Super Saturday Part 3

These are three of the four big races of the day (only the Beldame which is not a WAYI race is not listed). The Jockey Club Gold Cup (Classic), Zenyatta (Distaff) and Awesome Again (Classic). Here are the fields:

10th Race - Belmont Park - Saturday, September 27th, 2014

STAKES. 1 1/4 Mile Dirt. Purse $1,000,000. Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational S. (Grade 1). FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD. (05:50 PM)

PP	Horse	A/S	M/E	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer
1	Micromanage	4 C	L	126	Saez Luis	Pletcher Todd A.
2	Last Gunfighter	5 H	L	126	Bravo Joe	Brown Chad C.
3	Wicked Strong	3 C	L	122	Maragh Rajiv	Jerkens James A.
4	Zivo	5 H	L	126	Lezcano Jose	Brown Chad C.
5	Prayer For Relief	6 H	L	126	Velazquez John R.	Romans Dale L.
6	Long River	4 C	L	126	Velasquez Cornelio H.	McLaughlin Kiaran P.
7	Speak Logistics	4 C	L	126	Lopez Paco	Contessa Gary C.
8	Tonalist	3 C	L o	122	Rosario Joel	Clement Christophe
9	Stephanoatsee	5 R	L	126	Ortiz Jose L.	Zito Nicholas P.
10	V. E. Day	3 C	L	122	Castellano Javier	Jerkens James A.
11	Moreno	4 G	L	126	Alvarado Junior	Guillot Eric J.
12	Big Cazanova (ARG)	5 R	L	126	Ortiz, Jr. Irad	Miller Peter

Mircomanage (Medaglia d' Oro): 3^rd in the Greenwood Cup and won the Birdstone. Was 2^nd in the Brooklyn earlier this year and finished 3^rd in last year's Haskell.

Last Gunfighter (First Samurai): 6^th in the Woodward and 5^th in the Whitney. Won last year's Iselin and was 5^th in both the Gold Cup and Classic last year as well.

Wicked Strong (Hard Spun): 2^nd in the Travers and won the Jim Dandy. Speed has been added with the addition of blinkers and did break his maiden here last year.

Zivo (True Direction): 4^th in the Woodward and won the Suburban. Has finished no worse then 3^rd at Belmont.

Prayer for Relief (Jump Start): 3^rd in the Woodward and 4^th in the Whitney. Has shown promise in the past in graded stakes, but not always at the Grade 1 level.

Long River (A.P. Indy): 7^th in the Woodward and 5^th in the Monmouth Cup. Never has run in a stakes race at Belmont.

Speak Logistics (High Cotton): 5^th in an Allowance/Optional Claimer and 7^th in the same type of race in his last two. Last graded stakes race last year 7^th in the PA Derby.

Tonalist (Tapit): 3^rd in the Travers and 2^nd in the Jim Dandy. Should enjoy the return to Belmont where he won the Peter Pan and Belmont.

Stephanoatsee (A.P. Indy): 5^th in the Woodward and 2^nd in Allowance/Optional Claimer. Hasn't finished on the board in a graded stakes race since the Strub last February.

V.E. Day (English Channel): Won the Travers and the Curlin. 2 for 2 at Belmont.

Moreno (Ghostzapper): 2^nd in the Woodward and won the Whitney. Only one poor performance at the track.

Big Cazanova (Giant's Causeway): Won his last two at Del Mar, so he is going synth to dirt. Stakes placed in his native Argentina.

