Horse racing's 2024 Triple Crown season concludes on Saturday when 10 horses leave the starting gate in the 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Kentucky Derby runner-up Sierra Leone is the 9-5 favorite in the 2024 Belmont Stakes odds. The undefeated Mindframe is the 7-2 second choice among the ten 2024 Belmont Stakes horses, followed by Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (5-1) and Preakness winner Seize the Grey (8-1). Post time is 6:41 p.m. ET. The latest 2024 Belmont Stakes weather forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies and temperatures around 70 all day.
With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2024 Belmont Stakes picks. Join SportsLine here to see whom she's picking!
Few people in racing are as well-connected as Yu. An on-air host and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders' Cup, Yu has spent a lifetime in racing. Prior to her television career, she worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She also is married to Santa Anita-based trainer Ryan Hanson.
Yu also has tremendous handicapping chops. In a wide-open Kentucky Derby in 2021, she gave out Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first, as the winner at 12-1. In Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager two years ago, she suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, which cashed at a whopping 18-1 when Rich Strike won the Derby.
She enters this year's Belmont Stakes on a roll. She correctly called National Treasure to win the Pegasus World Cup. In the last two months, she predicted Stronghold's upset win in the Santa Anita Derby, en route to a $219.50 payday, and smashed the exacta in the Apple Blossom Handicap as part of a $410 score.
For the 2024 Belmont Stakes, Yu has made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!
One surprise: Yu is fading Seize the Grey, even though he is coming off a win in the Preakness Stakes. "I didn't think Seize the Grey could win the Preakness, so it's hard for me to pick him to win the Belmont stretching out in distance," Yu told SportsLine.
Instead, Yu's top pick is a horse who is "has been training forwardly." She also loves a double-digit longshot who is a strong longshot play! You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own!
So who wins the Belmont Stakes? What double-digit longshot is a must-play? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2024 Belmont Stakes picks, all from the racing insider who has been RED-HOT all year!
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