Litfin: Belmont Horses to Watch for week of Sept. 29

Dave Litfin's Belmont horses to watch for week of Sept. 29.

FIRESTAR
Trainer: Tom Morley
Last race: Sept. 23, 5th
Finish: 2nd by 2 3/4
Beyer: 55
Juvenile maiden filly hit the gate and bobbled at the start to wind up far back early and put in a sustained run to get second before galloping out with good energy in her return from a layoff of nearly seven weeks.

EVEN BETTE
Trainer: Bruce Levine
Last race: Sept. 23, 7th
Finish: 4th by 5 1/4
Beyer: 70
Making her first start since a debut victory last November, this 4-year-old filly put in a four-wide run to contention on the turn before flattening out late in a New York-bred allowance sprint against the in-form stakes winner Myfourchix.

VICKI’S DANCER
Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez
Last race: Sept. 27, 4th
Finish: 4th by 1 1/2
Beyer: 77
Lacked a clear path in deep stretch of an optional-claiming turf sprint for New York-bred fillies and mares. While there are still a few weeks left in the turf-sprint season, the versatile veteran won a New York Stallion Series event on Aqueduct’s main track last fall.

TIME AND MOTION
Trainer: Jimmy Toner
Last race: Sept. 27, 8th
Finish: 3rd by 1 1/2
Beyer: 75
Second-out maiden filly was aggressively spotted in the Miss Grillo Stakes and gave a good account by rallying from 11 lengths behind after the opening half-mile.