With races 1 and 5 being just too difficult for me to decipher – which precludes taking a shot at either the early pick five (R1-5) or early pick four (R2-5) – I’ll be trying to leverage a strong opinion on one of those races when mapping out a pick three play. Here’s the strategy:

Last week’s Pick was a wash-out: all of the ones we liked were scratched. Still, it was a good week for both BreezeFigs cards—seven 2-year-old maidens and five 3-year-old maidens won. The juveniles won at Arlington, Gulfstream, Indiana, Monmouth (two), Thistledown and Woodbine—and two others won stakes at Evangeline and Belmont, with a BreezeFigs horse finish third in each of those races. The 3-year-olds won at Belmont (two), Ellis (BreezeFigs exacta), Indiana and Los Alamitos.

This is the first Saturday of the marquee summer meets at Saratoga and Del Mar and, not surprisingly, that’s where the big stakes action will be found. Saratoga’s feature is the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana, supported by the Grade 3, $150,000 Sanford. Del Mar’s co-features, two Grade 2, $200,000 events, are the San Diego Handicap and the San Clemente Stakes.

Race 3:
Comeoncomeoncat (#3)
The Pace Projector is predicting a situation favoring horses on or near the lead, and he is expected to be the front-runner.
Ran deceptively well at Parx last time after setting a blistering early pace.
Has significantly improved in recent starts and is one of the few runners in this field who still has some upside.
6-1 on ML

IN A TWIST
Trainer: Ashlee Brnjas
Last race: July 13, 5^th
Finish: 2^nd by 2 3/4
Beyer: 59
He ran into a jackpot in midstretch when in the midst of his rally on debut, and may have given the winner a run for his money had he had clear sailing in the $20,000 maiden sprint.

July 14

Delaware
Kent (race 8)

Belmont Park | Race 7 | Post Time 4:46 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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The Lynbrook Stakes is a difficult puzzle since the majority of the runners with dirt experience are coming out of very slow races.

Brett Davis

R1: 11-10-2-13

R2: 10-4-5-6

R3: 2-4-10-12

R4: 7-5-3-1

R5: 3-10-11-6

R6: 13-4-9-2

R7: 4-3-9-1

R8: 7-8-6-10

R9: 13-8-11-3

R10: 14-5-2-7

R11: 7-9-8-6

Best Bet: R4 n7   My Winner

Longshot: R5 n11   Run Moochi

Paul Lally

R1: 10-4-5-2

R2: 4-10-11-6

R3: 2-5-8-4

R4: 8-1-4-7

R5: 3-6-1-11

R6: 4-9-5-7

R7: 3-8-9-1

R8: 8-7-3-1

R9: 8-10-11-2

R10: 14-5-13-6

R11: 7-9-14-8

Race 4:
Handle With Care (#6)
Finds himself in an unusually soft spot for a race at this level.
Should appreciate the switch to turf since his dam was a four-time turf winner and Tapizar is a decent turf influence.
Could be the controlling speed in this race given the lack of pace among the others.
15-1 on ML

Belmont Park | Race 8 | Post Time 5:18 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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