Thursday's Best Bet: Revalita gets the nod in Wonder Again
Thursday’s ninth race at Belmont Park is the Grade 2 Wonder Again Stakes for 3-year-old fillies traveling 1 1/18 miles on the inner turf course. The scheduled post time is 7:15 p.m. EDT.
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No. 4 Revalita (5-2) got the wrong setup in the Herecomesthebride Stakes on March 4, and that turned out to be a productive race. The winner and runner-up both returned to win stakes races, and this filly rallied for the place from the outside post in the Edgewood on May 5. Jose Ortiz stays put, and she should be heard from in the stretch.
No. 7 Prerequisite (6-1) finished an OK fourth in her turf-route debut at Gulfstream, and that was a key race. Spansive and Gloria’s Princess, the winner and runner-up in that heat, were both next-out winners, and Chad Brown’s filly stalked wide and tallied second time out on May 7. Flavien Prat knows her now, and she might get the jump on the late runners. The clear runner-up finisher from her last race came back to graduate on June 3.
No. 2 Juniper’s Moon (6-1) was part of the trifecta in all four turf-route attempts. She was clearly second best behind Spansive last time. The versatile filly shows a rising numbers pattern and should offer value.
No. 1 Venecia (7-2) won her all-weather route debut in France last year. She moved to the Chad Brown barn and made her first start in this country at Keeneland on April 27, and she rallied for the show as the betting favorite after a slow start. Irad Ortiz Jr. knows her now, and she might move forward.
No. 5 Spansive (7-2) wired the field in both of her turf-route starts. Jose Ortiz opted to ride Revalita in this spot, so Todd Pletcher reaches out for Joel Rosario. She is probably the one to catch.
Wagers
No. 4 to win
Exacta 4-7/2-4-7
Trifecta 1-4-5-7/1-4-5-7/2
Recent Best Bet winners
May 23 – Do You Love Me ($5.60)
May 25 – Alogon ($10)
May 29 – Ego Man/Easy Day exacta ($18.40)
Saturday - Kalik ($7.90), trifecta ($41.80)
Tuesday - Uncle Ernie ($4.60), exacta ($12.60), trifecta ($46.60)