Belmont Park Race 2 Picks & Odds – Oct 21, 2026

Belmont Park Race 2 picks, odds and entries: claiming, 1 Mile dirt

Post 1:42 PM ET1 Mile · DirtPurse $44,000Claiming3 Year Olds And Up -999°F

Race 2 at Belmont Park goes to post at 1:42 PM ET on Wednesday: a 1 Mile claiming on the dirt for 8 runners and a $44,000 purse. Tough Street (6-5) heads our card, with Santagata (30-1) our value play. Odds update toward post, and results post here once the race is official.

Belmont Park Race 2 field and morning-line odds

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt
1	Heavenly LightCity of Light – Heavenly Score	5-2	Flavien PratT: Linda Rice	126 lb
2	Pens StreetStreet Sense – Scooter Bird	5-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Kinnon LaRose	124 lb
3	Pistol Liz AblazenDaredevil – Vision of Liz	12-1	Dalila RiveraT: Gustavo Rodriguez	124 lb
4	SantagataMastery – Luddite	30-1	Omar Hernandez MorenT: Chetram Bhigroog	124 lb
5	Tough StreetSpeightster – La Condesa	6-5	Manuel FrancoT: Linda Rice	124 lb
6	That's FunnyPractical Joke – That's Smart	15-1	Katie DavisT: Matthew Clarke	126 lb
7	Summer FlowerSummer Front – Phaleonopsis	8-1	Dylan DavisT: Michael Miceli	126 lb
8	Thirteen Red FlagsMaximus Mischief – Cove	10-1	Antonio FresuT: Amira Chichakly	124 lb

Horse (sire – dam)

M/L

Jockey / trainer

Heavenly LightCity of Light – Heavenly Score

5-2

Flavien PratT: Linda Rice

126 lb

Pens StreetStreet Sense – Scooter Bird

5-1

Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Kinnon LaRose

124 lb

Pistol Liz AblazenDaredevil – Vision of Liz

12-1

Dalila RiveraT: Gustavo Rodriguez

124 lb

SantagataMastery – Luddite

30-1

Omar Hernandez MorenT: Chetram Bhigroog

124 lb

Tough StreetSpeightster – La Condesa

6-5

Manuel FrancoT: Linda Rice

124 lb

That's FunnyPractical Joke – That's Smart

15-1

Katie DavisT: Matthew Clarke

126 lb

Summer FlowerSummer Front – Phaleonopsis

8-1

Dylan DavisT: Michael Miceli

126 lb

Thirteen Red FlagsMaximus Mischief – Cove

10-1

Antonio FresuT: Amira Chichakly

124 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.

Who we like in Belmont Park Race 2

Top pick5 Tough Street 6-5

The 6-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Manuel Franco has won 32 of 157 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Linda Rice is 13-for-74 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
By Speightster out of La Condesa.

Value play4 Santagata 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 Chetram Bhigroog.
By Mastery out of Luddite.

Longshot8 Thirteen Red Flags 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Antonio Fresu has won 11 of 102 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Amira Chichakly.
By Maximus Mischief out of Cove.

How Race 2 sets up

Tough Street is the 6-5 morning-line favorite, with Heavenly Light next at 5-2. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Santagata, so the board has real depth.

Linda Rice sends out 2 runners (Heavenly Light and Tough Street), 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: , high of -999°F.

How to bet Belmont Park Race 2

For a straight bet, Santagata is the price play at 30-1. To cover our top pick as well, a $1 exacta box of Tough Street and Santagata costs $2.

To chase a bigger payout, use Thirteen Red Flags (10-1) underneath in trifectas.

Morning-line odds are the track handicapper’s forecast, not the final price. Pari-mutuel odds move with the money until the gates open.

Where to bet Race 2 legally in NY

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