Author: Patrick Moquin

As Thursday cards go, this one was actually rather interesting, with a variety of different races all providing competitive fields. If anyone happens to find the time, I recommend they give it a look.

This card begins with some awful racing, but progressively improves throughout the day. After a chalky Saturday, many handicappers are still looking for that long shot to make their weekend, and there’s no better place to find one than in the cellar of New York racing.

Handicappers can celebrate the Fourth of July in style this year at Belmont with this stacked Saturday card. Every stakes race later in the day has its own narrative playing into season championships, and the names should become pretty familiar as this star-studded card progresses.

Tomorrow’s card at Belmont is the one most worth playing, but this is a fairly inoffensive card for hardcore handicappers to peruse on a long holiday weekend.

For many years now, July 3 has been a designated Belmont day on my calendar, and a fun one at that. Today, one of my friends and handicapping mentors celebrates his birthday, and like so many that read this blog, his idea of the perfect day is one spent playing the horses with his friends and family in the backyard at Belmont. Unfortunately, we’re unable to celebrate this year as we usually do, but if he’s watching at home, I’d like to wish him luck. Hopefully there are some jazzy selections that get him jumping, today and for many years hereafter. Let’s take a look at the card. read more

This card starts off like a typical Thursday card, but there are some races later in the day that I actually look forward to watching. This is the beginning of a very exciting holiday weekend at the races.

Usually, I write these introductions after I do all of my analysis. However, following the beating I’ve just taken on the Saturday card, I need to write before I begin handicapping, as a way to calm down.

This is an excellent Belmont card, with four graded stakes races making up for lost time during the early days of the pandemic. However, heavy rain is in the forecast all day in Elmont, and I’ve had to create contingencies in certain turf races that may get rained off. This shouldn’t affect the two turf stakes though, which include some of the best horses in the country.

This is an uneventful day of racing at Belmont, but the feature may just make the whole day worthwhile.

Thursdays are typically a slow day at Belmont. However, there’s no such thing as a bad day at the track, and some wide open races followed by an exciting feature may attract bettors and sportsmen alike.