If you combined the Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Awesome Again, the two Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic preps scheduled for Saturday, you’d have a hell of a race. But then I guess that’s what the Breeders’ Cup itself is for.
Belmont | Race 5 | Post Time 3:07 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Race 1: Days of Spring (#2)
Was hindered by a slow pace last time in a race dominated by front-runners.
The winner of her last, Sweet Melania, returned to finish a strong second in the P.G. Johnson Stakes.
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Todd Pletcher is 17 for 58 (29%, $2.16 ROI) with horses dropping from maiden special weight to maiden-claiming company in turf routes.
6-5 on ML
Kenny Peck's Monmouth Park horses to watch for week of September 28, 2019
DR VUNNO
Trainer: Stacy Machiz
Date: Sept. 21, 4th
Finish: 7th by 7 1/2
Beyer: 52
Off the board yet again in this route but hoping the connections see fit to try sprinting again, as he ran deceptively well in a one-turn turf race earlier this year; will be a huge price, too.
Belmont | Race 7 | Post Time 4:11 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Race 6: Tricky Magician (#7)
Faced a tougher field and wasn’t disgraced two back at Woodbine.
Was hindered by the distance last time and should appreciate a turn-back here.
Projects to get a good stalking trip this time.
5-1 on ML
Belmont | Race 7 | Post Time 4:10 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Race 4: My Happy Place (#1)
Is by Tapit out of a Tiz Wonderful dam, so there is turf pedigree even though her dam was a dirt horse.
Merely has to transfer her turf form to dirt to beat this field.
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Shug McGaughey is 8 for 36 (22%, $2.41 ROI) with 3-year-old and older maidens trying turf for the first time.
9-2 on ML
Belmont | Race 8 | Post Time 4:51 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
