Belmont Stakes: Exotic wagers galore on Friday and Saturday cards
ELMONT, N.Y. - There are a bevy of multiple-race, multiple-day wagers on Friday and Saturday at Belmont Park.
There is a pick-6 with a minimum 20-cent wager that will include races run over two days. The wager consists of Friday’s True North and New York Stakes and Saturday’s Woody Stephens, Jaipur, Manhattan and Belmont Stakes. The takeout is 15 percent and the entire pool must be paid out.
There will be a pick-four with a $2 minimum bet that consists of Friday’s New York and Intercontinental and Saturday’s Manhattan and Belmont. The takeout is 24 percent.
There are five multiple-day daily double wagers. They are the New York-Metropolitan Mile; Belmont Gold Cup- Belmont Stakes; Metropolitan Mile-Belmont Stakes; Intercontinental-Ogden Phipps; and True North-Jaipur. The base wager on these doubles is $1 and the takeout is 18.5 percent.
There will be a $3 all-turf pick-3 that will be offered on Saturday’s Just a Game, Jaipur and Manhattan. The takeout is 19 percent.
The regular $1 pick-6 Saturday will be on races 6 through 11, ending with the Belmont.
There are three pick-5s on Saturday, beginning in races 1, 7 and 9. There are pick-4s beginning on races 2, 4, 8 and 10.