her last two races on the main track, that put her right in the mix; Castellano returns and if this 3yo filly improves a couple lengths from those efforts she’ll be tough to beat.- Chuck Kuehhas

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Race 10

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