Belmont | Race 5 | Post Time 3:36 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs 

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NEW YORK – Parx Racing has center stage Saturday with a Grade 1, $1 million stakes doubleheader: the Pennsylvania Derby and the Cotillion Stakes. Parx’s principal undercard event is the Grade 3, $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes. Belmont offers two stakes – the Grade 2, $300,000 Kelso Handicap and the Grade 3, $200,000 Noble Damsel – with the remaining graded event of the day being the Grade 3, $300,000 Charles Town Oaks.

Cotillion Stakes

Race 4:
Lucky Lotto (#7)

One mile is one of his best distances.

Was compromised by a slow pace and speed-favoring surface last time.

Makes his first start off the claim for the Robertino Diodoro barn, currently managed by assistant trainer Rob Atras.

7-2 on ML

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Woodbine

Grade 1 Woodbine Mile

1/2     132

3/4     127

Fin      127

Top 3: World Approval 127, Lancaster Bomber 123, Long On Value 122

Note: Winner was unplaced on this card last year in Grade 1 Northern Dancer; has found his best distance at one mile; tough trip for Lancaster Bomber and even more so for Long On Value

Belmont | Race 3 | Post Time 2:32 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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Race 2

Perro Rojo (#7)

The Pace Projector is predicting that he will get a fast pace to close into.

Was compromised by a slow pace (indicated by blue color-coding in the PPs) last time.

Nick Zito gets an 84 Trainer Rating with claimers dropping in class by 50% or more.

4-1 on ML

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Race 5

Sept. 16

Belmont
Sands Point (race 9)

LONG ON VALUE
Trainer: Bill Mott
Last race: Sept. 16, 12^th
Finish: 3rd by 3
Beyer: 102
After a slow start, he awaited room behind a wall of horses in the stretch before closing strongly to just miss second in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile.

Belmont | Race 8 | Post Time 5:13 p.m. (ET) | Go to the FREE TimeformUS PPs

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Late Pick 4

Race 7 - Turf sprint for maiden 2-year-old fillies

Pletcher's #2 BLUE ATLAS seems a near-certainty to appreciate cutting back here, after failing to see out the distance in a two-turn route at Saratoga last time.  Her debut, which came over this course and distance, was a solid effort, even though she may not have been facing the strongest field in the world that day.