2023 Belmont Oaks morning-line odds, picks, post time: Racing insider offers betting strategy for Saturday's race

The Graham Motion-trained Mission of Joy will try to become a Grade 1 winner when she leaves the starting gate in the 2023 Belmont Oaks on Saturday at Belmont Park outside New York City. A daughter of Kitten's Joy, Mission of Joy has four wins and one third in six career starts. She has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the Belmont Oaks odds. Papilio (4-1), Prerequisite (5-1) and Aspray (6-1) round out the top four choices in the nine-horse Belmont Oaks field. Post time is 4:43 p.m. ET.

With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what racing insider and Beyer Speed Figure maker Bob Weir has to say before making any Belmont Oaks picks.

A member of the Beyer Speed Figure-making team who is based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Weir is a two-time qualifier for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas. He has produced multiple five-figure days at the track over the years, including a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar in 2014. Join SportsLine here to see his 2023 Belmont Oaks picks.

Last year he was red-hot in the Triple Crown prep races, hitting the superfecta in the Blue Grass Stakes for $1,678 and exactas in the Fountain of Youth Stakes and Tampa Bay Derby. He also hit the 19-1 winner of the Man o' War Stakes, the trifecta in the Pegasus World Cup, the superfecta in the Met Mile and multiple Pick 4s.

In April of this year, he hit a Pick 4 at Gulfstream Park for $641, the exacta in the Florida Derby, a Pick 5 at Keeneland and the exacta in the Lexington Stakes. He smashed the trifecta in the Belmont Stakes for $532.96, and later in June he crushed the Pick 4 at Belmont for $555. Those are just some of his scores this year.

Now, Weir has handicapped the 2023 Belmont Oaks field, made his picks and constructed his bets. Join SportsLine here to get his top 2023 Belmont Oaks bets!

One surprise: Weir is high on Aspray, who is the fourth choice on the morning line, at 6-1. "We might not have seen the best of this one yet," Weir told SportsLine. He is including Aspray prominently in his wagers.

Moreover, Weir's top pick is a horse who "has done little wrong." He also is high on a double-digit longshot whose "price looks right." Weir is including these horses in his 2023 Belmont Oaks bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see his picks before locking in any of your own.

What horse will win the Belmont Oaks 2023? What double-digit longshot is a must-back? And how has Weir constructed his wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get the top 2023 Belmont Oaks picks, all from a top racing insider and member of the Beyer figure-making team who hit the Belmont Stakes trifecta!