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Courtesy of Brian Blessing

Belmont Thursday

9th (5:17)
1 Mile (Turf) | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Maiden Claiming ($25,000) | Purse: $20,000

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 5 As Promised Hill C Contessa Gary C 122 $25,000 L 6-1
1A AE Southern Princess Chavez J F Contessa Gary C 120 $25,000 L 6-1
2 1 Imagonnacatchyou Casey A J Kelly Patrick J 115 7 $25,000 L 50-1
3 2 Dr Paula Moynahan Dominguez R A Violette, Jr. R A 120 $25,000 L 9-5
4 3 Vortices Saez L Toscano John T Jr 115 5 $25,000 L 50-1
5 4 Caterina's Term's Morales S Sciacca Gary 122 $25,000 L 20-1
6 6 Driven by Royalty Castellano J J Levine Bruce N 120 $25,000 L 8-1
7 7 Watch Smartly Maragh R Ribaudo Robert J 122 $25,000 L 2-1
8 8 Crafty Gem Samyn J L Iselin James H 122 $25,000 L 10-1
9 9 Previous Pleasure Velasquez C Tesher Howard M 122 $25,000 L 12-1
10 10 In Spite Of Fuentes R D Gyarmati Leah 120 $25,000 L 20-1
11 AE Patti Tiff Daniel C Reynolds Patrick L 122 $25,000 L 50-1
12 MTO Night Daniel C Dutrow, Jr. R E 120 $25,000 FTL 5-1
13 MTO Why Then Daniel C Lerman Roy S 120 $25,000 L 15-1

A-Coupled: As Promised and Southern Princess

Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10) Wagers

Brian's Pick's 7-3-1

Watch Smartly has landed in a soft spot for her return to the races. She is generally found at the back of the pack and staging a late charge. Today looks like graduation day for the daughter of Smart Strike.

Courtesy of the Battaglia Brothers

KEE 5th (3:05)

6 Furlongs (All Weather Track) | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Allowance | Purse: $52,000

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Sidle Theriot H J II Stall Albert M Jr 118 LA 5-1
2 2 Obsequious Velazquez J R Gray Elizabeth 118 LA 5-2
3 3 Honchis'n Ponchis Torres F C Romans Dale 118 LA 5-1
4 4 Magic Wand Mena M Fernandez Jose 120 L 6-1
5 5 How Far Is Heaven Desormeaux K J McPeek Kenneth G 118 LA 10-1
6 6 Chapolte Albarado R J Wilkes Ian R 118 LA 12-1
7 7 Yes It's Barbara Borel C H Ward John T Jr 118 L 6-1
8 8 Bhangaloo Ruby Leparoux J R Kenneally Eddie 118 LA 3-1

Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta ($.50 min) / Pick 3 (Races 5-6-7) Superfecta ($.10 min)

Battagliaspicks 2-3-8
#2 Obsequious- Broke her maiden at first asking at SAR and has since been taking on graded stakes runners. She takes on allowance sprinters today and has been working to sharpen her speed.


Oak Tree @ SA 1st (Post time 1:00)
About 6 1/2 Furlongs (Downhill turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Maiden Special Weight | Purse: $40,000

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Milyone Smith M E Shirreffs John 124 L 3-1
2 2 Sky Victor Talamo J Koriner Brian 124 L 5-2
3 3 Grand Captain Pedroza M A Biancone Patrick L 121 L 8-1
4 4 Adebayor Garcia M O'Neill Doug 124 L 8-1
5 5 Worth Repeating Bejarano R Mandella Richard 121 L 8-1
6 6 Galleta Monstruo Blanc B Sahadi Jenine 121 L 6-1
7 7 Discontent Baze T C Frankel Robert 121 L 10-1
8 8 Circle Diamond Espinoza V Mandella Richard 121 Blk-Off L 5-1

$1 Exacta / $1 Trifecta / $1 Superfecta (.10 min) $2 Rolling Double / $1 Pick Three (Races 1-2-3) $1 Pick Four (Races 1-2-3-4) / $1 Place Pick All

Battagliaspicks 1-8-2

#1 Milyone- fast 4 year old gets the inside post and has a ton of early speed. He will go right to the front and will prove hard to catch in this turf sprint.


Delta Dawn Downs

8th (9:02)
1 Mile | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Allowance Optional Claiming ($20,000) | Purse: $27,500

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Zava Jack Burningham J Cart Jerry D 117 L 9-5
2 2 Sefapiano Jr. Eramia R E Schultz James S 114 L 12-1
3 3 Cape Bird Simington D E Roberts Stanley W 120 L 8-1
4 4 Handsome Blue Saenz D Amoss Thomas 120 L 9-2
5 5 Elusive Commander LeBlanc K P David Sam B Jr 114 L 5-1
6 6 Dega Papillon Lozada C Cunningham Bill W 117 L 15-1
7 7 Dessy Lejeune S P Jr Ward Ronnie P 117 L 15-1
8 8 Track Record Melancon G Bourgeois Keith 120 L 8-1
9 9 Inside Strike Toups R Laborde Amos 120 L 12-1
10 10 Tiger Monarch Bourque S J Hebert Doris 117 $20,000 L 12-1

Exacta / Trifecta (50 cent min.) / Pick 3 (Races 8-9-10) Superfecta (10 cent min.) / Quinella

Battagliaspicks 3-8-9-10

# CAPE BIRD comes in off a game second place finish against a tough field at Louisiana. He made the lead in that one, but doesn't need to be in front to win. He's handled this distance over this track and his best would make him tough to beat tonight.