Our Belmont Park Race 6 picks
- The 7-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
- Flavien Prat has won 31 of 144 rides (22%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Michael Maker is 1-for-42 (2%) in New York, with horses in the money 19% of the time.
- By Hard Spun out of Fierce for Sul.
- At 12-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Javier Castellano has won 21 of 116 rides (18%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Marcelo Arenas is 1-for-8 (13%) in New York, with horses in the money 38% of the time.
- By Wootton Bassett*GB out of Silver Storm*Fr.
- A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Antonio Fresu has won 19 of 171 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Mertkan Kantarmaci is 4-for-28 (14%) in New York, with horses in the money 46% of the time.
- By War Front out of Figarella's Queen.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Hard Circle (7-2) finished third.
- Value play: Debt Limit (FR) (12-1) missed the board.
- Longshot: Hammerhead (10-1) won, paying $36.98 to win.
Belmont Park Race 6 analysis: pace, price and connections
Hard Circle is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with Pineland next at 9-2. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Back in the Saddle, so the board has real depth.
Mertkan Kantarmaci sends out 2 runners (Hammerhead and Vintage Vino), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.
Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 144 mounts.
Forecast: becoming sunny, high of 75°F.
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