Belmont (G1) Day at Saratoga kicked off with SENIOR OFFICER ($4.52) in the second race. NATIVE MELODY ($8.24) won the fourth event with Speightful Lily second for a $43.54 exacta and Helen’s Revenge third for a $31.67 50-cent tri. BOOK’EM DANNO ($5.72) lived up to his Saratoga love in the Truer North (G3) with Bentornato second for a $13.90 exacta.
REEF RUNNER ($12.48) took the Jaipur (G1) with defending champion AG Bullet second for a $61.94 exacta. Speedy ENGLISHMAN ($10.56) turned the tables on Crude Velocity in the Woody Stephens (G1) and set a $20.58 exacta. NYSOS ($4.94) won the Met Mile (G1) with Knightsbridge second for a $26.56 exacta followed by Journalism for a $13.18 50-cent trifecta. Saratoga specialist DETERMINISTIC ($11.84) won the Resorts World Casino Manhattan (G1) stylishly. Kentucky Derby winner GOLDEN TEMPO ($14.00) asserted his class in the Belmont (G1) with SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN ($8.18) taking the nightcap for a $2314.47 Pick 5 and a $226.97 Pick 4, more than enough to buy dinner, even in New York.