Belmont Park's Empire 6 is a mandatory-payout on Saturday and features a carryover of $426,806, providing the potential for a HUGE score. The six-race sequence begins with Race 6 at 3:03 p.m. ET and ends with Race 11. Before you make any picks, you NEED to see the picks from racing insider and accomplished horseplayer Bob Weir.

Based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Weir has been handicapping and following horse racing since reading Andy Beyer's landmark handicapping book "Picking Winners" in the late 1980s. Weir is highly invested in the Beyer Speed Figure, a number assigned to every race run by a horse that measures how fast the horse ran. He uses the figure as the backbone of his handicapping. In fact, thanks to his proficiency with speed figures and top-tier handicapping, he landed one of just eight spots on Beyer's figure-making team in 2017, a position he holds to this day.

Weir's methodology has produced multiple five-figure days. In 2014, he hit a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar. The following year, he nailed a $31,000 Pick 6 at Gulfstream Park. In 2016 and 2017, Weir qualified for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas. 

And this year, his first for SportsLine, Weir has been on fire. In January he crushed the Pegasus World Cup, giving out an $8 exacta and a $1 trifecta, winning $757.60. On June 13 Weir hit a $2 superfecta in the Ogden Phipps Stakes that paid a whopping $1,039. He nailed the exacta and trifecta in the Forego Stakes in August for $1,134.50. And he hit the late Pick 4 at Belmont Park on June 18, June 19, June 25, July 2 and July 5 with the June 25 score returning a whopping $2,159.50. Those are just some of his hits this year.

Anyone who has followed Weir this year is WAY UP.

Now, Weir has handicapped the Empire 6 at Saratoga for Saturday, made his picks and constructed his tickets.

We can tell you that Weir is high on Newbomb, the 8-5 favorite in Race 6, the opening leg of the Empire 6. "There are some interesting first-time starters in here, but this is clearly the horse to beat with any improvement," Weir tells SportsLine. Newbomb is Weir's top pick in Race 6 and a single A horse on his Empire 6 tickets. 

In addition, Weir is high on a double-digit long shot on Saturday! Weir says this horse is "eligible to improve" and could light up the toteboard and spice up the Empire 6. You NEED to see Weir's analysis before making any Empire 6 picks!

What Empire 6 picks should you make for a huge payday? And which double-digit long shot is a must-back? ... Join SportsLine now to get Empire 6 selections at Belmont for Saturday, all from the racing insider who is on fire this year!