Belmont Park Race 3 Picks, Entries & Odds (Nov 8)

Belmont Park Race 3: picks and morning-line odds for the 1 1/16 Miles turf maiden special weight

Post 1:40 PM ET1 1/16 Miles · TurfPurse $100,000Maiden Special Weight3 Year Olds And UpPartly Sunny 62°F

7 horses line up for Race 3 at Belmont Park, a maiden special weight over 1 1/16 Miles of turf and a $100,000 purse. Post time is 1:40 PM ET. Our top pick is Hypnotica at 5-2, with Flying Hawley (8-1) our value play. The full field, odds and our reasoning are below.

Belmont Park Race 3 field and morning-line odds

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt
1	HypnoticaCharlatan – Samantha Nicole	5-2	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	123 lb
2	YurakTapit – Yawkey Way	8-1	Jose LezcanoT: Danny Gargan	123 lb
3	Runyon CanyonCity of Light – Hiking	9-2	Antonio FresuT: Neil Drysdale	126 lb
4	CandidlyMedaglia d'Oro – Bernin Midnight	7-2	Manuel FrancoT: Chad Brown	123 lb
5	FriendshipandloveCharlatan – Search and Seizure	5-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Saffie Joseph, Jr.	123 lb
6	Ifweonlyhavelove (FR)Recoletos*Fr – Sign of Life	4-1	Javier CastellanoT: Miguel Clement	123 lb
7	Flying HawleyCurlin – Vault	8-1	Edgard ZayasT: Claude McGaughey III	123 lb

Horse (sire – dam)

M/L

Jockey / trainer

HypnoticaCharlatan – Samantha Nicole

5-2

Flavien PratT: Chad Brown

123 lb

YurakTapit – Yawkey Way

8-1

Jose LezcanoT: Danny Gargan

123 lb

Runyon CanyonCity of Light – Hiking

9-2

Antonio FresuT: Neil Drysdale

126 lb

CandidlyMedaglia d'Oro – Bernin Midnight

7-2

Manuel FrancoT: Chad Brown

123 lb

FriendshipandloveCharlatan – Search and Seizure

5-1

Kendrick CarmoucheT: Saffie Joseph, Jr.

123 lb

Ifweonlyhavelove (FR)Recoletos*Fr – Sign of Life

4-1

Javier CastellanoT: Miguel Clement

123 lb

Flying HawleyCurlin – Vault

8-1

Edgard ZayasT: Claude McGaughey III

123 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 3

Top pick1 Hypnotica 5-2

The 5-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Flavien Prat has won 30 of 138 rides (22%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Chad Brown is 34-for-132 (26%) in New York, with horses in the money 58% of the time.
By Charlatan out of Samantha Nicole.

Value play7 Flying Hawley 8-1

At 8-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Edgard Zayas has won 22 of 141 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Claude McGaughey III is 9-for-30 (30%) in New York, with horses in the money 57% of the time.
By Curlin out of Vault.

How Race 3 sets up

Hypnotica is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, with Candidly next at 7-2. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.

Chad Brown sends out 2 runners (Hypnotica and Candidly), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 138 mounts.

Forecast: partly sunny, high of 62°F.

Best betting value in Race 3

For a straight bet, Flying Hawley is the price play at 8-1. To cover our top pick as well, a $1 exacta box of Hypnotica and Flying Hawley costs $2.

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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