Sunday’s featured race is the $300,000, Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at nine furlongs on the inner turf course. *CATCH A GLIMPSE (2) is the deserving headliner as she’s won all eight of her grass starts and has done everything from beating males (Penn Mile) to scoring at 10 furlongs (Belmont Oaks Invitational). She also is the controlling speed in the Lake Placid, a fact that should make her doubly dangerous. I’m still going to try and beat her, though, with TIME AND MOTION (1), the Belmont Oaks runner-up. A classy daughter of Tapit, Time and Motion had a three-race win streak snapped in the Belmont Oaks. She was cutting into Catch a Glimpse’s lead late that afternoon and the race might have been a hair closer if Time and Motion didn’t have to angle four wide turning into the stretch. It’s possible that Catch a Glimpse might be heavily favored over Time and Motion, and I don’t believe they’re that far apart in terms of ability. John Velazquez figures to save ground following the favorite before producing Time and Motion turning into the stretch. I’ll play her to win at 5-2 odds or greater, and will use her in multiple-race wagers with Catch a Glimpse and, to a lesser extent, OUTSIDER ART (3). *It’s tough to beat trainer Chad Brown, but I’ll try and down his coupled entry of IDIOSYNCRATIC (1) and PERFORMANCE BONUS (1A) in the fourth, an entry-level allowance over the Mellon turf course. While I’m a big fan of Idiosyncratic, I wonder if he wants slightly more distance than Sunday’s 1 1/16 miles. Also, while some might think he was short off a long layoff most recently, I’ll take the opposite stance that he was cranked, ran hard, and could be susceptible to a bounce at a relatively short price. I will use the entry in multiple-race wagers, but don’t want them at 2-1 or less. ZENNOR (11) and SECURITY RISK (4) both exit the same race and I’ll take a chance with the latter at nice odds. Trained by Shug McGaughey, the well-bred Security Risk has been an underachiever for most of his career, but he ran well in his seasonal debut and might take a step forward from that start. His form might also be slightly dirtied-up due to circumstances. After taking his maiden at Belmont last summer, Security Risk was forced to break from an impossible outside post position in his first start against winners at Saratoga. Then, he caught sloppy track and a wet turf course that he didn’t seem to appreciate. That preceded the long layoff and his good effort in his 4-year-old debut. Security Risk is a win play for me at 8-1 odds or greater. I’ll use him in multiples with the entry and Zennor. *Chad Brown has been dynamite with his juvenile first-time starters this week and it appears he has another quick one in OKINAWA (5), a filly that breezed a quarter-mile in 20 and change prior to selling for $420,000 in March. While Okinawa figures to take money and run well, I’ll take a small stab against her with VERTICAL OAK (9). Over the past five years, trainer Steve Asmussen is 4 for 9 (44%, $2.51 ROI) with second-time juveniles moving from turf to dirt sprint. He’ll try that move here with VERTICAL OAK (9), a filly that showed good speed in a grassy heat last month at the Spa. There’s enough pedigree to indicate she’ll handle the surface switch as the dam was a multiple-stakes winner sprinting on the dirt I'll play Vertical Oak to Win at 4-1 or greater and will use her in multiple-race wagers with TAZKEYA (7), IRIDIUM (3) and Okinawa. Good luck! :: Enjoy news and analysis from DRF? Get handicapping analysis, real-time coverage, special reports, and charts. Unlock access with DRF Plus.