ALBAYAADER

Trainer: Jeff Mullins

Last race: May 27, race 1

Finish: 5^th by 3

Beyer: 59

European import broke slowly in U.S. debut in maiden turf sprint, blocked length of lane, never had a chance to run. Call it inconclusive, would have been closer with clean trip.

HOTROD RIDE

Trainer: Sean McCarthy

Last race: May 27, race 8

Some horses run too poorly to believe, others run too good to lose. It happened in the same sprint stakes last week at Santa Anita and are the lead items in the first handicapping notebook of June . . .

Brickyard Ride had excuse

Surely there had to be a reason Brickyard Ride quit early in the Grade 2 Triple Bend Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita. The 3-10 favorite after winning four successive stakes, Brickyard Ride caved at the quarter pole and finished fifth under Juan Hernandez. It turns out he had an alibi – an irritating quarter crack in a hind foot.

RACE 3: BIG EVEREST (#2)

Belmont | Race 4 | Post Time 2:34 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up 

RACE 4: WHISTLER’S HONOR (#2) 

Belmont | Race 6 | Post Time 3:34 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

RACE 4: VINTAGE HOLLYWOOD (#1)

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

RACE 3: DREAM FLY (#3) 

The big day for North American stakes action this weekend is Monday, and the Saturday calendar, which includes several Cal-bred stakes, is shallow. But here we go, nonetheless.

Soaring Softly

This seven-furlong turf contest for 3-year-old fillies is deep, but the local forecast is cause for some concern. It looks as of Thursday like there won’t be enough rain to move the Soaring Softy to dirt, but DRF’s David Grening reported likely favorite Derrynane will be scratched if trainer Christophe Clement deems the course too soft.