Litfin: Belmont Park pick four play for Saturday, May 23

Starting this weekend, they’ve brought back the $300,000 guarantee for the late pick four on Saturdays, so let’s take a swing at it.

It’s a caveman ticket that goes 5 x 4 x 1 x 5 (100 combinations) and merely tries to improve the win odds for A LOT, who looks like a standout in the featured Paradise Creek Stakes.

6th race – We’ll try to get past this wide open turf sprint with AMBER MORNING (3), BARRIER TO ENTRY (5), ALEXANDRIE (6), MAJESTIC JESSICA (8) and SWEETPOLLYPUREBRD (9).

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7th race – H MAN (2), DAY OF FURY (5), SPECIAL OPS (6) and QUIMET (7) should get us through this starter allowance route.

8th race – A LOT (8) had the lead at the stretch call in two recent graded stakes, and this cutback to seven furlongs seems ideal, as does an outside draw that bodes well for a clear stalking trip on the Widener turf.

9th race – Possibilities abound in a maiden special weight turf sprint for fillies and mares, so we’ll go with SMOKE SIGNALS (2), KATAMA (4), SCAMPER (5), STORMY ALEXIS (6) and MAY FLOWERS (7).