BELMONT WEEKEND FRIDAY!

Acorn - Belmont Double



Let's start the Bemont weekend off with a BANG!

What better way to do that than do an Acorn - Belmont Double?


1st leg:

1 1/8 Miles
Fillies
3 Year Olds
Acorn Stakes G1
Purse: $500,000

Date: Friday June 6, 2025
Track: Saratoga
Race: 11
Surface: dirt

Horse: Shred the Gnar (ML 3-1)

Bet the Acorn - Belmont Double: Shred the Gnar (ML 3-1) - Sovereignty (2-1).


Shred the Gnar holds the distinction of being earned the highest Beyer Speed Figure of any 3-year-old fillies this year (2025) thus far, resulting from her first-level, two-turn dirt allowance romp on May 2, 2025 (at Churchill Downs).

It's not just the Beyer numbers, not just one race. Shred the Gnar finished fast and missed by a neck debuting over six furlongs Feb. 9 (2025) at Gulfstream Park. She came back five weeks later and won a one-turn mile maiden race by 6 1/2 lengths, good for an 89 Beyer.

The filly, by Into Mischief out of Aspen Light, has plenty of speed but relaxes for her rider. In the May 2 race, a decent Juddmonte homebred, Chasten, came to her at the quarter pole. Shred the Gnar said buh-bye and won by more than seven.

"She's been nothing but impressive," said Brian Lynch, who trains Shred the Gnar for Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing. "I wouldn't be frightened to try the Acorn with her."

[The Acorn being this race]

"We've always held a very high opinion of her, and it's been lovely to watch her progress. We get excited about running her farther, too. She's got such an efficient action," Lynch said.


We're going for a mild upset of the heavy favorite Good Cheer (ML 1/2).



2nd leg:

1 1/4 M | BELMONT STAKES | Purse: $2,000,000

Date: Saturday June 7, 2025
Track: Saratoga
Race: 13
Surface: dirt

Horse: Sovereignty (ML 2-1)

Bet the Acorn - Belmont Double: Shred the Gnar (ML 3-1) - Sovereignty (2-1).




HAPPY BELMONT STAKES EVERYONE!