Belmont: Grade 1 Met Mile, Manhattan Selections

TSV Staff Picks —-

Race 9), 1 Mile. Mohegan Sun Metropolitan H. Grade I. Purse $1,200,000 A
HANDICAP FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD
Post Time: ( 4:41)/ 3:41/ 2:41/ 1:41

Mor Spirit (9), Baffert/Smith; owns five wins and seconds from his twelve career starts; trainer/jock, 45 percent on the year.

Tom’s Ready (8), Stewart/Castellano; the workhorse of G M B Racing, highly competitive third in the slop at Churchill last out, in top form.

Sharp Azteca (5), Navarro/Lopez; owns four wins and a third at this distance, the show effort coming last out in the pricey Godolphin Mile.

Rally Cry (2), Pletcher/Velasquez, J; loving last out winners this weekend.

Selections: 9, 8, 5, 2

Race 10), 1‚ Mile. (Inner Turf) Woodford Reserve Manhattan S. Grade I. Purse
$1,000,000 INNER TURF FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD
Post Time: ( 5:37)/ 4:37/ 3:37/ 2:37

Beach Patrol (1), Brown/Geroux; has finished second in five straight, streak stops today.

World Approval (3), Casse/Leparoux; G2 Dixie win last out came in driving fashion, jock has been on fire of late in these type of contests.

Wake Forest (2), Brown/Ortiz, I; throwing out his Man O’War effort here last month, yielding go.

Time Test (4), Brown/Castellano; loved his near miss in the G3 Ft. Marcy, which came over a slow go, fast today, dangerous.

Selections: 1, 3, 2, 4