Fast and firm for the Sunday card — only 2 winners on top yesterday, so I will try and do better today!  Only 6 days left until the Belmont!

In race 8, Bartiromo (#2) claimed by smart connections and they immediately step her back up and her back numbers make her the one to beat at a perfect distance on turf — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 4 and 1.

In race 3, Striking Style (#4) needed last and has run well on the local sod and should get the distance — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 9 and 7.  Here’s the entire card and good luck!

Race 1: 1, 6 and 5

Race 2: 11, 5 and 10

Race 3: 4 (Best Bet) with 9 and 7

Race 4: 1 and 6

Race 5: 3, 11 and 6

Race 6: 3, 7 and 6

Race 7: 4 with 6 and 7

Race 8: 2 (Best Bet) with 4 and 1

Race 9: 1, 8 and 9

Fast and firm for the Saturday card — only one week away from one of the best cards in the history of NY racing, so I will try and build momentum today!

In race 9, Made  in Detroit (#7) is not the best horse in this turf stakes affair, but may steal this on the front end without much pace signed on — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 4 and 1A.

In race 2, Clothes Fall Off (#2) had useful return in last and should get up in time against these — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 1 and 4.  Here’s the entire card with special good wishes to David Prine and Kate Quigley who have horses running today.

Race 1: 9, 10 and 2

Race 2: 2 (Best Bet) with 1 and 4

Race 3: 9 with 2 and 1

Race 4: 10, 7 and 6

Race 5: 1, 5 and 6

Race 6: 4, 8 and 7

Race 7: 1. 9 and 5

Race 8: 5, 3 and 7

Race 9: 7 (Best Bet) with 4 and 1A

Race 10: 5, 3 and 12

Fast and firm for the challenging Saturday card — always tough to handicap here, but I will do my best!

In race 10, Double Berg (#8) should sit a perfect stalking trip behind a moderate pace and get first run on the closers — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 3 and 2.

In race 9, Mack Miller (#4) had useful tightener in comeback race and gets a contested pace to set up late run from mid pace — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 6 and 3.  Here’s the entire card and good luck!

Race 1: 5, 4 and 2

Race 2: 5, 2 and 6

Race 3: 7, 6 and 2

Race 4: 2, 8 and 3

Race 5: 1, 2 and 3

Race 6: 4, 8 and 9

Race 7: 2 (Best Bet) with 8 and 9

Race 8: 2, 9 and 3

Race 9: 4 (Best Bet) with 6 and 3

Race 10: 8 (Best Bet) with 3 and 2

Race 11: 2 and 1

Race 12: 11, 6 and 1

Fast and firm for the Memorial Day Card — traditionally one of the most successful days I have in racing.  But, there is no Metropolitan on the card and NY bred stakes have taken over, so let’s see how I do today!

In race 7, The Bouwerie, Lakeside Sunset (#7) is the absolute speed of this and gets Castellano to help him negotiate the last furlong — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 6 and 2.

In race 9, The Critical Eye, Hot Stones (#9) needed last off the layoff and should sit a perfect stalking trip on speed favoring oval — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 2 and 7.  Here’s the entire card and good luck!

Race 1: 6, 5 and 3

Race 2: 2, 6 and 1

Race 3: 1 with 4 and 5

Race 4: 2, 1 and 5

Race 5: 9, 3 and 2

Race 6: 12 with 5 and 3

Race 7: 7 (Best Bet) with 6 and 2

Race 8: 6, 3 and 9

Race 9: 9 (Best Bet) with 2 and 7

Race 10: 6, 2 and 9