US racing tips: Tom Collins has four picks across two high-quality cards

Baby Yoda
7.45 Belmont Park
3pts win

Lady Danae
8.15 Belmont Park
1pt win

Harvey's Lil Goil
9.44 Keeneland
1pt win

Classic Causeway
10.15 Keeneland
2pts win

Horseplayers are treated to one of the best nights of US action all year this Saturday as Keeneland's fall meet begins alongside a stellar card at Belmont.

Sword Dancer one-two Gufo and Japan clash once again in the featured Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (8.57) at Belmont but, although I prefer the former, there are better punting opportunities.

The streak of consecutive best bet winners in this column currently stands at seven, and hopefully the Bill Mott-trained Baby Yoda will make that eight in the Grade 2 Vosburgh Stakes (7.45).

This lightly raced three-year-old produced one of the fastest times this year with a 114 Beyer in an allowance race at Saratoga last month. Baby Yoda galloped away from his rivals after sitting close to extremely fast fractions and a similar performance would more than suffice. The removal of Lasix is not an issue.

You can make a case for plenty in the following Grade 3 Matron Stakes (8.15), but the value play might be Lady Danae, who bolted up on debut at Saratoga before struggling in a minor Stakes race at Kentucky Downs.

That unique turf track can catch horses out, especially two-year-old sprinters, and she's fancied to return to winning ways from a nice draw in gate four.

The first of three Grade 1s at Keeneland is the $400,000 First Lady Stakes (9.44), in which Harvey's Lil Goilmust have a good chance of beating the European raiders under Junior Alvarado.

She was perhaps unfavoured by the switch to dirt last time and now returns to her favourite surface at a track where she recorded her biggest victory, which came at this meet last year. I like her recent Saratoga works.

Finally, there was little not to like about 's debut (broke well and drew clear in a good time) and although he has been drawn in the carpark in gate 13, he may just be too good for his opposition in the $500,000 Claibourne Futurity (10.15). His chance relies on a good break, though.

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