The following horse racing preview and picks have been reposted below via permission from ScoresandStats.com.
Saturday’s
horse racing card at both Belmont Park in New York and Churchill Downs in Kentucky
is filled with a number of exciting betting events. From sprints on the turf to
full runs on the dirt, the betting action at both of this popular race tracks
should remain hot all day long.
Starting the
day off at Belmont, the featured race is the Grade 2 Pennine Ridge Stakes. Open
to three-year old Thoroughbreds, this race on turf covers 1 1/8 miles in total
distance. The total prize money for this year’s event has been set at $200,000.
Horse Racing Nation has seven horses listed as entered.
Moving to the
top race of the day at Churchill, the Grade 3 Arlington Stakes is a 1 1/16
miles race on turf open to Thoroughbreds four and older. There is also $200,000
in total prize up for grabs among the six confirmed entries in this race.
Below are my
top three picks to finish in the money for each of these major graded events.
Saturday,
June 4
Pennine
Ridge Stakes – Belmont Park
Win:
Emmanuel
My top choice
to win this race finished third in this year’s Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes at
Keeneland on April 9 behind Zandon and Smile Happy. He will break from the No.
6 post on Saturday with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. leading the way. Trained by Todd
Pletcher, the son of More Than Ready appears to be the class of Saturday’s
lineup. He placed fourth in this year’s Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes at
Gulfstream in another strong field of contenders.
Place: Unanimous
Consent
Trained by Chad
Brown, this three-year old colt bred in Great Britain looked sharp in his
recent victory in the ungraded Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct on April 23. He
will start this race from the outside No. 7 post with Manuel Franco as his jockey.
Sired by Almanzor, he has won the first three races of his early career.
Show:
Napoleonic War
My choice for
third in this race is also trained by Chad Brown. He will break from the No. 5
post on Saturday with jockey Flavien Prat on board. The son of War Front caught
my eye with his recent victory at Belmont in a 1 1/16 Allowance race on turf in
early May. He has now won two of his first three events this year.
Arlington
Stakes – Churchill Downs
Win:
Admission Office
This seven-year
old veteran has not raced since fading to sixth in last year’s Grade 2 Mac
Diarmida Stakes at Gulfstream Park. However, with the highest Horse Racing
Nation in Saturday’s field at 6.37, he would be my top choice to win in his
2022 debut. Trained by Brian Lynch, breaking from the No. 1 post with veteran
jockey John Velazquez adds even more value to this pick.
Place: Field
Pass
Trained by Mike
Maker and ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr., the No. 5 horse would be my second
choice to win. Coming off a third-place finish in this year’s ungraded Henry S.
Clark Stakes at Laurel Park, this Maryland-bred five-year old horse has a long
track record of success on the turf. The son of Lemon Drop Kid has placed in
the money in three of his last five events.
Show: Gray’s
Fable
Also trained by
Brian Lynch, this seven-year old gelding will break from the No. 6 post on
Saturday with Julien Leparoux as his jockey. The son of Gio Ponti is coming off
a recent victory on May 5 in the ungraded Opening Verse Stakes at Churchill
Downs. He covered the mile run on turf in 1:36.22.
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