2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes predictions, odds, post time, lineup: Surprising picks from horse racing insider

Several of the country's top three-year-old fillies will square off Friday when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes field is led by the undefeated Faiza, who is looking to improve to a perfect 6-for-6 in her career. She is the 7-5 favorite in the 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes odds. Merlazza, who has three wins in four career starts, is the 6-1 second choice in the 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes field. Balpool (8-1), Sacred Wish (10-1), and Hoosier Philly (10-1) round out the top five 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes horses, according to oddsmakers.

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. 

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, including May 14's at Belmont for $1,851. 

Last month, he hit the late Pick 4 at Gulfstream Park and the exacta in the Florida Derby. Five weeks ago, he nailed the Pick 5 at Keeneland and the exacta in the Lexington Stakes. Anyone who has followed him is way up.

For Friday, he has handicapped the 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes lineup, made his picks and constructed his bets. You can head to SportsLine now to see them.

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One surprise: Weir is high on Sacred Wish, even though she is a 10-1 longshot. A 10-1 longshot on the morning line, Sacred Wish has made just three career starts. She broke her maiden in her second start, winning a six-furlong sprint by four lengths, before rallying for a runner-up finish in the Gulfstream Park Oaks.

Weir was impressed with that Gulfstream Park performance considering it was her first time going beyond six furlongs, first time around two turns and first time facing winners. "I'm expecting a better effort in her second start routing," Weir told SportsLine. "Upset chance." Weir is including Sacred Wish in his 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes bets. You can see all of Weir's 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes picks at SportsLine. 

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Weir is also high on a big double-digit longshot who is coming off "her best race yet." Weir is only sharing his full analysis and which horses to back at SportsLine.

So who wins the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes 2023, and what big double-digit longshot is a must-back? Check out the latest Black-Eyed Susan Stakes odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Weir's picks for the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, all from the speed figure-making insider, and find out.