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Belmont Park Race 5: picks and morning-line odds for the 6 1/2 Furlongs inner turf maiden claiming

Post 2:41 PM ET6 1/2 Furlongs · Inner turfPurse $59,000Maiden Claiming3 Year Olds And UpPartly Sunny 62°F

Belmont Park Race 5 (2:41 PM ET) is a 6 1/2 Furlongs inner turf maiden claiming with 9 runners and a $59,000 purse. Eske Castle (IRE) (2-1) heads our card, with Klimt Master (50-1) our value play. Odds update toward post, and results post here once the race is official.

Belmont Park Race 5 field and morning-line odds

#Horse (sire – dam)M/LJockey / trainerWt
1Munny ProblemMunnings – Malibu Bonnie5-2Javier CastellanoT: Michael Trombetta124 lb
2OligarchLost Treasure*Ire – Misia Luisa30-1Pedro PenaT: John Pregman, Jr.121 lb
3Crowned Moment (GB)Kingman*GB – Klassique*GB20-1Christopher ElliottT: Ilkay Kantarmaci124 lb
4InstantlyNot This Time – Perhaps15-1Samuel MarinT: Ilkay Kantarmaci124 lb
5Frenchquarter NoteCity of Light – You Make Me Sing3-1Edgard ZayasT: George Weaver124 lb
6Turbo LaunchAuthentic – She's All Scat6-1Manuel FrancoT: Joe Sharp124 lb
7Eske Castle (IRE)No Nay Never – Toast of the Nile2-1Antonio FresuT: Wesley Ward124 lb
8BattleCurlin – A Z Warrior8-1Dylan DavisT: Danny Gargan124 lb
9Klimt MasterKlimt – Nightengale Miss50-1Favinho Villa PinoT: Eduardo Jones126 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 5

Top pick7 Eske Castle (IRE) 2-1
  • The 2-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
  • Antonio Fresu has won 19 of 166 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trained by Wesley Ward.
  • By No Nay Never out of Toast of the Nile.
Value play9 Klimt Master 50-1
  • 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 Eduardo Jones is 1-for-11 (9%) in New York, with horses in the money 18% of the time.
  • By Klimt out of Nightengale Miss.
Longshot4 Instantly 15-1
  • A 15-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
  • Samuel Marin has won 22 of 157 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci is 8-for-71 (11%) in New York, with horses in the money 37% of the time.
  • By Not This Time out of Perhaps.

Breaking down the Race 5 field

Eske Castle (IRE) is the 2-1 morning-line favorite, with Munny Problem next at 5-2. Prices stretch out to 50-1 on Klimt Master, so the board has real depth.

Ilkay Kantarmaci sends out 2 runners (Crowned Moment (GB) and Instantly), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 215 mounts.

Forecast: partly sunny, high of 62°F.

How to bet Belmont Park Race 5

For a straight bet, Klimt Master is the price play at 50-1. To cover our top pick as well, a $1 exacta box of Eske Castle (IRE) and Klimt Master costs $2.

To chase a bigger payout, use Instantly (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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