TimeformUS Belmont Park Horses in Focus for Saturday, June 17, 2017
Race 1:
Gypsy Jo (#3)
None of the runners with experience has run particularly well.
Dam is a half-sister to multiple sprint-stakes winner First Passage.
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Rick Violette is 14 for 44 (32 percent, $3.28 ROI) with New York-bred first-time starters in dirt sprints.
8-1 on ML
Race 3:
Court Dancer (#6)
The Pace Projector is predicting that she will be on the lead in a situation favoring the front-runner.
Her best races are fast enough to beat the favored Clipthecouponannie.
Has been in great form for Jason Servis.
3-1 on ML
Race 8:
Pop By (#5)
Ignore her only race in the U.S. since it was rained off the turf.
Showed a clear preference for firm turf in her races in France, and she figures to get that here.
Graham Motion typically does very well with his European shippers.
8-1 on ML