Met Mile preview

The biggest race on the day outside of the Belmont Stakes is the Metropolitan Handicap. Here is the field for this year's Met Mile which of course is a WAYI for the Dirt Mile.

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9th Race - Belmont Park - Saturday, June 6th, 2015 STAKES. 1 Mile Dirt. Purse $1,250,000. Metropolitan H. (Grade 1). A HANDICAP FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD. (04:49 PM)

PP	Horse	A/S	M/E	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer
1	Private Zone	6 G	L	123	Pedroza Martin A.	Navarro Jorge
2	Bay Of Plenty	4 C	L	114	Smith Mike E.	McLaughlin Kiaran P.
3	Noble Moon	4 C	L	113	Ortiz Jose L.	Gyarmati Leah
4	Tonalist	4 C	L	123	Velazquez John R.	Clement Christophe
5	Tamarkuz	5 H	L	119	Ortiz, Jr. Irad	McLaughlin Kiaran P.
6	Wicked Strong	4 C	L	120	Rosario Joel	Jerkens James A.
7	Bayern	4 C	L	123	Garcia Martin	Baffert Bob
8	Pants On Fire	7 H	L	116	Lopez Paco	Breen Kelly J.
9	Honor Code	4 R	L	118	Castellano Javier	McGaughey III Claude R.
10	Kobe's Back	4 C	L	116	Stevens Gary L.	Eurton Peter

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Private Zone (Macho Uno): Won the Churchill Downs Handicap and 2^nd in the Gulfstream Park Handicap. Back to back winner of the Vosburgh.

Bay of Plenty (Medaglia d' Oro): won Allowance/Optional Claimer and 2^nd in the Discovery. Undefeated at Belmont.

Noble Moon (Malibu Moon): 2^nd in Allowance/Optional Claimer and 6^th in the Cigar. Was a promising Derby horse last year.

Tonalist (Tapit): Won the Westchester and 5^th in the Classic. 4 for 4 at Belmont including last years TC spoiling win in the Belmont.

Tamarkuz (Speightstown): Won the Godolphin Mile and Burj Nahaar both at Meydan. US debut.

Wicked Strong (Hard Spun): 3^rd in the Excelsior and 4^th in the Gulfstream Park Handicap. Last time at Belmont was involved in a spill in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Bayern (Offlee Wild): 6^th in the Churchill Downs Handicap and won the Classic. Used the Woody Stephens as a springboard to his two G1 wins last year.

Pants on Fire (Jump Start): 3^rd in the Churchill Downs Handicap and won the Sir Shackleton. 2^nd in lone Belmont start.

Honor Code (A.P. Indy): 5^th in the Alysheba and won the Gulfstream Park Handicap. 2^nd in the Champagne at 2 at Belmont.

Kobe's Back (Flatter): Won the Commonwealth and 2^nd in the San Carlos. Two NY stakes starts resulted in 2 top 4 finishes.

Picks

Win- Tonalist

Place- Wicked Strong

Show- Pants on Fire

Dark Horse: Bay of Plenty