Bed o’ Roses guide: Odds, analysis, PPs for sprint feature
Racing on the New York Racing Association circuit heads back downstate after a memorable rendition of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga as the Grade 2, $200,000 Bed o' Roses Stakes is the feature on the Belmont at The Big A Saturday card.
The Bed o' Roses is a seven-furlong dirt sprint for fillies and mares four years old and up, and a field of 10 has signed on for the event.
Post time for the Bed o' Roses, the 10th of 11 races on the program, is scheduled for 5:13 p.m. EDT. The race will be broadcast live on FS2.
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We also have Super Screener picks and analysis for the Bed o' Roses as well as recent top speed figures for each contender.
Bed o' Roses Stakes best speed figures
| Post | Horse | ML | Beyer | TimeformUS | HRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple Picker | 15-1 | 80 | 106 | 95 |
| 2 | Big Pond | 4-1 | 94 | 112 | 100 |
| 3 | Accede | 6-1 | 88 | 109 | 99 |
| 4 | Morning Matcha | 12-1 | 94 | 114 | 109 |
| 5 | Just Katherine | 10-1 | 94 | 113 | 98 |
| 6 | Flying Connection | 3-1 | 98 | 115 | 101 |
| 7 | Hot Fudge | 10-1 | 92 | 106 | 98 |
| 8 | Shidabhuti | 6-1 | 89 | 108 | 100 |
| 9 | Leave No Trace | 6-1 | 89 | 110 | 97 |
| 10 | Beguine | 12-1 | 95 | 116 | 104 |
Looking at the pace
Beguine is expected to clear from her outside post and set a moderate pace in the Bed o' Roses. Big Pond, Hot Fudge, and Leave No Trace should comprise the second flight, and Morning Matcha is the likely back marker.
Pace projector appears courtesy of TimeformUS.
HRN picks for the Bed o' Roses Stakes
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Laurie Ross and Ashley Tamulonis went head-to-head handicapping the Bed o' Roses and each went with a different 6-1 shot on top.
Ross and Tamulonis are both siding against Flying Connection, who is the No. 3 female sprinter in Chip Gehrke's most recent divisional rankings. Flying Connection seeks her first graded stakes victory after hitting the board in both the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff and Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap in her last two starts.
The Bed o' Roses is far from the only intriguing stakes race taking place this Saturday. Ed DeRosa's Pegasus Stakes fair odds believe Tuscan Sky will be tough to top in Monmouth's Haskell Stakes prep, though Uncle Heavy is a viable long shot.
Ray Cotolo also has North America Cup fair odds for three-year-old pacers at Woodbine-Mohawk, and he believes Nijinsky has a narrow edge in a competitive field.
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Here's the field for the Bed o' Roses Stakes (G2):