The late pick four Sunday at Lone Star Park runs on races 7-10, and the sequence is comprised of maiden races – split between dirt and turf offerings. The fields are large as a rule, but the toughest leg to get through appears to be the first one. A group of seven evenly matched runners go in the maiden special weight at a mile. Here’s a look at the sequence that has a 50-cent minimum.
Let’s take a look at the $250,000-guaranteed pick three on the Belmont Stakes undercard.
Here's a look at the daily double wager offered Friday and Saturday at Belmont, comprising the True North and the Met Mile.
Exaggerator, the Preakness winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up, is clearly the most accomplished runner in the Belmont Stakes field, and for that reason he will be the heavy favorite. He also will be overbet and vulnerable stretching out to 1 1/2 miles, which makes him a horse I cannot select on top.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, June 11th, 2016 by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore
The Belmont Gold Cup/Belmont Stakes double is a tough wager to have much confidence in since we’re dealing with a 16-furlong turf race and a 12-furlong dirt race. Considering that neither of these races will be contested at a distance that is common here in the United States, a great deal of projecting needs to be done when trying to smoke out horses who are best suited to stay these marathon distances. Below I’ve laid out the horses I’m most interested in, along with the odds I believe would represent fair value on each runner.
Reviewing replays and trips can be a time-consuming, though often rewarding, experience – particularly in cases where the trouble goes unnoted in the charts. In preparation for the Belmont, I went through and examined the last-race trips of all the competitors. They follow below in post position order.
Here is a look at the five-race sequence in Saturday's pick five at Belmont Park, and my strategy for hitting it.
Yours truly has been tasked with writing about Saturday's all-stakes pick four at Belmont Park, the one that ends with the Belmont Stakes. And that's great. If I'm still breathing, I will play this sequence. Happily. With gusto.
Byron King's analysis for the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
