Our Belmont Park Race 3 picks
- The 7-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
- Flavien Prat has won 24 of 94 rides (26%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trained by Robert Ribaudo.
- By Get Stormy out of Birthday Gift.
- At 10-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Edgard Zayas has won 11 of 91 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trained by Tareq Moubarak.
- By Goldencents out of Mascotte.
- A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Javier Castellano has won 12 of 75 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer David Duggan is 1-for-10 (10%) in New York, with horses in the money 60% of the time.
- By Big Brown out of Ducasa.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Stormy Birthday (7-2) missed the board.
- Value play: Three Mile Gold (10-1) won, paying $20.86 to win.
- Longshot: Van Vollenhoven (12-1) finished second.
Belmont Park Race 3 analysis: pace, price and connections
Stormy Birthday is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with True Legend next at 9-2. Prices stretch out to 15-1 on Manor Park, so the board has real depth.
Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 26% wins from 94 mounts.
Forecast: mostly cloudy, high of 75°F.
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