Belmont Day Speed Figures

For those that follow the sport of racing regularly, the Daily Racing Form's Beyer Speed Figures give you some insight into how fast the horses ran. The 2010 renewal of the Belmont produced some very moderate (and disappointing) Beyer Figures but some other horses on the card shined.

One of the stars from Saturday was 3-year-old Trappe Shot. He has won his last three very impressively and ran a Beyer of 105, the second best the entire day. Expect to see him take on the "big boys" in the near future.

Here are the Belmont figures plus others of note:

BELMONT STAKES

Drosselmeyer            94
Fly Down                  93
First Dude                 93
Game on Dude          91
Uptowncharlybrown  90
Stay Put                    86

Ice Box                     81
Make Music For Me 75

MANHATTAN

Winchester               102
Gio Ponti                  101

ACORN

Champagne d'Oro     95
Amen Hallelujah        94

TRUE NORTH

Bribon                     107
Snapshot                 103

JUST A GAME

Proviso                    96
Phola                       95

WOODY STEPHENS

D'Funnybone           100
Discreetly Mine        93

Belmont Order of Finish

1) Drosselmeyer
2) Fly Down
3) First Dude
4) Game on Dude
5) Stay Put
6) Interactif
7) Stately Victor
8) Ice Box
9) Make Music For Me
10) Dave in Dixie
11) Spangled Star
12) Uptowncharlybrown*

*Uptowncharlybrown finished fifth but was disqualified and placed last

Early Kentucky Derby Odds

Some great values in this Kentucky Derby:

1) Lookin at Lucky 9-1

2) Ice Box 11-1

3) Noble’s Promise 21-1

4) Super Saver 7-1

5) Line of David 15-1

6) Stately Victor 16-1

7) American Lion 25-1

8) Dean’s Kitten 18-1

9) Make Music For Me 25-1

10) Paddy O’Prado 11-1

11) Devil May Care11-1

12) Conveyance 25-1

13) Jackson Bend 22-1

14) Mission Impazible 24-1

15) Discreetly Mine 41-1

16) Awesome Act 13-1

17) Dublin 21-1

18) Backtalk 20-1

19) Homeboykris 17-1

20) Sidney’s Candy 11-1

Wet Track Pointers

WEATHER FORECAST UPDATE: Good news is that worst of probably won't get going until mid-morning but it's still a bad forecast. Here's the latest from the National Weather Service.

Saturday: Periods of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 74. South wind between 10 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Saturday Night: Periods of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 66. South wind between 10 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

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The only certainty on Derby Day this year appears to be the weather which will be a rainy mess. Now the key is trying to figure out who will like the sloppy going on Saturday.

Here's some good info.

There are four horses that have already won on a wet track:

#4 Super Saver (Wet Track Record - 2-1-1-0) - His win on a sloppy track came at Belmont Park last year when he broke his maiden by seven lengths. His other wet track race came in his debut and he finished second to fellow Derby entrant Discreetly Mine. Plus, he has jockey Calvin Borel aboard and he has won two of the last three Derbys.

#11 Devil May Care (Wet Track Record - 1-1-0-0) - The filly enjoyed her only run in the slop when she debuted with a 4 3/4-length victory at Saratoga.

#15 Discreetly Mine (Wet Track Record - 2-1-0-0) - The Todd Pletcher-trained colt rolled to a 6 1/4-length win on a good track at Saratoga last August. He beat stablemate Super Saver in that race. His wet track loss came in early January when he finished fourth in the Spectacular Bid at Gulfstream Park.

#18 Backtalk (Wet Track Record - 2-2-0-0) - The son of 2004 Derby winner Smarty Jones won his career debut by 2 3/4-lengths on a good track. In February, he captured a minor stakes race at Delta Downs on a sloppy track.

Others to keep an eye on:

#2 Ice Box - He's never run on a wet track but his father, Pulpit, liked it. And one of trainer Nick Zito's Derby wins came on a sloppy track (Go For Gin).

#6 Stately Victor - In his career debut, he finished second on a "good" track at Saratoga.

#14 Mission Impazible - He finished third in last year's Kentucky Juvenile at Churchill on a "good" track and was second in a "sloppy" track allowance race at Gulfstream in January.

#17 Dublin - Don't let his fourth place finish to Backtalk last year at Churchill fool you. He had a tough trip in that race and his parents both ran well on wet tracks.