The Triple Crown season comes to a close on Saturday at Saratoga as the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes will be renewed for the 156th time.
The race may be in a different place and at a different distance at 1 1/4 miles, but the Belmont lured 10 of the top 3-year-olds in training, including Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and Preakness Stakes victor Seize the Grey.
Post time for the Belmont, the 12th of 14 races on the program, is scheduled for 6:41 p.m. EDT. The race will be aired on Fox.
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We also have Super Screener picks and analysis for the Belmont as well as recent top speed figures for each contender. Odds were pari-mutuels from the win pool late Friday.
Belmont Stakes best speed figures
| Post | Horse | Odds | Beyer | TimeformUS | HRN |
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| 1 | Seize the Grey | 4-1 | 100 | 123 | 101 |
| 2 | Resilience | 12-1 | 90 | 113 | 97 |
| 3 | Mystik Dan | 6-1 | 101 | 118 | 104 |
| 4 | The Wine Steward | 15-1 | 92 | 118 | 98 |
| 5 | Antiquarian | 10-1 | 92 | 118 | 98 |
| 6 | Dornoch | 14-1 | 91 | 116 | 98 |
| 7 | Protective | 17-1 | 89 | 116 | 96 |
| 8 | Honor Marie | 12-1 | 96 | 113 | 96 |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 2-1 | 99 | 117 | 103 |
| 10 | Mindframe | 7-1 | 103 | 121 | 113 |
Looking at the pace
Seize the Grey does not figure to get an easy lead from his rail draw, with Dornoch and Mindframe projected to shadow him through fast fractions.
Race favorite Sierra Leone is expected to once again be among the back markers in the field early on.
Pace projector appears courtesy of TimeformUS.
HRN picks for the Belmont Stakes
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Ed DeRosa’s Belmont Stakes fair odds wonder how low Sierra Leone’s odds will go as the 9-5 morning-line favorite and discusses the merits of Derby winner Mystik Dan and Preakness winner Seize the Grey.
DeRosa also sized up the Met Mile fair odds and believes National Treasure will offer better value than White Abarrio. For more Met Mile analysis, check out Matt Shifman’s Met Mile picks.
Shifman’s Belmont Stakes analysis favors Mindframe, the promising Todd Pletcher colt that makes his stakes debut in the final leg of the Triple Crown. Speaking of Pletcher, Tom Pedulla caught up with the four-time Belmont Stakes-winning trainer to discuss the chances of all three of his charges in this race.
Padraic Manocchio sized up the Belmont Stakes field from first to last, and one of his Top 3 choices may surprise you.
New York Racing Association TV analyst Andy Serling joined the Ron Flatter Racing Pod to discuss the Belmont at Saratoga Saturday card.
Here’s the field for the Belmont Stakes:
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start / Next Start | HRN |
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7.87 | 8-1 | ||
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Resilience Into Mischief |
7.46 | 10-1 | ||
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Mystik Dan Goldencents |
7.90 | 5-1 | ||
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The Wine Steward Vino Rosso |
6.35 | 15-1 | ||
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Antiquarian Preservationist |
6.45 | 12-1 | ||
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Dornoch Good Magic |
7.17 | 15-1 | ||
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Protective Medaglia d’Oro |
0.00 | 20-1 | ||
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Honor Marie Honor Code |
6.80 | 10-1 | ||
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Sierra Leone Gun Runner |
7.90 | 9-5 | ||
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Mindframe Constitution |
6.87 | 7-2 | ||
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