Play of the Day – June 5th 2021
| Play of the Day | |
| Race Date | June 05, 2021 |
| Track | Belmont Park |
| Race | 5 |
| Overview | A compact renewal of the G1 Acorn with a heavy favorite in #6 Search Results (1-1), though a potentially vulnerable one too on the cutback to one-turn off a gut-wrenching 2nd in the Kentucky Oaks. |
| Pace | It looks average to slow, which means #4 DAYOUTOFTHEOFFICE (4-1) can either clear early if they want to be aggressive, or stalk the potential cheap speed of #3 Miss Brazil (5-1) to her inside. |
| Trends | Speed/press played well Thursday, though it was also a formful day filled with logical winners, and with an off-track Friday the slate gets wiped clean. Though, as a general rule of thumb, this is a main track that will play and to speed on Belmont Stakes Day. |
| Best Bet | DAYOUTOFTHEOFFICE |
| Number | 4 |
| Morning Line | (4-1) |
| Best Bet Overview | #4 DAYOUTOFTHEOFFICE (4-1): Ran by far the best race in the G2 Eight Belles, chasing a wild pace in her first start since 11/6, cleared in midstretch but was run down by last-to-first #2 Obligatory (6-1). Today she figures to improve and gets a huge race flow edge too. |
| Picks & Plays | Aggressive WP bet, strong EX 1-6 with a smaller backup 6-1, and single to end the early Pk5/Pk4, and in the middle Pk4 as well. |
| Stats | 174-39-22-22 ($1.90/$5.30 ROI through 5/31) Bel Meet: 93-24-16-20 ($1.66/$5.26 ROI through 5/31) |