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This week in horse racing: Mo is my play at Belmont

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This week in horse racing: Mo is my play at Belmont

Rich Strike is the 80-1 outsider to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. The field includes Wood Memorial winner Mo Donegal, local Peter Pan victor We The People and Kentucky Oaks runner-up Nest. It will be up to jockey Sonny Leon to put Rich Strike closer to the pace than he was at Churchill Downs. Betmix database offers several handicapping pointers dating to 2013 season.

Belmont has active jockeys Flavien Prat (25%), Mike Smith (23%), Irad Ortiz Jr. (22%), Ricardo Santana Jr (21%), Joel Rosario (20%).

Belmont has active trainers of note: Wesley Ward (31%), Brad Cox (24%), Chad Brown (22%), Steve Asmussen (18%).

Belmont Stakes festival begins Thursday with a trio of stakes and includes four more on Friday before Saturday's grand finale. Gulfstream Park will have a pair of turf stakes Saturday. Golden Gate Fields will conclude its winter-spring season Sunday and go on hiatus until late summer. Sophomores who missed the cusp of the Belmont have chances Saturday in the Grade 3 Affirmed at Santa Anita and Sunday in Grade three Matt Winn at Churchill Downs. Royal Ascot begins its five-day run Tuesday through Saturday with simulcasting available at Xpressbet and 1/ST BET.

Mo is my play at Belmont Park this week. Friday's New York Stakes is a big one. Flavien Prat has the mount aboard last year's Prix de l’Opera winner Rougir.

Mo is my play at Belmont this week. Assael Espinoza, Kevin Navarro, Alex Cruz, Stewart Elliott and Irad Ortiz Jr. were America's hot jockeys last week, but they were beaten by the likes of Mo.

Mo is my play at Belmont this week. John Haran, Joel Berndt, Gary Johnson, Shane Wilson and Claudio Gonzalez were America's hot trainers last week, with good results.

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Belmont Stakes Santa Anita Rich Strike Belmont Park Mo Donegal Peter Pan We The People Churchill Downs Flavien Prat Irad Ortiz Jr Chad Brown Golden Gate Fields New York Stakes Prairie Meadows Evangeline Downs Emerald Downs Lone Star
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