Belmont Park Race 5 Picks, Entries & Odds (Oct 21)

Belmont Park Race 5 picks, odds and entries: starter allowance, 6 Furlongs inner turf

Post 3:23 PM ET6 Furlongs · Inner turfPurse $65,000Starter Allowance3 Year Olds And Up -999°F

Belmont Park Race 5 (3:23 PM ET) is a 6 Furlongs inner turf starter allowance with 8 runners and a $65,000 purse. Our top pick is Joker On Fire at 9-5, with Peyton (30-1) our value play. The full field, odds and our reasoning are below.

Who’s running in Belmont Park Race 5

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt
1	Dancing BearWar Dancer – Off the Bourbon	8-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: James Lawrence II	126 lb
2	Royal BrowneBig Brown – Mom's Kisses	8-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Fernando Abreu	124 lb
3	B ProvocateurTake Charge Indy – Barrel of Joy	5-1	Antonio FresuT: Rudy Rodriguez	123 lb
4	Sir WaltaRedesdale – Classic Melody	3-1	Javier CastellanoT: David Duggan	123 lb
5	Joker On FirePractical Joke – Fire Assay	9-5	Jose LezcanoT: Bruce Levine	124 lb
6	RhytonKantharos – Unlimited Resource	7-2	Flavien PratT: Miguel Clement	124 lb
7	RacerxKantharos – Tweet Street	30-1	Luis Rivera, Jr.T: M. Ferraro	126 lb
8	PeytonHonest Mischief – Colorfull Seattle	30-1	Omar Hernandez MorenT: Domenick Schettino	126 lb

Horse (sire – dam)

M/L

Jockey / trainer

Dancing BearWar Dancer – Off the Bourbon

8-1

Kendrick CarmoucheT: James Lawrence II

126 lb

Royal BrowneBig Brown – Mom's Kisses

8-1

Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Fernando Abreu

124 lb

B ProvocateurTake Charge Indy – Barrel of Joy

5-1

Antonio FresuT: Rudy Rodriguez

123 lb

Sir WaltaRedesdale – Classic Melody

3-1

Javier CastellanoT: David Duggan

123 lb

Joker On FirePractical Joke – Fire Assay

9-5

Jose LezcanoT: Bruce Levine

124 lb

RhytonKantharos – Unlimited Resource

7-2

Flavien PratT: Miguel Clement

124 lb

RacerxKantharos – Tweet Street

30-1

Luis Rivera, Jr.T: M. Ferraro

126 lb

PeytonHonest Mischief – Colorfull Seattle

30-1

Omar Hernandez MorenT: Domenick Schettino

126 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.

NY.bet picks for Race 5 at Belmont Park

Top pick5 Joker On Fire 9-5

The 9-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Jose Lezcano has won 11 of 104 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Bruce Levine is 1-for-12 (8%) in New York, with horses in the money 50% of the time.
By Practical Joke out of Fire Assay.

Value play8 Peyton 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 Domenick Schettino.
By Honest Mischief out of Colorfull Seattle.

Longshot7 Racerx 30-1

A 30-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Luis Rivera, Jr. has won 0 of 32 rides (0%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer M. Ferraro is 9-for-55 (16%) in New York, with horses in the money 51% of the time.
By Kantharos out of Tweet Street.

Breaking down the Race 5 field

Joker On Fire is the 9-5 morning-line favorite, with Sir Walta next at 3-1. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Peyton, so the board has real depth.

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.

Race 5 betting strategy: where the value is

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

To chase a bigger payout, use Racerx (30-1) 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 5 legally in NY

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