Belmont Park | Race 4 | Post Time 3:09 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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SPARKY VILLE

Trainer: Jeff Bonde
Last race: May 11, 2nd
Finish: 3^rd by 4 1/2
Beyer: 63
This 2-year-old can flat run. Not quick racing 4 ½ furlongs, he trailed the field, was not urged, angled out for the drive, finished big, and galloped out super. Candy Ride colt will be tough to beat second time out.

Race 1

Acorn Street (#7)

Ran well behind good fillies Wealth Effect and Matty’s Magnum last year.

Was hindered by a fast early pace in her 2-year-old finale.

DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Brad Cox is 8 for 26 (31 percent, $2.95 ROI) with horses coming off layoffs of 120 to 240 days in turf routes.

6-1 on ML

Race 4

Five Star Bunt (#2)

Ran competitive speed figures against maidens as a 2-year-old.

LEONARD’S BAY
Trainer: David Bell
Last race: May 13, 9^th
Finish: 5^th by 1 3/4
Beyer: 61
He experienced traffic problems in both of his starts at the meet, and could be ready to pop third time off the winter layoff.

May 12

Arlington
Hanshin Cup (race 7)

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

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Race 6:
Campaign (#7)
Was flying at the end of his Saratoga debut, running a final furlong that was more than a second faster than any other horse in the race.
Is bred to stretch out in distance.
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Chad Brown is 4 for 11 ($2.12 ROI) with maidens off layoffs of 180 days or longer in dirt routes.
5-1 on ML

Belmont Park | Race 11 | Post Time 6:50 p.m. (ET) | Go to the FREE TimeformUS PPs

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There is a trio of graded stakes to close out the card at Belmont today, so I’ll try to connect them in a pick three.

Race 9: Beauguay

#1 MY IMPRESSION projects a nice trip on the inside under Jose Ortiz and fits class-wise with these. Maybe today she gets her graded win. I’ll also use the two Chad Brown fillies, with preference for the morning-line favorite, #2 INFLEXIBILITY. She’s got a good blend of speed and finish in addition to improving form and speed figures that make her a major threat.

Saturday’s card at Santa Anita features two stakes races – one graded and one not. I’m interested in a horse in the second stakes race, so I’m hoping to be alive in a daily double linking races 7 and 8; if I get knocked out in the first leg, my horse in the second leg should be a solid price whom I can play to win.

RACE 7