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Belmont Park Race 6 results and payouts: 1 1/16 Miles turf starter optional claiming

Post 3:57 PM ET1 1/16 Miles · TurfPurse $75,000Starter Optional Claiming3 Year Olds And UpBecoming Sunny 75°F

Race 6 at Belmont Park is official. The 1 1/16 Miles turf starter optional claiming results, $2 payouts and exotic prices are below, along with how our picks fared.

Belmont Park Race 6 results and payouts

FinishHorseWinPlaceShow
19 HammerheadAntonio Fresu · T: Mertkan Kantarmaci$36.98$18.20$9.62
22 In the DarkRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Charlton Baker–$10.58$6.12
33 Hard CircleFlavien Prat · T: Michael Maker––$3.12

Time 1:38.97 · Track firm · Also ran: Final Denile, Edgerton, Vintage Vino, Debt Limit (FR), Outsource, Pineland, Back in the Saddle, English Law

Race 6 field: morning lines and order of finish

#Horse (sire – dam)M/LJockey / trainerWtFin
1EdgertonStreet Boss – Flashing8-1Samuel MarinT: Michael Stidham126 lb
2In the DarkAir Force Blue – She's Right Again6-1Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Charlton Baker126 lb2
3Hard CircleHard Spun – Fierce for Sul7-2Flavien PratT: Michael Maker126 lb3
4Debt Limit (FR)Wootton Bassett*GB – Silver Storm*Fr12-1Javier CastellanoT: Marcelo Arenas124 lb
5OutsourceHonor A. P. – Trade Agreement8-1Edgard ZayasT: Thomas Morley124 lb
6Final DenileMendelssohn – In Denile8-1Manuel FrancoT: Horacio De Paz126 lb
7Back in the SaddleOscar Performance – Little Nellie30-1Omar Hernandez MorenT: Chandradat Goberdhan126 lb
8PinelandCollected – Inheritance9-2Dylan DavisT: Richard Dutrow, Jr.124 lb
9HammerheadWar Front – Figarella's Queen10-1Antonio FresuT: Mertkan Kantarmaci124 lb1
10Vintage VinoVino Rosso – Molly O'Shea15-1Jose MorelosT: Mertkan Kantarmaci126 lb
11English LawEnglish Channel – Lawless Miss6-1Jose LezcanoT: Michael Miceli126 lb

M/L is the track handicapper’s morning line. Live tote odds replace it near post; results and $2 payouts appear once the race is official.

Our Belmont Park Race 6 picks

Top pick3 Hard Circle 7-2
  • 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.
  • Trainer Michael Maker is 1-for-27 (4%) in New York, with horses in the money 26% of the time.
  • By Hard Spun out of Fierce for Sul.
Value play7 Back in the Saddle 30-1
  • At 30-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
  • Omar Hernandez Moren has won 0 of 11 rides (0%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trained by Chandradat Goberdhan.
  • By Oscar Performance out of Little Nellie.
Longshot4 Debt Limit (FR) 12-1
  • 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.
  • Trained by Marcelo Arenas.
  • By Wootton Bassett*GB out of Silver Storm*Fr.

How our picks did

  • Top pick: Hard Circle (7-2) finished third.
  • Value play: Back in the Saddle (30-1) missed the board.
  • Longshot: Debt Limit (FR) (12-1) missed the board.

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: 26% wins from 94 mounts.

Forecast: becoming sunny, high of 75°F.

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