ELMONT, N.Y. – If 17 stakes and 33 races run over three days wasn’t enough for you, wait there’s more. Though not considered part of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, there is a nine-race card Sunday at Belmont Park, topped by the $150,000 Jersey Girl Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Continuing an unfortunate theme that permeated the previous three days’ stakes, only five horses were entered for the Jersey Girl, which is a stepping-stone to later stakes such as the Grade 3 Victory Ride here July 9 and the Grade 1 Test on Aug. 6 at Saratoga. Hot Peppers had a three-race winning streak snapped when she finished last in the Sophomore Fillies Stakes on March 27 at Tampa Bay Downs. According to part-owner Michael Dubb, Hot Peppers hit her head on the gate prior to the start of the race. She showed brief interest stalking the pacesetting winner Midnight Stroll before backing up in the stretch. “She couldn’t focus from hitting her head, I think she was way out of sorts,” Dubb said. Dubb sent Hot Peppers to Barry Eisaman’s farm in Ocala, Fla., before shipping her to Rudy Rodriguez in New York. :: Want to start playing with a $510 bankroll and have access to free Formulator? Learn more “I shipped her to Rudy because he seems to do well with young fillies, i.e., Bella Sofia,” Dubb said, referring to last year’s Grade 1 Test winner. Rodriguez said since he got her he has schooled Hot Peppers in the gate and “she was very comfortable,” he said. “She is training very, very forwardly. She’s got to step up, but she seems like she’s done everything right.” Luis Saez rides Hot Peppers from post 4. Prior to the Tampa race, Hot Peppers, then trained by Ron Spatz, had won three straight races at Gulfstream Park, a streak that started with a 14 1/4-length maiden win. It was after that race Dubb bought the filly. He subsequently brought Michael Caruso in as a partner. Diamond Collector, trained by Carlos Martin for NYRA chairman Marc Holliday, was supplemented to this race. She is cutting back to six furlongs after two tries at a mile, including a head loss to the former claimer Waters of Merom in an allowance. Martin equipped Diamond Collector with blinkers that day, but said he plans to remove them and just leave a blinker-less hood on the filly. “She’s always been a little bit on the high-strung side,” Martin said. “She relaxes good with the hood, so we’ll leave that and take the blinker off.” As evidence to Diamond Collector relaxing more, Martin said the filly will stand on the track for five to 10 minutes before training whereas before she would go into a full-out, open gallop on the track. Stand Up Comic, a daughter of Practical Joke, makes her belated 3-year-old debut for trainer Butch Reid. At 2, Stand Up Comic went 3 for 3 on dirt, including a victory in the Parx Futurity on Dec. 29. Reid also raced her on turf where she was twice beaten. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures Reid said he gave Stand Up Comic two months off to avoid training over the inconsistent winter tracks in the Northeast. Reid said Stand Up Comic matured over the break. “She’s not a very big filly, but her body has definitely matured, her hindquarters are much bigger than they were,” Reid said. Gimmick, trained by Steve Asmussen, is coming off a third-place finish in the Miss Preakness after breaking awkwardly. She has the rail and Irad Ortiz Jr. on Sunday. Sweet Solare is 2 for 2 on wet tracks, 0 for 2 on dry tracks. With only a five-horse field, the Jersey Girl is carded as the third on a card that begins at 1 p.m.