Belmont | Race 9 | Post Time 4:51 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

RACE 6: KING’S HARLEQUIN (#6)

Belmont | Race 2 | Post Time 1:32 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

LOS ALAMITOS

WORKDAY

Trainer: John Sadler

Last race: July 1, 7th

Finish: 3rd by 3 3/4

Beyer: 51

Debut 2-year-old lacked speed, raced greenly from kickback, and finished evenly. Promising debut by California-bred son of Accelerate who can move way up next time out.

EDDIE’S LAST

Trainer: Doug O’Neill

Last race: July 1, 7th

Finish: 10 by 15

Beyer: 21

RACE 2: BYE BYE (#3) 

RACE 7: MCKULICK (#1) 

From the wilds of Altoona, Iowa, and Shelbyville, Indiana, to Long Island, N.Y., and Stanton, Delaware, it’s quite the summer Saturday of racing.

The Indiana Derby (Actuator gets the nod) headlines an eight-stakes Horseshoe Indianapolis card, while the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker (Warrant is the one) marks the high point of the Iowa racing year. The Delaware Handicap has become a pale shadow of a race that used to attract champions.

Those races are dirt; we’re going green this week.

Belmont Derby Invitational

Each week in this space, the top Beyer performances by maiden winners will be featured and analyzed. Click here for a complete archive.

Damon’s Mound

July 2, 3rd race Churchill, MdSpWt120k

Beyer: 84

6 furlongs, 1:09.84 – 1st by 12 3/4 lengths

b. c. 2, Girvin – San Antonio Stroll, by Stroll

Owner: Michele and Cliff Love

Trainer: Michelle Lovell

Breeder: Michelle and Cliff Love

Before the Saratoga summer meet begins July 14, and Del Mar on July 22, there is plenty to catch up with. Time to dive in . . .

Early Belmont Oaks lean

Belmont | Race 8 | Post Time 4:40 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up 

A solid case can be made for 5 of the 6 runners in this competitive maiden field, and even outsider Dolce Sera ran a competitive race at this level three back.