The Chad Brown-trained Serve the King will try to win his first career graded stakes race when he leaves the starting gate in the 2021 Red Smith Stakes on Saturday at Aqueduct. Bred in Great Britain, Serve the King has been installed as the 3-1 favorite in the 2021 Red Smith Stakes odds. The Jack Sisterson-trained Channel Cat is the 4-1 second choice in the 10-horse 2021 Red Smith Stakes field. Post time is 3:43 p.m. ET.

Before you make any Red Smith Stakes 2021 picks or bets, you NEED to see the latest picks from racing insider and Beyer Speed Figure maker Bob Weir. 

A Saratoga Springs-based racing insider and Beyer Speed Figure maker, Weir has studied the race and constructed his wagers in his analysis below. A two-time qualifier for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas, Weir has produced multiple five-figure days at the track over the years, including a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar in 2014. This year, he has been on fire. He hit the exacta in the Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Derby and Peter Pan Stakes, the trifecta in the Risen Star Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes and Pennsylvania Derby and the superfecta in the Belmont Stakes, with the Tampa Bay score returning $1,414. Those are just some of his scores in 2021.

Saturday's Red Smith Stakes 2021 is a Grade 2 race that will be run on the inner turf course at Aqueduct. The distance is 1 3/8 miles. The favorite, Serve the King, has four wins in 10 career starts and has improved with each start this year.

Serve the King likes to rally from the back of the pack, and that seems to be the preferred racing style of many horses in the race. That could benefit the expected early pacesetter Channel Cat, who could set an uncontested lead.

Now, Weir has handicapped the Red Smith 2021 field, made his picks and constructed his bets.

One surprise: Weir is completely tossing Channel Cat, even though he's the second choice on the morning line, at 4-1, and the expected early pacesetter. "The connections add blinkers to wake him up," Weir told SportsLine. "I have to pass." Weir prefers eight horses over Channel Cat and is not using him in any wagers. 

Weir's top pick is a long shot who "could be good value again." He also is high on an even bigger long shot who is "continuously overlooked." Weir is including these horses in his 2021 Red Smith Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any of your own!

What long shot wins the 2021 Red Smith? What even bigger long shot is a must-back? And how has Weir constructed his tickets?... Join SportsLine right now to get the top 2021 Red Smith picks and bets, all from the racing insider who has been on fire!