Our Belmont Park Race 2 picks
- The 3-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
- Antonio Fresu has won 19 of 161 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Michael Miceli is 4-for-20 (20%) in New York, with horses in the money 60% of the time.
- By Good Samaritan out of Bargaining Table.
- At 12-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Ricardo Santana, Jr. has won 30 of 211 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Thomas Morley is 11-for-44 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 61% of the time.
- By Known Agenda out of Get Busy Living.
- A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Samuel Marin has won 20 of 147 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Horacio De Paz is 8-for-35 (23%) in New York, with horses in the money 54% of the time.
- By Mendelssohn out of In Denile.
How our picks did
- Top pick: Sammy C Note (3-1) missed the board.
- Value play: Ohonte's Own (12-1) finished third.
- Longshot: Final Denile (10-1) won, paying $15.16 to win.
Breaking down the Race 2 field
Sammy C Note is the 3-1 morning-line favorite, with Crescendo's Rein next at 9-2. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.
Among the riders, Javier Castellano has the best New York strike rate in our records: 16% wins from 105 mounts.
The turf is listed as firm. Forecast: increasing clouds, high of 68°F.
2 horses have scratched, so check the live odds before you bet.
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