NY.bet picks for Race 2 at Belmont Park
- Priced at 7-2 on the morning line.
- Manuel Franco has won 50 of 228 rides (22%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Claude McGaughey III is 10-for-33 (30%) in New York, with horses in the money 55% of the time.
- By American Pharoah out of Harley Girl.
- At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Javier Castellano has won 22 of 119 rides (18%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Orlando Noda is 3-for-11 (27%) in New York, with horses in the money 45% of the time.
- By Mind Control out of G. T. Sonia.
- A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Junior Alvarado has won 7 of 46 rides (15%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer George Weaver is 11-for-63 (17%) in New York, with horses in the money 41% of the time.
- By McKinzie out of Compulsion.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Davidson (7-2) won, paying $5.58 to win.
- Value play: Call Me Rosie (15-1) missed the board.
- Longshot: Luck Penny (12-1) missed the board.
Belmont Park Race 2 analysis: pace, price and connections
Winning Fashion is the 3-1 morning-line favorite, with Davidson next at 7-2. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Early and Often, so the board has real depth.
Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 228 mounts.
Forecast: mostly cloudy, high of 71°F.
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