Our Belmont Park Race 3 picks
- Priced at 9-2 on the morning line.
- Edgard Zayas has won 11 of 91 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Thomas Morley is 11-for-33 (33%) in New York, with horses in the money 64% of the time.
- By Vekoma out of Graceful Witch.
- At 8-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Joel Rosario has won 2 of 18 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer George Weaver is 6-for-33 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 39% of the time.
- By Tamarkuz out of Mudreqah.
- A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Junior Alvarado has won 3 of 30 rides (10%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Fernando Abreu is 1-for-14 (7%) in New York, with horses in the money 14% of the time.
- By Summer Front out of My Magic Moment.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Attfield (9-2) finished second.
- Value play: War Stride (8-1) missed the board.
- Longshot: Run Curtis Run (10-1) missed the board.
How Race 3 sets up
Candytown is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with Attfield next at 9-2. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on John Jay, so the board has real depth.
Among the riders, Ricardo Santana, Jr. has the best New York strike rate in our records: 14% wins from 154 mounts.
Forecast: rain, high of 73°F.
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