Pennine Ridge Stakes, Picks, Best Bets (Belmont Park)

Chad Brown's 3-year-olds Unanimous Consent and Napoleonic War are the favorites in Saturday's Grade 2 Pennine Ridge at Belmont Park. Unanimous Consent is unbeaten in three starts and won the Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct six weeks ago. Napolesonic war had previously won a maiden race at Monmouth Park last year and an allowance race in February.

Unanimous Consent has won two races so far in 2022. He is the top pick for the Pennine Ridge Stakes at Belmont Park. He won his debut race last September at Monmouth Park and has since won allowance races at Tampa Bay Downs and the Woodhaven Stake at Aqueduct.

Napoleonic War is the second horse from the Brown barn. He has run three nice races on the turf to begin his career. Last time he won over a solid allowance field at Belmont Park by a nose.

Emmanuel is the top pick for Pennine Ridge Stakes. He won two races for trainer Todd Pletcher. Emmanuel has the pedigree to succeed. He finished fourth in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and third in Grade 1 Blue Grass.

Elizar is a French import who has only run one time on an all-weather surface at Chantilly last fall. Now he makes his first start in the U.S. after a significant layoff and tries turf for the first time.

Trainer Shug McGaughey brings this son of Kitten's Joy back to Belmont Park. He got his 3-year-old season off to a nice start with a late running win at Keeneland in a solid allowance field.

Daunt finished sixth behind Napoleonic War last time in a Belmont allowance race. Last year, he won once in three starts and that victory came in Bel Mont's maiden race, but he's a longshot here.

Gilded Age will only run if the race is switched to the main track. The weather is good on Saturday.