Bella Sofia
May 6, 2nd race Belmont Park, MdSpWt90k
Beyer: 93
6f 1:09.69, 1st by 11 1/4 lengths
b. f. 3, Awesome Patriot – Love Contract, by Consolidator
Auctions: OBS 2yo & horses of racing age 2020 - $20,000
Owner: Michael Imperio, Vincent Scuderi, Sofia Soares, Gabrielle Farm, Mazel Stable
Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez
Breeder: Two Tone Farms
FLY THE SKY
Trainer: Steve Miyadi
Last race: May 14, race 3
Finish: 3rd by 4 1/4
Beyer: 77
Broke slow in turf sprint, shuffled slightly on turn, waited for room, went evenly late, galloped out well. Solid sprint comeback by starter-allowance gelding who prefers two turns.
Belmont | Race 3 | Post Time 2:02 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
It’s Preakness Day, and if you haven’t done so yet, it’s time to pop open a new tab in your web browser and pull up the Pimlico past performances – DRF Formulator style.
“Daily Racing Form” and “past performances” are synonymous terms in Thoroughbred racing, and for several years now, DRF has been enhancing its digitized, sortable, interactive version of the past performances that racing bettors and fans have come to rely upon.
Pick six bettors catch a break Sunday at Santa Anita. Though many players avoid the single-ticket jackpot wager due to its high effective takeout, mandatory payouts such as Sunday are the exception.
Less than 54 cents of each dollar bet on the pick six is returned daily to winning bettors. That is what remains after the 23.68 percent standard takeout and 30 percent of net siphoned into the single-ticket jackpot. Combined, effective takeout exceeds 46 percent.
Belmont | Race 9 | Post Time 5:12 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
If you watched the trip he had Fifty Sheas Ofgrey, our Pick last week, is going to be much more than a gimmick completion (he finished third) in the future once h gets some distance and overcomes his greenness. On the other hand seven BreezeFigs maiden 3-year-olds won during the week at Belmont, Churchill, Golden Gate, Gulfstream (BreezeFigs exacta), Indiana (two) and Lone Star. The 2-year-olds are just beginning to come along and this week saw EASMAY’s breeze shows completed. We found an interesting race today that might get you some loose change if played right, see below.
MIDNIGHT BOURBON came into the Kentucky Derby giving every indication he was sitting on a peak effort, having paired up career-best Beyer Speed Figures in the Risen Star and Louisiana Derby while training like a horse ready for yet another forward move. Expected to be forwardly placed coming by the grandstand the first time, Midnight Bourbon was nowhere to be found during the early going, essentially forfeiting all chance right off the bat in light of the way the race played out. He did well to beat 13 others, despite racing wide around both turns.
MEDINA SPIRIT showed his tactical ability when wiring them in the Derby, and it’s unlikely he’ll wind up dueling with his uncoupled stablemate Concert Tour going into the first turn. There’s a chance that Medina Spirit is in control of this Preakness on the backstretch, and he proved in the Derby that he is very tough to catch once he asserts himself up front. He holds a strong speed-figure edge over these and is simply the one to beat, albeit at a low price.
MEDINA SPIRIT probably just is too much for this moderate Preakness bunch – “probably” enough that I can’t quite get to legitimately trying to beat him even at the expected price, which is going to be much, much, much lower than the 12-1 at which those sharp enough to tab him in the Derby cashed. It seems impossible the two Bob Baffert-trained colts, Medina Spirit and Concert Tour, wind up dueling with one another.
