Belmont: Sunday, 5/22, Plays - Pete's Picks
- Little Pete
- May 22, 2022
- 3 min read
Sunday racing at Belmont and we have the 9 races covered. I will be condensing my plays to just the number and will be taking down the early double (Races 1-2) and a middle pick 3 (Races 4-6) . Big Pete will have his full breakdown on his "Play of the Day" and the late pick 3 (Races 7-9). We appreciate you taking a look at this write-up and GOOD LUCK.
Little Pete's $2.00 Early Double:
R1: 1, 5, 6
R2: 2, 5
Cost: $12.00
Little Pete's $ 1.00 Spot Pick 3:
R4: 2, 3, 8
R5: 3, 7, 12
R6: 2, 3, 5, 7
Cost: $36.00
Big Pete's $ 1.00 Late Pick 3:
R7: 1, 2, 4
R8: 4, 5, 6, 7
R9: 2, 5, 6, 7
Cost: $ 48.00
Big Pete's "Play of the Day":
Race 4:
I'll steal some of Lil Pete's thunder and use race 4 as the Play of the Day. Race 3 has 3 horses left.
(2) JOHNSELECTICRIDE drops in against 25k claimers ands cuts back to his preferred sprinting distance. He'll be short odds but looks much better than these. We'll try to get a price underneath with (5) Perfect Banker and include a logical one (8) He'sgottashortfuse this one.
$ 20.00 Exacta 2 w/ 5 Cost $ 20.00
$ 10.00 Exacta 2 w/ 8 Cost $ 10.00
We’ll also use Johnny in R4 and try to crash in on a DAILY DOUBLE play.
(11) EVIDENCE BASED and (12) TIS A PITY stand out in the 5th
$ 10.00 Double 2 w/ 11, 12 Cost $ 20.00
Big Pete's Late Pick 3:
Race 7:
(4) JOIN THE DOTS will be tough to beat if she’s on her game today. This lightly raced filly wintered in Florida and now gets ready for business shipping in fresh and fit. The only eye sore is Shug’s 0-9 record here but Davis is up and he’s been winning around here lately. As a savor, I’ll use (1) VIENNA CODE as she is 2 for 2 at this 1M distance when it was fast, one of those on Big Sandy. She faced a salty group last time finishing 3rd and stretches out today. (2) MALIBU CURL may be the sleeper in here. She hasn’t been able to stay on the track racing as this 4 yr old has only raced 3 times since 2020. Her April return was probably a public workout for this and she did ok to get 2nd. Jose up is a good sign that they mean business today.
$ 7.00 WPS 1 Cost $ 21.00
$ 3.00 Ex 1, 4 w/ 1, 2, 4 Cost $ 12.00
Race 8:
(5) LOBSTA has been improving with faster times lately and has speed. If he can slip away turning for home, he usually fights them to the wire. (6) FORTIN HILL was making noise at the start of his career but the Forego must have taken a toll on him as he went on the shelf. He returns with two strong efforts this year and is 3 for 3 on Big Sandy. I’m expecting a big run from him today. It’s a toss up between Fortin and (4) ZOOMER who has picked it up a notch lately. The cut back to 7F fits well with this gy and he might just get the speed up front he needs.
$ 7.00 WPS 6 Cost $ 21.00
$ 3.00 Ex 4, 6 w/ 4, 5, 6, 7 Cost $ 18.00
Race 9:
I’ll use (2) THEREGOESMYMIRACLE and (5) EMPIRE RIDGE as both have speed and if one can shake loose from the other, they can steal it on this speed favoring turf course. (7) VOCALIZE will take some money as Pletcher and Irad team up. I don’t like when Pletcher drops as he doesn’t have good stats with that but his races are good enough against this level. I am all in with the Summer Front colt (6) JIMMY THE BOOT. Clement ships him up and cuts him back. The 7F should be perfect being out of a City Zip Mare. Franco is hot so all systems go.
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