5/27 (BEL): Met Mile offers East-West showdown
 

7th (4:13) Sands Point S. (G2)

1 1/16 Miles (Inner turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 Wave Theory Velazquez J R 116 L
2 Discreet Marq Lezcano J 116 L
3 Caroline Thomas Saez L 116 L
4 Watsdachances (IRE) Castellano J J 120 L
5 Unbelievable Dream Rosario J 120 L
6 Kitten's Queen Napravnik R 116 L
MTO Fusaichiswonderful No Rider 116 L



8th (4:45) Ogden Phipps H. (G1)

1 1/16 Miles | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $400,000

1 Joyful Victory Napravnik R 120 L
2 Tiz Miz Sue Rocco J S Jr 117 L
3 Authenticity Smith M E 118 L
4 Centring Rosario J 113 L
5 Disposablepleasure Castellano J J 117 L
6 Believe You Can Velazquez J R 119 L



9th (5:17) Acorn S. (G1)

1 Mile | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Kauai Katie Velazquez J R 121 L
2 Momentary Magic Saez L 121 L
3 Let Me Entertain U Ortiz J L 121 L
4 Cue the Moon Castellano J J 121 L
5 Midnight Lucky Napravnik R 121 L
6 Close Hatches Rosario J 121 L



10th (5:49) Metropolitan H. (G1)

1 Mile | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $750,000

1 Cross Traffic Velazquez J R 117 L
2 Discreet Dancer Castellano J J 117 L
3 Mark Valeski Napravnik R 117 L
4 Fort Loudon Lezcano J 117 L
5 Swagger Jack Ortiz I Jr 118 L
6 Flat Out Alvarado J 120 L
7 Sahara Sky Rosario J 120 L
8 Handsome Mike Gutierrez Mario 116 L
9 Fed Biz Smith M E 117 L

Even if only the listed fillies go, that is a great Acorn.

David Grening ‏@DRFGrening 32s Multiple GSW Jimmy Creed not coming for Met Mile as expected. Trainer Richard Mandella said he was disappointed in most recent workout.

That's too bad.

FTFY.

Thank you for that.

I Love this 3 day weekend at Belmont, its the Best.

Steve wher is Flat Out?

(Not Steve, but...)

"While Jimmy Creed was declared out of the race, Flat Out and Mark Valeski were confirmed as starters."

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-met-...et-jimmy-creed

Saturday and Sunday aren't exactly championship previews.

With 2 very good fillies in the race I'm thinking at least 2 scratches for a nice big field of 4 with a 3/5 and 4/5 shot. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Quality if not quantity in the Acorn and Phipps. . . Was hoping Mucho Macho Man would run in the Met Mile.

I don't think there is a single horse one could toss with confidence from the Met Mile. What a race!

Paul

5/27 (BEL): Met Mile, Phipps, Acorn (G1's), Sands Point (G2)
 

7th (4:13) Sands Point S. (G2)

1 1/16 Miles (Inner turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 Wave Theory Velazquez J R 116 L
2 Discreet Marq Lezcano J 116 L
3 Caroline Thomas Saez L 116 L
4 Watsdachances (IRE) Castellano J J 120 L
5 Unbelievable Dream Rosario J 120 L
6 Kitten's Queen Napravnik R 116 L
MTO Fusaichiswonderful No Rider 116 L



8th (4:45) Ogden Phipps H. (G1)

1 1/16 Miles | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $400,000

1 Joyful Victory Napravnik R 120 L
2 Tiz Miz Sue Rocco J S Jr 117 L
3 Authenticity Smith M E 118 L
4 Centring Rosario J 113 L
5 Disposablepleasure Castellano J J 117 L
6 Believe You Can Velazquez J R 119 L



9th (5:17) Acorn S. (G1)

1 Mile | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Kauai Katie Velazquez J R 121 L
2 Momentary Magic Saez L 121 L
3 Let Me Entertain U Ortiz J L 121 L
4 Cue the Moon Castellano J J 121 L
5 Midnight Lucky Napravnik R 121 L
6 Close Hatches Rosario J 121 L



10th (5:49) Metropolitan H. (G1)

1 Mile | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $750,000

1 Cross Traffic Velazquez J R 117 L
2 Discreet Dancer Castellano J J 117 L
3 Mark Valeski Napravnik R 117 L
4 Fort Loudon Lezcano J 117 L
5 Swagger Jack Ortiz I Jr 118 L
6 Flat Out Alvarado J 120 L
7 Sahara Sky Rosario J 120 L
8 Handsome Mike Gutierrez Mario 116 L
9 Fed Biz Smith M E 117 L

I think the top two horses from the Westchester, Flat Out and Cross Traffic, will be tough to beat in this year's Met Mile. I also see Mark Valeski as a contender. He showed in last year's Peter Pan that he can run well at Belmont, and his recent morning workouts have been fast. I also think that the horse that beat him in New Orleans last time, Graydar, is top class. I don't think we saw the strongest edition of the Carter this year, but I wouldn't be too surprised if Sahara Sky ran well.

I bet the connections of Flat Out wish the Breeders' Cup had been held at Belmont sometime in the past few years. His record there is outstanding.

In the Acorn, I think the 6-1 ML price on Close Hatches is very generous. She didn't run very well in the Kentucky Oaks, but she defeated the winner of that race, Princess of Sylmar, by three lengths in the Gazelle at Aqueduct. She was impressive in her one-turn debut at Gulfstream, and I think the one-turn mile should be perfect for her.

I was very impressed with Joyful Victory's recent win at Santa Anita. She might be a single on my pick 4 ticket.

Cross Traffic is a serious, serious racehorse. I hope Pletcher can keep him together but I'm not holding my breath. Tough to remember the last time I saw a horse run as well in defeat as Cross Traffic did.

Great call by Durkin too.

that 1/8 inch defeat cost me the pick 4....which paid very nice. should have listen to BTW.