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Litfin: Belmont Park Horses to Watch for week of Oct. 19

Dave Litfin|Oct 20, 2015

JAX HERITAGE
Trainer: Mark Hennig
Last race: Oct. 17, 7th
Finish: 4th by 1 1/2
Beyer: 73
Steadied along and checked repeatedly in traffic in what track announcer Larry Collmus described as a “brutal trip” as the favorite in a first-level allowance for New York-breds on the turf.

ARCH CONTENDER
Trainer: George Weaver
Last race: Oct. 16, 9th
Finish: 4th by 6 1/4
Beyer: 57
Two-year-old gelding veered in from the rail post at a cost of several lengths, found himself 17 lengths off the pace after a quarter-mile, and closed a considerable amount of ground when unveiled at 22-1 in a $75,000 maiden route on the turf.

MY GIANT
Trainer: Tom Morley
Last race: Oct. 15, 9th
Finish: 3rd by 1 3/4
Beyer: 71
This debuting maiden was dismissed at 43-1, but gave a good account, racing within 2 1/2 lengths of the lead at every call, despite encountering traffic trouble from the quarter pole to midstretch.

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