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Belmont@Aqueduct
Race 4 Post time 2:05pm ET
(# 8) Emirates Road
Stalker/closer breaks outside of the rest of the field and projects to gain good position stalking a possible duel between Brigade Commander and Night effect. Even if those two rivals don’t duel, the pace projects to be fast, and Emirates Road should be positioned to take advantage of that in the stretch. He was claimed on June 29 from a turf race by Brad Cox, and when Emirates Road returned to dirt two starts later, he won by 8-1/2 lengths at this distance, earning a figure that could beat today’s field as well, if he can repeat the effort. Given that he won within himself, it’s fair to think that this improving runner can move forward again off that effort in this third start off the claim by 2-time Eclipse Award winning trainer Brad Cox. Manny Franco rode Emirates Road for the first time in that runaway win on August 30 and he stays aboard, having won at a 30% rate for Cox in 2023-24.
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