Our Belmont Park Race 9 picks
- The 7-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
- Manuel Franco has won 47 of 222 rides (21%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Chad Brown is 34-for-135 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 59% of the time.
- By Caravaggio out of Anything Goes.
- At 50-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Reylu Gutierrez has won 14 of 86 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trained by Edmund Pringle.
- By Central Banker out of Dawn Lightning.
- A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Flavien Prat has won 31 of 144 rides (22%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. is 6-for-45 (13%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
- By Solomini out of Peeress.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Maria Callas (7-2) won, paying $8.90 to win.
- Value play: Amy's Light (50-1) missed the board.
- Longshot: Garden of Grace (12-1) missed the board.
How Race 9 sets up
Maria Callas is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with Neshika next at 4-1. Prices stretch out to 50-1 on Amy's Light, so the board has real depth.
Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 144 mounts.
Forecast: mostly cloudy, high of 71°F.
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