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/ Simon Rowlands / 01 October 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Uncle Mo will look to get back to winning ways at Belmont on Saturday
"Uncle Mo (125) goes in the Kelso Handicap on the Belmont Saturday undercard."
Timeform's head of US development Simon Rowlands looks at the action on Super Saturday and gives you his recommendations for the $500k Guaranteed All-Graded Stakes Pick 4 at Belmont...
European racing fans will be in clover at the weekend, when Longchamp's Arc Day card features seven Group 1s, but their cousins on the other side of the Atlantic are hardly losing out by comparison.
'Super Saturday' involves five Grade 1s at Belmont and four Grade 1s at Santa Anita, with another Grade 1 at the latter course on Sunday for good measure.
Picking a highlight is all but impossible, but try: Cape Blanco (Timeform rating of 124) in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational at Belmont; Stacelita (121) in the Flower Bowl Invitational at Belmont; top sprinter Trappe Shot (128) in the Vosburgh Invitational at Belmont; or top fillies/mares Blind Luck (122), Ask The Moon (119) and Zazu (119) in the Lady's Secret at Santa Anita.
If you fancy slumming it in a "mere" Grade 2, Uncle Mo (125) goes in the Kelso Handicap on the Belmont Saturday undercard.
There are plenty of good horses and great racing in the offing, then, as well as likely pointers for the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs on November 4 and 5.
If you want to follow the action from Belmont on Saturday you can do so on Timeform Radio. And if you want to get involved there is the option of having a crack at the $500,000 Guaranteed All-Graded Stakes Pick 4 at the track, bets for which can be placed through the Tote option on Betfair.
The Pick 4 starts with race seven, the six-furlong Vosburgh, due off at 20:57 British Summer Time, a race weakened by the late defection of Big Drama (please note that this blog and the Pick4 selections have been updated to take into account Big Drama's withdrawal).
Trappe Shot has come to sprinting late, having previously raced at beyond a mile, and there is still a suspicion that an extra furlong would not go amiss. In the circumstances it seems worth considering also putting in the three-year-old outsider Justin Phillip (rated 119), whose less aggressive run style could just pay off.
Next is the Kelso Handicap over a mile (21:33 BST). With only five declared runners, the temptation is to go "all in" on a resurgent Uncle Mo. His nose defeat by the classy Caleb's Posse at Saratoga last time came after a near-five-month absence and is better form than his rivals here can boast. The best of those rivals is Jackson Bend (rated 123), winner of the Grade 1 Forego Stakes last time.
The Beldame Invitational (22:06 BST) is dominated by crack older filly Havre de Grace (rated 124), who should win comfortably at her best but will be very short. The three-year-old Royal Delta (rated 120) is her main rival but it could be worth throwing in Life At Ten (rated 115), freshened after a 10-week break, instead.
The 10-furlong Jockey Club Gold Cup (22:46 BST) lies between Flat Out and Stay Thirsty on form. They are both rated 122 by Timeform, but weight-for-age tips the balance in the favour of the older Flat Out.
Stay Thirsty's win in the Travers Stakes last time seems to have been over-rated by the public, who briefly made the colt favourite for the Breeders' Cup Classic after it. I intend constructing two bets, one with him in and one with him out. Rodman (rated 116) looks the best outsider stepping up in trip.
Recommended bets:
Leg 1: 7/8
Leg 2: 3
Leg 3: 1/5
Leg 4: 1/3/4
2 x 1 x 2 x 3 = 12 bets
Plus as above with 4 omitted from leg 4 = 8 bets
Total 20 bets at $2 each
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