Our Belmont Park Race 3 picks
- The 5-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
- Manuel Franco has won 32 of 157 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer D. Whitworth Beckman is 1-for-16 (6%) in New York, with horses in the money 31% of the time.
- By Quality Road out of Exotic Notion.
- At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Samuel Marin has won 13 of 93 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci is 5-for-48 (10%) in New York, with horses in the money 31% of the time.
- By Street Sense out of Collective.
- A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Jose Lezcano has won 11 of 104 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Linda Rice is 13-for-74 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
- By Omaha Beach out of Select Friday.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Hill Road (5-2) missed the board.
- Value play: Kinetic (15-1) won, paying $93.16 to win.
- Longshot: Secured Landing (12-1) finished second.
Breaking down the Race 3 field
Hill Road is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, with Dilger (IRE) next at 3-1. Prices stretch out to 15-1 on Kinetic, so the board has real depth.
Linda Rice sends out 2 runners (Secured Landing and Eliminate), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.
Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 26% wins from 94 mounts.
Forecast: rain likely, high of 71°F.
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