NY.bet picks for Race 2 at Belmont Park
- The 5-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
- Flavien Prat has won 32 of 150 rides (21%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Chad Brown is 35-for-140 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 61% of the time.
- By Twirling Candy out of Lipstick City.
- At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Javier Castellano has won 22 of 119 rides (18%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Linda Rice is 24-for-124 (19%) in New York, with horses in the money 50% of the time.
- By Maclean's Music out of Sevnteeneightysevn.
- A 20-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Jose Lezcano has won 21 of 177 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. is 6-for-46 (13%) in New York, with horses in the money 46% of the time.
- By Army Mule out of Tiz Atlantis.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Pay the Piper (5-2) won, paying $4.62 to win.
- Value play: Old Time Rocknroll (15-1) finished third.
- Longshot: Languid (20-1) missed the board.
Breaking down the Race 2 field
Pay the Piper is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, with Majority Interest (GB) next at 4-1. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Languid, so the board has real depth.
Chad Brown sends out 2 runners (Pay the Piper and Majority Interest (GB)), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.
Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 228 mounts.
Forecast: mostly sunny, high of 73°F.
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