Great day of racing with some terrific results on the Power Page.  When Ralph asked me about the Frizette, I wasn’t ready to predict that Dreaming of Julie was going to be the second coming of Personal Ensign.  Ralph was quite right, Dreaming was an odds-on 1/5.  There was plenty of trouble by the gate with one of the fillies casting herself in the gate, so Dreaming got a big break, because she was never loaded and got to wait while not excited by the doings in the gate.  She needed the help of that edge, as she won by a hard earned head.  But she did win and she is a most beautiful filly.  She will almost always be one of the best looking, we have to see if she progresses along to be the MOST FAST as well.  Right now, I’m not that certain.

As mentioned on Ralph’s Race Day, we had rated Shanghai Bobby on Top with a STAR, there was another Star horse in the race in Goldencents.  I was totally surprised in the beginning of the wagering when Goldencents was short and Shanghai Bobby was sitting at 3/1.  Well, by post time the odds moved into alignment with my speed figures and ran accordingly, with Shanghai Bobby running a beautiful STAR QUALITY race and Goldencents running a much the 2nd best in here as the other STAR horse on the Power Page.  The exacta was $26.00 for $2.00 .  Shanghai was really good looking from through the stretch and I expect this will be a big figure race.   I am hoping they back off Shanghai Bobby now and point her for the KD and pass the BC…

While Dullahan was rated on top for his run in the Jamaica , I wasn’t that excited about him on the Turf with some give in it.  He seemed to be a synthetics preferred horse, now I would rate him as synthetics only with a willingness to use him at Churchill Downs, never at Belmont on the sandy surface.  He obviously will only put out when he likes the footing.  I get it…

My best value play of the day had to occur in the 6th at Belmont when Dual Citizen edged Gossip Column paying a whopping $64.00 for $2.00.  These two were rated 1 & 2 on the Power Page with GC in the first slot.

Sometimes it’s a little tough to get the Power Page but it’s always worth it.  For those who had to wait for delivery until this morning, I think there was plenty of satisfaction as the cards progressed.   The boon STAR horse in Belmont’s Race #2, Revealing moment paid a handsome $29.20, even after Ralph Siraco declared he was going to play that STAR horse.  Good call by Ralph.  But really the best play was at Santa Anita in Economy of Motion in the 6th race, who ran 2nd to Warren’s Sugarbuss who paid an amazing $112.60.  Now pay attentions, I was not telling anyone to play Warren’s Sugarbuzz, I gave out Economy of Motion as a win and place wager  and as I have said over and over again, it’s often a good idea, when playing a nicely priced horse like Economy, that it’s a GREAT IDEA to make part of your win/place wager an exacta wheel.   You can’t always pick a longshot, but sometimes you can catch a longshot when you use the WHEEL.  And that’s what happened today for a $404.00/1 exacta.

And there were plenty more…

Also, I must opine, I simply do not understand why Belmont cards so many Turf races when they have almost no commitment to the race and are willing to pull everything off the turf with the slightest give in the turf courses.  They are only racing at Belmont a few more weeks, so what are they saving it for.  Last week, the weather report scared them out of a whole card and a little moisture in the turf and we get a card of MTO’s and depleted races to be bored with…

If these guys ran racing in Europe, they would never get a race run is the way it looks to me…