Picks

Win- Zivo

Place- Wicked Strong/V.E. Day

Show- Moreno

Dark Horse- Tonalist

5th Race - Santa Anita Park - Saturday, September 27th, 2014

STAKES. 1 1/16 Mile Dirt. Purse $300,000. Zenyatta S. (Grade 1). FOR FILLIES AND MARES, THREE-YEARS-OLD AND UPWARD. (02:30 PM)

PP	Horse	A/S	M/E	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer
1	Tiz Midnight	4 F	L	119	Espinoza Victor	Baffert Bob
2	Iotapa	4 F	L	124	Talamo Joseph	Sadler John W.
3	Yahilwa	4 F	L	119	Bejarano Rafael	Cassidy James M.
4	Beholder	4 F	L	121	Smith Mike E.	Mandella Richard E.
5	Wittgenstein (IRE)	4 F	L	119	Gutierrez Mario	O'Neill Doug F.
6	Tiz The Key	3 F	L	116	Baze Tyler	Mandella Richard E

Tiz Midnight (Midnight Lute): Won last 3 races including two Allowance/Optional Claimers. Stakes debut, but her dam won this race when it was the Lady's Secret in 2007.

Iotapa (Afleet Alex): Winner of the Clement L. Hirsch and Vanity. Kept the seat warm for Beholder while she was out with injury, could this be the race that she takes it away outright?

Yahilwa (Medaglia d'Oro): 2^nd in an Allowance and 7^th in the Osunitas. Did finish second in the Adoration in three back.

Beholder (Henny Hughes): Defending champ of this race was 4^th in the Phipps and won the Santa Lucia. How she rebounds from her injury will be a key factor.

Wittgenstein (Shamardal): 7^th in her last two races, both Allowance/Optional Claimers. Has been up and down in the US.

Tiz the Key (Tiznow): 11^th in the San Clemente and 4^th in the American Oaks. Turf to dirt, but did break her maiden on the dirt.

Picks

Win- Beholder

Place- Iotapa

Show- Tiz the Key

Dark Horse- Tiz Midnight

8th Race - Santa Anita Park - Saturday, September 27th, 2014

STAKES. 1 1/8 Mile Dirt. Purse $300,000. Awesome Again S. (Grade 1). FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD. (04:00 PM)

PP	Horse	A/S	M/E	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer
1	Fed Biz	5 H	L	119	Garcia Martin	Baffert Bob
2	Sky Kingdom	5 H	L	119	Espinoza Victor	Baffert Bob
3	Bird E House	3 G	L	116	Talamo Joseph	Sadler John W.
4	Shared Belief	3 G	L	121	Smith Mike E.	Hollendorfer Jerry
5	Footbridge	4 C	L	119	Bejarano Rafael	Harty Eoin G.
6	Majestic Harbor	6 H	L	124	Baze Tyler	McCarthy Sean
7	Mystery Train (ARG)	4 R	L	124	Blanc Brice	Vienna Darrell
8	Imperative	4 G	L	119	Desormeaux Kent J.	Papaprodromou George

Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway): 2^nd in the Pat O'Brien and won the San Diego. He was 6^th in last year's Dirt Mile.

Sky Kingdom (Empire Maker): 4^th in the Los Alamitos Mile and 2^nd in the Cougar II. 3^rd in last year's Hollywood Gold Cup and won the Tokyo City.

Bird E House (Birdstone): First start on the west coast. Won an Allowance/Optional Claimer in his last start, this is also his first stakes start.

Shared Belief (Candy Ride (ARG)): Undefeated in his career and defeated older last time out in the Pacific Classic. Could take the 3yo Championship away from California Chrome with a win in this race.

Footbridge (Street Cry (IRE)): 2^nd in the San Diego and Oak Tree Handicap. Has never been worse then 5^th at Santa Anita.

Majestic Harbor (Rockport Harbor): 6^th in the Pacific Classic and won the Gold Cup at Santa Anita. Should enjoy the return to a dirt surface.

Mystery Train (Not For Sale (ARG)): 9^th in his US debut, the Pacific Classic. Will be interesting how he does on a US dirt surface.

Imperative (Bernardini): 3^rd in the Pacific Classic and 8^th in the San Diego. If form holds... he should be in for another good finish.

Picks

Win- Majestic Harbor

Place- Shared Belief

Show- Imperative

 Dark Horse- Sky Kingdom

Video

I appoligize for the coughing. I really wanted to this video as quickly as possible (since it's up much later then expected) and didn't have time to edit it out :( Also sorry for the slight interruption at the end.