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Belmont Park Race 7: picks and morning-line odds for the 1 1/8 Miles inner turf claiming

Post 3:43 PM ET1 1/8 Miles · Inner turfPurse $58,000Claiming3 Year Olds And UpRain Showers 71°F

Belmont Park Race 7 (3:43 PM ET) is a 1 1/8 Miles inner turf claiming with 9 runners and a $58,000 purse. Ice Chocolat (BRZ) (8-5) heads our card, with Life and Light (20-1) our value play. Odds update toward post, and results post here once the race is official.

Belmont Park Race 7 field and morning-line odds

#Horse (sire – dam)M/LJockey / trainerWt
1Polar Bear PlungeEnglish Channel – Let It Snow15-1Heman HarkieT: Norman Follett126 lb
2Clear ConscienceBlame – Blank Slate6-1Edgard ZayasT: Ilkay Kantarmaci124 lb
3Late CallDialed In – Swift Girl8-1Luis Rivera, Jr.T: Ilkay Kantarmaci124 lb
4American GrantCommissioner – American Prayer15-1Dylan DavisT: Bruce Brown124 lb
5Life and LightPeace and Justice – Movie Starlet20-1Pedro PenaT: Edmund Pringle121 lb
6Classic CreationClassic Empire – Our Pure Creation5-1Antonio FresuT: John Terranova II124 lb
7Relampago VerdeBolt d'Oro – Colina Verde*Brz5-1Samuel MarinT: Horacio De Paz126 lb
8Ice Chocolat (BRZ)Goldikovic*Ire – Amor Chocolat*Brz8-5Javier CastellanoT: Mertkan Kantarmaci126 lb
9Belouni (FR)Fast Company*Ire – Vienna View*GB6-1Kendrick CarmoucheT: Michael Maker124 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 7 at Belmont Park

Top pick8 Ice Chocolat (BRZ) 8-5
  • The 8-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
  • Javier Castellano has won 17 of 105 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trainer Mertkan Kantarmaci is 3-for-24 (13%) in New York, with horses in the money 46% of the time.
  • By Goldikovic*Ire out of Amor Chocolat*Brz.
Value play5 Life and Light 20-1
  • At 20-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
  • Pedro Pena has won 3 of 42 rides (7%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trained by Edmund Pringle.
  • By Peace and Justice out of Movie Starlet.
Longshot1 Polar Bear Plunge 15-1
  • A 15-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
  • Heman Harkie has won 1 of 11 rides (9%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trained by Norman Follett.
  • By English Channel out of Let It Snow.

Breaking down the Race 7 field

Ice Chocolat (BRZ) is the 8-5 morning-line favorite, with Classic Creation next at 5-1. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Life and Light, so the board has real depth.

Ilkay Kantarmaci sends out 2 runners (Clear Conscience and Late Call), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Edgard Zayas has the best New York strike rate in our records: 16% wins from 130 mounts.

Forecast: rain showers, high of 71°F.

Race 7 betting strategy: where the value is

For a straight bet, Life and Light is the price play at 20-1. To cover our top pick as well, a $1 exacta box of Ice Chocolat (BRZ) and Life and Light costs $2.

To chase a bigger payout, use Polar Bear Plunge (15-1) 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.

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