ELMONT, N.Y. – The Belmont Park fall meet comes to an end Sunday with a nine-race card that is highlighted by two $80,000 stakes and a mandatory payout in the Empire 6 with a $419,253 carryover. Provided there is no unique winning ticket sold Friday or Saturday on the Empire 6, there figures to be an additional $3 million wagered into the pool Sunday. First post Sunday is 12:15 p.m. Eastern, and the Empire 6 begins on race 4 (1:45 p.m). :: Enhance your handicapping with DRF’s Belmont Clocker Report Here’s a look at the sequence: Race 4: Trainer Brad Cox has two significant dropdowns in this Empire 6 sequence, beginning in this race with Cruising Strong. She returns from an 8 1/2-month layoff and drops into this $16,000 claimer for fillies and mares who have never won two races. Her first four races were solid, then she finished seventh in a starter allowance last February. La Negrita has finished second or third in this condition five straight times. She’s a Blackbelt drops back into this condition after getting beat by a repeat winner in a starter allowance at Pimlico. Princess in Charge returns from a nine-month layoff in her first start off the Linda Rice claim. Race 5: Work Out stretches out to a mile after two runner-up finishes sprinting in this maiden event for 2-year-old New York-breds. The first-time starter Polpis has a series of solid works for trainer Jonathan Thomas and has attracted Irad Ortiz Jr. Brew Pub, fourth on turf last out in his first race against statebreds, switches to dirt for trainer Dane Kobiski, who has solid numbers going turf to dirt. Race 6: Beachside and Barleewon were separated by a neck when second and third in this same $30,000 claimer for nonwinners of two races on Sept. 26. Barleewon had to wait for room at the three-sixteenths pole and may benefit from moving from an outside to inside post. Stanhope, another Cox dropdown, has trained better than he’s run and is now in for a tag for the first time in his career. Looks live turf or dirt. Scotty Brown could be dangerous if able to shake loose early from his outside draw. Race 7: Trainer Bill Mott said he’s only 50-50 to run Alisio in the $80,000 Pumpkin Pie Stakes at seven furlongs. She is a must-use if she runs. If not, Honor Way could get the right setup stalking a couple of speed horses to her outside. Honor Way was second in an allowance race at Parx Racing and then came back 10 days later to finish second to Frank’s Rockette in the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom at Belmont. Trainer Charlton Baker said Honor Way was all washed out in the paddock at Parx, and he thought she was going to finish last. He ran her back in the Gallant Bloom because of the short field and the chance to get graded black type. Baker believes the seven furlongs of this race is “her best distance.” “She needs some pace, definitely,” he said. “That’s the key.” If Alisio doesn’t run, it might be wise to put Never Enough Time on the ticket. She comes off two straight listed stakes wins in Maryland. :: Want to get your Past Performances for free? Click to learn more. Race 8: Ingrassia looks like the horse to beat in the $80,000 Chelsea Flower Stakes for 2-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles on turf. Ingrassia won her debut over good ground at Saratoga, then had the misfortune of trying to reel in Aunt Pearl when finishing third in the Grade 2 Jessamine at Keeneland. Aunt Pearl figures to be the favorite in next Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland. Ingrassia is trained by Chad Brown, who also sends out Fluffy Socks, who won the Selima Stakes over yielding turf on Oct. 3 at Pimlico. Oyster Box, an impressive debut winner, should appreciate stretching out in distance from six furlongs, although trainer Graham Motion is concerned with how soft the turf could be Sunday. Lovestruck was an impressive debut winner for Mott who missed the Miss Grillo due to a temperature. Mott said he is concerned about how she would handle soft turf and might scratch her. Caldee set the pace before giving way to Plum Ali in the Grade 2 Miss Grillo. She could be the primary speed in this spot under Javier Castellano. Race 9: This first-level statebred allowance appears to boil down to City Temper, Bankers Daughter, Impazible Donna, and Honey Money. Honey Money has not raced since March due to a hind-end lameness issue, Rice said. She has only four works showing for her return, and Rice said she may need a race.