Our Belmont Park Race 5 picks
- Priced at 5-1 on the morning line.
- Manuel Franco has won 45 of 215 rides (21%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer George Weaver is 11-for-57 (19%) in New York, with horses in the money 40% of the time.
- By Audible out of Miss Sooner Girl.
- At 50-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Favinho Villa Pino has won 0 of 12 rides (0%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Roshan Samsundar is 3-for-12 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 25% of the time.
- By Battalion Runner out of Spring to Summer.
- A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Flavien Prat has won 28 of 133 rides (21%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Chad Brown is 31-for-126 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 58% of the time.
- By Into Mischief out of Lewis Bay.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Mortal Lock (5-1) missed the board.
- Value play: Trapping Hands (50-1) missed the board.
- Longshot: Cost Effective (10-1) finished third.
Belmont Park Race 5 analysis: pace, price and connections
Orgonite is the 4-1 morning-line favorite, with Mortal Lock next at 5-1. Prices stretch out to 50-1 on Trapping Hands, so the board has real depth.
Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 215 mounts.
The turf is listed as firm. Forecast: gradual clearing, high of 64°F.
1 horse has scratched, so check the live odds before you bet.
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