Horse Race Betting Pick of the Day - Belmont Park Race 8

[Shame About Ray]

It’s crazy how things work in thoroughbred horse racing betting. The day after Edgar Prado takes the ride on Casino Drive in the 2008 Belmont Stakes, Big Brown’s trainer, Richard Dutrow, puts Edgar Prado onto one of the favorites in Race 8 at Belmont Park.

Even though the Dutrow/Prado horse isn’t my pick of the day, she certainly rates a very long look in this race.

Let’s get to it!

Belmont Park Race 8

$55,000 n1x Allowance

6 furlongs on the dirt

Loving Vindication - - 4/1 morning line

This daughter of Vindication broke her maiden in her second lifetime start. Then, in her last race, she caught a muddy field at Churchill Downs and ended up finishing off the board. That doesn’t bother me all that much. Loving Vindication is trained by Bobby Frankel and with the speed to her inside, I expect her to get a terrific trip right behind the Todd Pletcher, and morning line favorite, trained Tale of the West. Big Brown’s jockey, Kent Desormeaux, gets the call on her. She will make her presence felt in this race.


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