Returning to the Winner's Circle

In today's sixth race at Belmont Park, Hot Money circled the eight-horse field on the turn for home in a seven furlong turf race and won going away by a half a length under jockey Rajiv Maragh. Unlike today, Hot Money had not gotten smooth trips in his first two races. But those two losses did not deter the bettors from backing him down to second choice at 2.4-1 odds today. Hot Money's cumulative gross earnings are now some $87,000. Although I was not well enough to go out to Belmont Park, Susan represented us well in the winner's circle.

Because Hot Money works extremely well on dirt in the mornings, we are going to race him next on dirt and see if he is as good or better than he is on turf. Meanwhile, there are races in coming days for Mustang Island and for Backslider, which would be making his debut.