PODCAST: HANDICAPPING THE BELMONT STAKES
Derby Bill Watson- June 4, 2021
Saturday, June 5 brings us the 153rd running of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in racing’s Triple Crown. Upsets have been the order of the day in both the Kentucky Derby (Medina Spirit at 12-1) and Preakness Stakes (Rombauer at 11-1). Will that continue in the Belmont?
Handicappers Nick Hahn and Derby Bill Watson join us to try to figure it out.
- Dream On scores in G3 Penn MileWeather delayed it and scratches damaged it, but Dream On thrived in the G3 Penn Mile all the same, winning by a length Friday at Penn National.
There’ll be no Medina Spirit in the Belmont, and though Rombauer will be in action, he’d be no surprise this time. He’s the 3-1 second choice, behind 2-1 Essential Quality, on the morning line. Those two are among five horses, of eight entered, with morning line odds of 6-1 or less. Will it be one of them, or will it be an outsider.
See what our ‘cappers have to say!
| DERBY BILL WATSON | NICK HAHN | |
| 1. | 2 – Essential Quality (2-1) | 4 – Hot Rod Charlie (7-2) |
| 2. | 3 – Rombauer (3-1) | 6 – Known Agenda (6-1) |
| 3. | 1 – Bourbonic (15-1) | 7 – Rock Your World (9-2) |
| 4. | 4 – Hot Rod Charlie (7-2) | 2 – Essential Quality (2-1) |
Music at the beginning is:
Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4071-monkeys-spinning-monkeys
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music at the end is:
Guts and Bourbon Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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