Our Belmont Park Race 3 picks
- Priced at 9-2 on the morning line.
- Edgard Zayas has won 23 of 147 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Thomas Morley is 12-for-49 (24%) in New York, with horses in the money 59% of the time.
- By Vekoma out of Graceful Witch.
- At 10-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Junior Alvarado has won 7 of 46 rides (15%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Fernando Abreu is 2-for-21 (10%) in New York, with horses in the money 19% of the time.
- By Summer Front out of My Magic Moment.
- A 20-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Luis Rivera, Jr. has won 2 of 56 rides (4%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trained by Patrick McBurney.
- By Hard Spun out of Taper This.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Attfield (9-2) finished second.
- Value play: Run Curtis Run (10-1) missed the board.
- Longshot: John Jay (20-1) 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, Edgard Zayas has the best New York strike rate in our records: 16% wins from 147 mounts.
Forecast: rain, high of 73°F.
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