McGee: Belmont pick four play for Monday, May 25

I’m sold on the Michelle Nevin-trained READTHEBYLINE (5) in the Commentator (race 3) on this nice-looking Memorial Day program, awash with New York-bred stakes. The classy gelding and Jose Ortiz could trip out from their advantageous outer post when stalking the likes of Bond Vigilante (assuming he stays in as part of a Chad Brown entry) and the morning-line favorite Saratoga Snacks into defeat.

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Will be focusing on the early pick four (races 2-5). Feel free, of course, to lengthen this play to an early pick five (races 1-5) or shorten it into pick threes or doubles, but here’s the ticket:

Race 2 – 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 (all the logicals)
Race 3 – 5
Race 4 – 1, 3, 4, 5
Race 5 – 2, 3, 8, 9 (ignoring 3-1 Wincoma at our peril)

50-cent ticket = $40

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