The Memorial Day card at Belmont Park was very good to us here at Gradedstakes.com. Our top selection in the Met Mile, Tizway, cruised to an easy 2 3/4 length win while returning $8.20 for a $2 win bet.
Our second choice in the race, Rodman, finished second at a massive price of 36-1 to set off an exacta that paid $358. I had that one a few times along with a dime superfecta. I’m more happy for our reader, Nick Cantarella, who chimed in to let me know that he used my picks to hit the superfecta for a whopping $7,561.50! Several others also let me know they had it on my advice. Way to go, guys and gals.
Tizway made a ton of sense for me. He clearly loves the Belmont surface as all of his best races have been there and he was third against an arguably better field in the Met Mile last year. Not only that, but his running style suited the pace set up perfectly. I’ve always thought the son of Tiznow had a ton of potential and he finally lived up to it. He scorched the clock with a final time of 1:32.90 which was very close to the stakes record and faster than Quality Road who did it in 1:33.11 last year.
Tizway wasn’t the hard horse to have though. 36-1 shot Rodman was. I’ve watched this horse for most of his career and I have always thought he had a ton of talent. When he won by 5 under a mild hand ride last out I was impressed and the connections showed a ton of confidence by bringing him to the Met. In my mind he was closer to a 12-1 shot, so I was very happy when I saw his odds as they loaded in the gate.
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