Second week in a row one of our Pix didn’t run—the races at Belmont were cancelled just before They Shot Sonny was scheduled to run. However, by then our 2-year-old Pick, Mel’s Gone Wild, had buried her field for a generous $5.20 payoff at Parx. Both BreezeFigs age brackets scored big time in maiden races last week. There were a dozen 3-year-olds that won and eight juveniles.
Race 2:
Cournoyer (#6)
Was the only horse to still be around at the end after contesting a fast pace last time.
Earned a competitive 109 TimeformUS Speed Figure in that most recent effort.
Appears to be improving for Chris Englehart.
6-1 on ML
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Usually, a battle-tested, lone-speed horse proves the darling of the betting public. But exceptions occasionally arise, usually when such a horse is matched against another type of runner whom the public adores even more: a hyped horse.
Belmont | Race 8 | Post Time 5:13 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs
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NEW YORK – With a very light stakes schedule for a summer Saturday, the Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown is easily the richest race of the day. Santa Anita has a Grade 3, $100,000 stakes doubleheader with the Affirmed and Precisionist, but while the Precisionist is interesting, both races drew fields of only five. The only other graded stakes on Saturday is the Grade 3, $100,000 Chicago Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Gucci Factor
Trainer: Christophe Clement
Last race: June 15, 6th
Finish: 1st by 16
Beyer: 89
Lightly raced gelding finished a very good second behind the talented Diversify when switched to dirt last year prior to enduring a long layoff, and he returned with an even better effort when demolishing maidens without having to get down to serious business in his 4-year-old debut.
Belmont | Race 3 | Post Time 2:32 p.m. (ET) | Go to the FREE TimeformUS PPs
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Each week, TimeformUS Chief Figure Maker Craig Milkowski takes a look back at the weekend’s graded stakes and releases the TimeformUS Speed Figures for these races.
Churchill
Grade 1 Stephen Foster
1/2 149
3/4 143
Fin 137
Top 3: Gun Runner 139, Honorable Duty 129, Breaking Lucky 129
Note: Co-best TimeformUS Speed Figure of 2017 (tied with Arrogate in the Pegasus World Cup); four of eight wins have come over Churchill dirt
Grade 2 Wise Dan
Race 3
Bellamy Way (#3)
Was overmatched last time in the Excelsior.
Ran a competitive TimeformUS Speed Figure (121) in his return race two back.
Dave Cannizzo is having a great meet and gets an 88 Trainer Rating when teamed up with Joel Rosario.
5-1 on ML
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Race 6
