Our Belmont Park Race 9 picks
- The 2-1 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 Not This Time out of Scauri.
- At 20-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Samuel Marin has won 22 of 166 rides (13%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer David Duggan is 2-for-16 (13%) in New York, with horses in the money 50% of the time.
- By Sky Mesa out of Danielle's Pride.
- A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Paco Lopez has won 7 of 43 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Claude McGaughey III is 9-for-31 (29%) in New York, with horses in the money 55% of the time.
- By Mendelssohn out of Splashy Kisses.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Counterintuitive (2-1) missed the board.
- Value play: Bobby M's Girl (20-1) missed the board.
- Longshot: Mid Summer (12-1) finished third.
How Race 9 sets up
Counterintuitive is the 2-1 morning-line favorite, with Nonconsecutivetrms next at 4-1. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Racing Colors, so the board has real depth.
Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 222 mounts.
Forecast: becoming sunny, high of 69°F.
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