No stakes race at Belmont Park on Saturday instead there are 11 races

By NY Hot List staff | Friday, May 20, 2022

It is rare when there is not a Saturday stakes race at Belmont Park; instead this weekend there are 11 races. Of course, Saturday is also Preakness Day at Pimlico. That means that bettors will have plenty of wagering options.

At Belmont, 6 of the 11 races are scheduled for the turf and races 8 and 10 are part of the all-turf Cross Country Pick 5, which also includes three races from Churchill Downs.

Cross Country Pick 5 – Saturday, May 21:

Leg A: Churchill Downs – Race 6, maiden special weight (3:18 p.m. Eastern)

Leg B: Belmont Park – Race 8, maiden special weight (4:41 p.m.) 

Leg C: Churchill Downs – Race 9, maiden special weight (4:55 p.m.) 

Leg D: Belmont Park – Race 10, allowance (5:46 p.m.)

Leg E: Churchill Downs– Race 11, Grade 3 Louisville (5:58 p.m.)  

Here are the NY Hot List picks and analysis for the races at Belmont Park.

Belmont Park, Saturday, Race 8 – NY-bred maiden special weight, seven furlongs TURF.

(6) Feathers Road (C) will move back to the grass after a second on a muddy track at Aqueduct where he was bet down from 9-2 to 2-1. In 2021 he did get a place finish on the turf. (9) Dreampoint made a big improvement when he returned to the grass last time, had to steady in the stretch, and still finished fourth. (7) Built to Last also went back to the turf in a six-furlong race at Belmont Park and ran with Lasix for the first time. (10) Buckortwo took the winter off until grass racing came back in New York and looked like a horse that needed a race and will get back to contending for his maiden win after two seconds last year.

Belmont Park, Saturday, Race 10 – NY-bred allowance, six furlongs TURF.

(9) Deep Cover (B) ran well in both of his turf starts including his debut maiden win. Last month, he came back from a layoff, was hard held on the backstretch, and finished second at Aqueduct in a dead-heat with (10) Volkert who was also coming back from the winter off. He was second in his last two races at this level. (5) Cool Laoban comes back from a December layoff with Lasix for the first time and moves back to NY-bred competition. (6) Citizen K was a maiden winner last month at Belmont Park after taking the winter off.

The rest of the NY Hot List picks and the Special Saturday Pick 3 are available free of charge at this website.