This Saturday, the Stars & Stripes Festival returns to Belmont Park, and with it come the debuts of the Turf Trinity and the Turf Tiara as part part of the first-ever Turf Triple Series offering $5.25 million in purses. The Festival’s co-headlining events are a pair of prestigious grass Grade 1 races for 3-year-olds: the $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational (Turf Trinity) and the $1 million Belmont Oaks Invitational for fillies (Turf Tiara), both at 1 1/4 miles. Here’s the contenders for each race:
2019 BELMONT DERBY CONTENDERS
| # | HORSE | JOCKEY | TRAINER | WIN | PLACE | SHOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Henley's Joy | Jose Lezcano | Mike Maker | 43.60 | 21.60 | 13.60 |
| 8 | Social Paranoia | Manny Franco | Todd Pletcher | 15.80 | 9.20 | |
| 14 | Rockemperor (IRE) | John Velazquez | Chad Brown | 8.70 |
2019 BELMONT OAKS CONTENDERS
| # | HORSE | JOCKEY | TRAINER | WIN | PLACE | SHOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Concrete Rose | Julien Leparoux | George Arnold | 7.80 | 4.60 | 3.40 |
| 6 | Just Wonderful | Wayne Lordan | Aiden O’Brien | 16.40 | 7.60 | |
| 9 | Cambier Parc | Jose Ortiz | Chad Brown | 3.10 |
More contenders for the 2019 Stars & Stripes Festival:
SUBURBAN HANDICAP
Purse: $700,000
Grade: 2
Distance: 1 1/4 Miles
Age: 4&UP
Contenders: Carlino (Hennig), Catholic Boy (Thomas), Cordmaker (Jenkins), Core Beliefs (Eurton), Expert (Rice), Lone Sailor (Amoss), Marconi (Pletcher), Mead Hall (Thompson), Mr. Buff (Kimmel), Nicodemus (Rice), Pavel (O’Neill), Preservationist (Jerkens), Prompt (Mott), Realm (Tagg), Rocketry (Jerkens), Turco Bravo (Cannizzo), Unbridled Juan (Corrales), Vino Rosso (Pletcher), Wooderson (Pletcher), and You’re to Blame (Pletcher)
JOHN A. NERUD
Purse: $300,000
Grade: 2
Distance: 7 Furlongs
Age: 3&UP
Win and You’re In Breeders’ Cup Sprint Division
Contenders: Air Strike (D’Amato), American Anthem (Baffert), Bon Raison (Martin), Coal Front (Pletcher), Do Share (Maker), Expert (Rice), Hersh (Magner), Identity Politics (Brown), Killybegs Captain (Terranova), Majestic Dunhill (Weaver), Midnightcharly (Coletti, Jr.), New York Central (Asmussen), Nicodemus (Rice), Pat on the Back (Englehart), Prince Lucky (Pletcher), Promises Fulfilled (Romans), Recruiting Ready (Hough), Strike Power (Hennig), and Warrior’s Club (Lukas)
DWYER
Purse: $250,000
Grade: 3
Distance: 1 Mile
Age: 3YO
Contenders: Alwaysmining (Rubley), And Seek (Romans), Captain Von Trapp (Asmussen), Code of Honor (McGaughey), Compound It (Duarte, Jr.), Final Jeopardy (Servis), Fluminense (Asmussen), Global Campaign (Hough), Highest Honors (Brown), Majid (Rodriguez), Mental Model (Rice), Mihos (Jerkens), Mind Control (Sacco), Mount Travers (Rice), Overdeliver (Pletcher), Rowayton (Hollendorfer), Sombeyay (Pletcher), Top Line Growth (Rubley), and Whiskey Echo (Asmussen)
INSIDE TRACK TO THE STARS & STRIPES FESTIVAL WAGERING GUIDE
This Inside Track to the Stars & Stripes Festival wagering guide gives you an inside look at all five stakes races running at Belmont Park on July 6, 2019, as part of the Stars & Stripes Festival. The Racing Dudes have been at it for years, offering daily handicapping picks and analysis for every track across the country. For this year’s Inside Track to the Stars & Stripes Festival, our lead handicappers have been scouring through the card at Belmont Park in search of winning tickets on this loaded day of racing.
For each of the five stakes on the Belmont Park card, you will find the following:
FULL RACE PREVIEWS FOR EACH RACE, including:
- Race Overview
- Race Shape and Pace Analysis
- Top Selections
- Major Threats
- Longshots to Use
You will also find specific wagering under the “Picks and Plays” section, which includes:
- Win Bet
- Place or Show Bet
- Longshot to Play Across the Board
- Exacta
- Trifecta
- Superfecta
- Horses to use in Multi-Race Wagers
- What to Play on a Small Budget
- What to Play on a Large Budget
Each Win, Place, Show, or Across the Board wager comes with a confidence rating so that you can see how strongly we feel about each pick.
A sample of guide is available for download here. This INSIDE TRACK TO THE STARS & STRIPES FESTIVAL wagering guide is included FREE with any subscription or can be purchased individually by clicking the banner below for $29.95.
