Fast and firm for closing day at Belmont — Saratoga less than a week away!  Had 3 winners on top yesterday, but it wasn’t a great day, so let’s see if we can go out with a bang.  Keep in mind that the Ortiz brothers are still battling for the jockey title, so all of their horses will be live today.

In race 2, Rockin Alli (#11) cuts back and can sit just off the pace and finish here and the price will be right — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 10 and 8.

In race 11: Unbroken Chain (#4) shows up every time and should sit a good stalking trip with Castellano calling the shots — key in all late multi-race wagers and play an exacta box with #’s 1 and 9.  Here’s the entire card and good luck!  I will be trying to handicap as many cards as possible at Saratoga, so keep checking he site all meet for my picks!

Race 1: 4, 1 and 2

Race 2: 11 (Best Bet) with 10 and 8

Race 3: 1, 5 and 7

Race 4: 4 and 2

Race 5: 8 with 6 and 2

Race 6: 5, 11 and 10

Race 7: 3, 7 and 6

Race 8: 10, 5 and 7

Race 9: 3 (Best Bet) with 2 and 7

Race 10: 2 with 5 and 8

Race 11: 4 (Best Bet) with 1 and 9

Good and firm for the Saturday card — can smell Saratoga on the horizon!  Had a great day on Thursday with 8 winners listed, 3 on top, with a nice early pick 4 and pick 5 in the mix, so let’s see how I do today!

In race 7, Bats Cleanup (#1) drops and should sit a good trip right behind the pace and prevail late — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 10 and 6.

In race 10, Miss Freeze (#3) romped in dirt debut last year and is working well for return and should like the green — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 8 and 9.  Here’s the entire card and good luck!

Race 1: 4, 1 and 2

Race 2: 2, 10 and 6

Race 3: 6, 4 and 3

Race 4: 1, 4 and 7

Race 5: 2, 6 and 5

Race 6: 11 with 7 and 4

Race 7: 1 (Best Bet) with 10 and 6

Race 8: 3 (Best Bet) with 6 and 9

Race 9: 6, 4 and 2

Race 10: 3 (Best Bet) with 8 and 9

Race 11: 8, 11 and 6

Fast and firm for the Thursday card — although there are thunderstorms in the forecast so keep aware of changing track conditions and races taken off the turf.  All selections made for turf only.  Had a weird day Sunday when I listed the pick 6 and had 3 winners on top, but none were best bets which have now gone 0 for 9 the last few cards, so let’s see what happens today.

In race 1, My Friend (#5) has faced better, gets Ortiz and the right pace to run them down late — key in all early multi-race wagers and play an exacta box with #’s 2 and 4.

In race 5, Cursor (#5) has faced some good ones and the cut back will aid late kick with a lot of speed on tap — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with #’s 4 and 1.  Here’s the entire card and good luck!

Race 1: 5 (Best Bet) with 2 and 4)

Race 2: 5 with 3 and 2

Race 3: 4 with 5 and 9

Race 4: 1, 5 and 4

Race 5: 5 (Best Bet) with 4 and 1

Race 6: 7, 1 and 10

Race 7: 6, 12 and 2

Race 8: 5 with 1 and 3

Race 9: 11, 10 and 5

Fast and firm for the Sunday card — 0 for 3 on best bets yesterday, but listed some nice winners, 2 on top, and ended with a nice late double, so let’s see what I can do today.

In race 6, Homewood Field (#9) gets brutal pace to set up late run and should score for top turf trainer — key in all doubles and pick 3′s and play an exacta box with 3′s 6 and 2.

In race 9, Country Club (#2) should sit a good trip right behind the speed and prevail late — key in all late multi-race wagers and play an exacta box with #’s 5 and 6.  Here’s the entire card and good luck!

Race 1: 3, 2 and 5

Race 2: 5, 7 and 10

Race 3: 5, 7 and 3

Race 4: 4, 2 and 1

Race 5: 9, 7 and 3

Race 6: 9 (Best Bet) with 6 and 2

Race 7: 1, 5 and 3

Race 8: 5 (Best Bet) with 9 and 8

Race 9: 2 (Best Bet) with 5 and 6