PODCAST: HANDICAPPING THE BELMONT STAKES

Tiz the Law
Tiz the Law dominated the 2020 Belmont Stakes. Photo by Chelsea Durand, NYRA.
  • userDerby Bill Watson
  • dateJune 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.

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 WATSONNICK 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
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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