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BELMONT PARK Race #5

May 21, 2015
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Top pick: #1 (DON'T BLAME HER) (9-5) - Lightly-raced filly is stretching out in distance and dropping in class. Speedy 4-year-old broke her maiden April 2nd at Aqueduct going 7-furlongs for a $25K tag. She followed that up with a fourth-place finish here May 7th, a contest where she set a pressured pace facing tougher than these. Good small barn (Danny Gargan) drops her class, stretches her out to a mile, and she carries 9 lbs less with apprentice Cancel aboard.

2nd pick: #5 (Over My Head) (4-1) - I thought she received a very poor ride last out when jockey Cornelio Velasquez had her racing between horses most of the way in a four-horse field. She had fished a strong second in her previous race and jockey Angel Cruz is back aboard after a one race absence.

3rd pick: #4 (Talk to Me) (6-1) - No-speed type tired April 25th on the Aqueduct turf facing tougher. Filly had rallied to finish a distant second there on the dirt at this distance April 1st. She's dropping back down and going turf to dirt. Stretch threat.

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