Race 3:
Phi Beta Express (#1)
Gets a positive trainer switch from 62-rated Steve Margolis to Danny Gargan, who gets a 90 TimeformUS Trainer Rating.
Earned the highest TimeformUS Speed Figure in the field last time (100).
Is a full sibling to sprint-stakes winner Diva Express.
6-1 on ML

Belmont | Race 7 | Post Time 4:46 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not a TimeformUS member? Sign up.

July 1

Belmont
Mother Goose (race 9)

Race 5:

Pagliacci (#1)
Has steadily improved for Bill Mott, whose barn has picked things up at this meet.
Ran better than it appears last time after attacking a demanding pace.
The Pace Projector is predicting he will be on the lead in a situation favoring the front-runner.
5-2 on ML
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Belmont | Race 2 | Post Time 2:04 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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Admittedly most of my attention for Sunday's racing is north of the border at Woodbine for Queen’s Plate Sunday. Sunday’s card at Santa Anita shouldn’t go overlooked, however – there’s a 2-year-old stakes race on tap, as well as a carryover in the single-ticket Jackpot Pick Six of nearly $351,000. Here are some ideas for two of the six races featured in that sequence.

Race 4:
Spring to the Sky (#5)
Had excuses for his poor performances at the end of last year.
Was facing tougher fields in his turf sprints last summer.
Usually runs well off long layoffs in his first start of the season.
12-1 on ML

Race 5:
Walk and Talk (#4)
Is a half-brother to three-time turf winner Cosmic Tale.
Showed improved speed in his last dirt start.
Makes his first start as a gelding.
12-1 on ML

The late pick four on the fabulous 13-race Queen’s Plate card commences with the $1 million Plate. It has a guaranteed pool of $300,000.

I love the two fillies in the Plate – Woodbine Oaks winner HOLY HELENA (3) and INFLEXIBILITY (5), who was a troubled third as the favorite in the nine-furlong Oaks. I’ll key the former on my $1 pick-four ticket, and my 20-cent backup ticket will key the latter.

Belmont | Race 9 | Post Time 5:50 p.m. (ET) | Go to the FREE TimeformUS PPs
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Saturday's late pick four at Belmont features two stakes races: the $100,000 Perfect Sting, for fillies and mares on the turf, and the Grade 2 Mother Goose, for 3-year-old fillies on dirt.  

I am looking to get involved in the Mother Goose and will put together a late pick four play that focuses on that race.