BELMONT PARK ANALYSIS FOR SATURDAY – 10/31/2020 – HAPPY HALLOWEEN

RACE 1

E/S – BRILLIANT BROOKS 4/1 IS CLEARLY THE FASTEST BY A WIDE MARGIN. HOWEVER, THIS IS HORSE RACING. IF HE FALTERS OR FAILS TO RUN HIS RACE, 4 HORSES ARE BUNCHED FOR SECOND, CAUSE I SAID SO 6/1, SHANDIAN 2/1, STARSHIP BUBBA 8/1 AND LONGSHOT NO MORE MIRACLES 12/1.

C – NO CLOSERS MEAN YOU SHOULD EXPECT THE EXOTICS TO BE FILLED BY SPEED HORSES.

RACE 2

E/S – TOP SPEED IS LONGSHOT LA PIU BELLA 12/1. PRINCESS FAWZIA 3/1 AND KEMBA 8/1 ARE NEXT AND EVEN KITTEN BY THE SEA 2/1 CAN FIGURE IN THE MIX

C – THREE DECENT CLOSERS SIGNED ON, COREY SCORES 8/1, GIRL OF TOSCONOVA 5/2 AND LEM ME HAVE IT 3/1.

RACE 3

E/S – 3 BIG TIME SPEEDSTERS GOING 7FURLONGS ON WHAT STILL MIGHT BE A WET TRACK. LONGSHOT PER DIEM 15/1, ML FAVORITE THE SOUND 4/5 AND INSTICTIVE RHYTHM 5/1.

C – TOP CLOSER IS DREAMS OF TOMORROW 7/2. HE IS ONLY A MODERATE LATE RUNNER BUT THERE COULD BE A REAL PACE MELTDOWN AT A CLOSERS DISTANCE.

RACE 4

E/S – MORE EARLY BLAZERS IN THIS MILE SCHEDUED FOR TURF THAT IS ESTIMATED TO BE SOFT, WHICH OFTEN FAVORS SPEED TYPES. YES YES YES 9/2 AND SINGAPORE TRADER 6/1 SHOULD BE NOSE TO NOSE EARLY WITH OLD DOMINION 8/1 DRAFTING IN BEHIND THEM IN THIRD. ANY OF THE THREE COULD WIN.

C – IF CLOSERS CAN HANDLE THE COURSE THERE ARE 3 GOOD ONES, MADE MY DAY 5/1, WILLING TO SPEED 6/1, AND CREATIVE STYLE 7/2.

DIFFICULT RACE TO BET, TOO MANY GOOD HORSES TO SEPARATE.

RACE 5

E/S – LIAM’S MISSY 7/5 IS THE FASTEST EARLY AND IS THE ONLY HORSE OF THE 3 WHO HAVE STARTED WHO HAS SHOWN ANY SPEED.

C –NONE

X-FACTORS – OF THE 4 FIRST TIMERS, ONLY ONE IS CONSIDERED A CONTENDER BY THE MORNING LINE AND THAT IS JOURNEYTOTHEMOON 7/2.THERE WERE 2 SIMILAR SURPRISES THAT PAID $16 AND $27 IN THE MUD AT BELMONT FRIDAY SO BEWARE!

RACE 6 – ZAGORA STAKES $80,000

E/S – NO SPEED SIGNED ON EARLY. LUCK MONEY 8/1 AND LONGSHOT LEMON ZIP 15/1

WILL LIKELY INHERIT THE LEAD BUT I DON’’T EXPECTT TO SEE THEM THERE LATE

C – 3 BIG TIME CLOSERS, LUCKY STRIDE 6/1, HUNGRY KITTEN 5/1 AND OLYMPIC GAMES 5/1.

X-FACTORS – THE TRICK OR TREAT SPECIAL IS MUTAMAKINA 5/2, AN UNRATED HORSE WHO IS THE ML FAVORITE. HE IS LIKELY TO GIVE YOU A SCARE IF YOU OVERLOOK HIM.

RACE 7

E/S – PLENTY OF SPEED EARLY HERE TOO. RIKEN 7/2 IS QUICKEST AND ALWAYS THROWS IT DOWN EARLY. CLOSEST TO HIM IN ABILITY IS LONGSHOT LEAP TO GLORY 15/1 WHICH COULD BE A JUICY EXACTA COMBO. LONGSHOT JEMOGRAPHY 15/1 AND SOUTH AFRICA 4/1 HAVE ENOUGH EARLY SPEED TO SIT RIGHT BEHIND THE TOP 2 BUT AREM’T NEARLY AS FAST ON PAPER.

C – JERRY THE NIPPER 5/2 ISN’T A STRONG CLOSER BUT HE IS THE ML FAVORITE AS HE WOULD BENEFIT THE MOST FROM A PACE MELTDOWN.

RACE 8 – AWAD STAKES $80,000

E/S – IT CAN BE DONE 8/1 AND KIDNAPPED 10/1 ARE ENTICING EARLY SPEED LONGSHOTS ON A SOFT TURF COURSE. RIDDEN BY JAVIER CASTELLANO AND IRAD ORTIZ, THEY JUSY MIGHT PUT “A WAD” OF MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. HAVE TO RESPECT LIKE A SALTSHAKER 8/1 AS WELL AS HE HAS SPEED WITH BROTHER JOSE ORTIZ.

C – BIG CLOSER TO SPOIL THE HALLOWEEN PARTY IS SHAWDYSHAWDYSHAWDY 5/1.

RACE 9 – BOLD RULER HANDICAP (G3) $100,000

E/S – SHARE THE RIDE 5/2 IS THE ONE TO CATCH. LONGSHOT WENDELL FONG 10/1 SHOULD BE HIS NEAREST PURSUER EARLY.

C – HARD TO OVERLOOK PHAT MAN 2/1 AS HE IS A MONSTER CLOSER AS IS MIHOS 4/1 AT THIS CLOSER’S DISTANCE.

RACE 10

E/S – IF YOU LIKED THE RESULTS OF THE EIGHTH RACE, WE HAVE AN ENCORE HERE. TOP SPEEDS ARE PRICE HORSES, BELLEZA 8/1 AND COURTED 8/1.

C – TOP CLOSER IS TWICE A LADY 3/1