Belmont Oaks Preview

Note: Due to family commitments, I didn't have time to do a full preview that I usually do.

Here is the field for this year's Belmont Oaks which is a WAYI for the Filly and Mare Turf.

10th Race - Belmont Park - Saturday, July 4th, 2015
STAKES. 1 1/4 Mile Turf. Purse $1,000,000. Belmont Oaks Invitational S. (Grade 1). INNER TURF AN INVITATIONAL FOR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. (05:46 PM)
PP Horse A/S M/E Wgt Jockey Trainer
1 Pine Needles 3 F L 121 Ortiz Jose L. Clement Christophe
2 Lady Eli 3 F L 121 Ortiz, Jr. Irad Brown Chad C.
3 Sharla Rae 3 F L o 121 Rosario Joel O'Neill Doug F.
4 Itsonlyactingdad 3 F L 121 Soumillon Christophe Pletcher Todd A.
5 Miss Chatelaine 3 F L 121 Maragh Rajiv Clement Christophe
6 Spanish Queen 3 F L 121 Blanc Brice Baltas Richard
7 Consumer Credit 3 F L 121 Alvarado Junior Brown Chad C.
8 Olorda (GER) 3 F 121 Velazquez John R. Figge Michael
9 Gypsy Judy 3 F L 121 Velasquez Cornelio H. Graham Robin L.
10 Outstanding (IRE) 3 F L 121 O'Donoghue Colm O'Brien Aidan P.
11 Sentiero Italia 3 F L 121 Saez Luis McLaughlin Kiaran P.
12 Daring Duchess 3 F L 121 Lezcano Jose Mott William I.
13 Lady Zuzu 3 F L 121 Graham James Lukas D. Wayne
14 Strict Compliance 3 F L 121 Castellano Javier Brown Chad C

Lady Eli is the filly to beat. Lady Zuzu is a 1/2 sister to Optimizer and ran extremely well in the Regret.  The two Euro raiders Olorda and Outstanding both have won stakes in Europe (Olorda my guess is here to stay as she has a US owner and Outstanding could be back for the BC). Spanish Queen comes in from California where she won the American Oaks.

Picks

Win- Spanish Queen
Place- Outstanding
Show- Lady Zuzu

Dark Horse- Itsonlyactingdad