Experts’ Belmont Stakes undercard picks
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June 6, 2026
Today’s Belmont Stakes undercard features six other graded stakes, five of them Grade 1 events.
We asked our experts for their assessment. Here’s how they see the races.
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GRADE 1 JUST A GAME
- Fillies and mares
- 1 mile on turf
| Joseph Aiello | Gary Quill | Nick Hahn | Derby Bill Watson | Emily Fewster | Eric Rubin | |
| Win | 3. Segesta | 1. Classic Q | 3. Segesta | 3. Segesta | 3. Segesta | 4. Mandanaba |
| Place | 4. Mandanaba | 3. Segesta | 5. And One More Time | 4. Mandanaba | 8. Deep Satin | 2. Sandtrap |
| Show | 5. And One More Time | 8. Deep Satin | 1. Classic Q | 1. Classic Q | 4. Mandanaba | 3. Segesta |
GRADE 3 TRUE NORTH
- 4yo and up
- 6 1/2 furlongs
| Joseph Aiello | Gary Quill | Nick Hahn | Derby Bill Watson | Emily Fewster | Eric Rubin | |
| Win | 6. Book’em Danno | 3. Bentornato | 6. Book’em Danno | 6. Book’em Danno | 2. Imagination | 2. Imagination |
| Place | 3. Bentornato | 6. Book’em Danno | 2. Imagination | 2. Imagination | 6. Book’em Danno | 3. Bentornato |
| Show | 2. Imagination | 2. Imagination | 8. Illuminare | 5. Faust | 3. Bentornato | 6. Book’em Danno |
GRADE 1 JAIPUR
- 3yo and up
- 5 1/2 furlongs on turf
| Joseph Aiello | Gary Quill | Nick Hahn | Derby Bill Watson | Emily Fewster | Eric Rubin | |
| Win | 10. My Boy Prince | 8. John the Beer Man | 10. My Boy Prince | 10. My Boy Prince | 3. Litigation | 9. Twenty Six Black |
| Place | 6. Ag Bullet | 4. Works for Me | 9. Twenty Six Black | 9. Twenty Six Black | 5. Reef Runner | 5. Reef Runner |
| Show | 9. Twenty Six Black | 6. Ag Bullet | 3. Litigation | 1. Governor Sam | 6. Ag Bullet | 10. My Boy Prince |
GRADE 1 WOODY STEPHENS
- 3yo
- 7 furlongs
| Joseph Aiello | Gary Quill | Nick Hahn | Derby Bill Watson | Emily Fewster | Eric Rubin | |
| Win | 7. Englishman | 6. Crude Velocity | 7. Englishman | 6. Crude Velocity | 2. Obliteration | 6. Crude Velocity |
| Place | 6. Crude Velocity | 7. Englishman | 6. Crude Velocity | 5. Solitude Dude | 6. Crude Velocity | 7. Englishman |
| Show | 5. Solitude Dude | 2. Obliteration | 2. Obliteration | 9. Taj Mahal | 7. Englishman | 1. Gilded Bandit |
GRADE 1 METROPOLITAN
- 3yo and up
- 1 mile
| Joseph Aiello | Gary Quill | Nick Hahn | Derby Bill Watson | Emily Fewster | Eric Rubin | |
| Win | 6. Knightsbridge | 2. Vibe | 3. Antiquarian | 4. Saudi Crown | 1. Nysos | 5. Rated by Merit |
| Place | 1. Nysos | 1. Nysos | 7. Journalism | 7. Journalism | 7. Journalism | 4. Saudi Crown |
| Show | 7. Journalism | 7. Journalism | 1. Nysos | 1. Nysos | 5. Rated by Merit | 7. Journalism |
GRADE 1 MANHATTAN
- 4yo and up
- 1 3/16 miles on turf
| Joseph Aiello | Gary Quill | Nick Hahn | Derby Bill Watson | Emily Fewster | Eric Rubin | |
| Win | 7. Rhetorical | 4. Integration | 5. Deterministic | 5. Deterministic | 6. Bright Picture | 6. Bright Picture |
| Place | 6. Bright Picture | 2. Test Score | 7. Rhetorical | 8. One Stripe | 7. Rhetorical | 2. Test Score |
| Show | 8. One Stripe | 5. Deterministic | 2. Test Score | 9. Battle of Normandy | 5. Deterministic | 8. One Stripe |
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