Discreat Cat
Saturday, July 4, 2009

Great day on Friday, going 2-for-2 and picking up over 5 units with winners on Gallant Gent ($9.00) and Strawberry Tart ($6.40). Mission Impazible was scratched.


Belmont - Race 8

#2 Convocation (5/1 ml)

Good-looking maiden winner moved sharply into a fast pace approaching the turn, then simply breezed through the lane with the rider sitting motionless for the entire stretch run. Really seems to have come to hand for Jerkens, and should offer a good price here on the class hike.


Belmont - Race 10

#4 Asiatic Boy (5/2 ml)

Dubai import ran a bang-up race in the Stephen Foster (i gave him out that day as well) after encountering some heavy traffic in the lane and having to shift out late for running room. Should have gotten an awful lot out of that race conditioning-wise, and now moves back to his new home base of Belmont Park, where he reportedly had been training extremely well heading into the Foster. Should like the surface here, and should definitely like the 1 1/4-mile distance. Expecting a strong effort here.


Hollywood - Race 5

#4 Majestic Diamond (3/1 ml)

New Zealand import ran a huge race over this course when coming off a similar layoff last fall, and a repeat of that performance (or even something a bit less) would be good enough here. Seems to be training okay and should give a representative effort. Not expecting him to get bet too hard today, and should offer some value.


Hollywood - Race 6

#5 Temerity (3/1 ml)

Maiden dropper for Ron Ellis came off his most recent layoff to run a strong 3rd behind the super-impressive return winner Supreme Summit, a race that definitely be good enough to win here on the class-drop. Gets first-time Lasix today, and has reportedly been training very sharply for his return.