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

A Stephen Foster Stakes unlike any other will take place on Saturday when eight of the country's best older horses leave the starting gate in the 2023 Stephen Foster Stakes at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky. One of the country's most storied races for older horses, the Stephen Foster has traditionally been held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, but concerns over the safety of the dirt surface at Churchill forced the race to be moved to Ellis. The Ken McPeek-trained Smile Happy has been installed as the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the 2023 Stephen Foster Stakes odds. Post time for the $1 million race is 5:26 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 Stephen Foster Stakes 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 Stephen Foster Stakes 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 last week he crushed the Pick 4 at Belmont for $555. Those are just some of his scores this year.

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

One surprise: Weir's top pick is not Smile Happy, even though he is the 3-1 morning-line favorite. "He must prove that his last start wasn't a fluke," Weir told SportsLine.

Instead, Weir's top pick is a horse who will be one of the longer prices in the field and is "awfully dangerous." Weir is including this horse in his 2023 Stephen Foster Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see his picks before locking in any of your own.

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