Belmont | Race 8 | Post Time 5:47 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Belmont | Race 8 | Post Time 5:47 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Each week in this space, the top Beyer performances by maiden winners will be featured and analyzed. Click here for a complete archive.
Breaker of Chains
Sept. 11, 2nd race Kentucky Downs, MdSpWt134k
Beyer: 89
1M turf 1:34.37 – 1st by 2 3/4 lengths
b. f. 3, Bernardini – Amansara, by War Chant
Belmont | Race 9 | Post Time 5:16 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Last week’s Pick was a mess—unruly horse in the post parade and another left at the gate and only at the last minute were we saved by our gimmick horse Mr Rum Runner who got up to complete a nice exacta.
Belmont | Race 8 | Post Time 4:44 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Belmont | Race 6 | Post Time 4:43 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
PRESKITT
Trainer: Walther Solis
Last race: Sept. 10, race 2
Finish: 4th by 6 1/2
Beyer: 39
Two-year-old filly ran better than running line looks. Dueled inside during fast first quarter, took back, re-rallied past tiring leaders, split the field. Fits vs. Cal-bred maidens.
SELF TAUGHT
Trainer: Bob Hess Jr.
Last race: Sept. 10, race 4
Finish: 2nd by 1
Beyer: 80
Wednesday’s closing-night card at Assiniboia Downs features mandatory payouts in the Jackpot Hi-5 and the pick five. The pick five will guarantee a $1 million payout to a single-ticket winner.
DRF handicapper Kenny Peck provides his suggested pick five ticket. First post in the sequence is 9:35 p.m. Eastern.
Last week’s Pix were a case of keys paying off even though none of them won. In the first race, they completed the trifecta and superfecta, and in the seventh race there were exacta, trifecta and superfecta payoffs, if you played the right.
Saratoga and Del Mar are done. How much of an in-between, late-summer racing weekend is this? We’re going to rural Kentucky and rural Alberta, Canada to find stakes worth playing.
Obviously, Kentucky Downs takes center stage Saturday; The card there is strong and interesting, top to bottom. I like price horses Catch a Bid in the Ladies Sprint and Summer in Saratoga in the Ladies Turf, but neither quite made the cut.
Calumet Turf Cup