Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK - JUNE 06: Preakness winner Seize the Grey trains during a morning ...
[+] workout prior to the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on June 06, 2024 in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race was moved to Saratoga while Belmont Park undergoes renovations. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) The 156th running of the Belmont Stakes will be different at Saratoga, to say the least, and the shorter one-and-a-quarter mile length does seem as if it will help Preakness winner Seize the Grey and Derby winner Mystik Dan, both of whom have for the past couple of weeks been in residence at the Spa, along with the rather surprising top favorite Mindframe for tomorrow’s running.
It will remain an irony of this running of the Belmont that neither of the top two favorites — Sierra Leone and Mindframe, at 9-5 and 7-2, respectively, and breaking from neighboring stalls far outside in the gate — won this year’s Derby or Preakness. But because of the high estimation in which that pair are held at the track, it remains a strength of the race that the Derby and Preakness winners are also in the field. Good for racing, in other words, the more the merrier, and there is a sense that anything could happen.
But before we get into what Sierra Leone or Mindframe have to do to live up to their chances as seen by the NYRA oddsmakers, here’s the refresher on the post positions and the morning line. (.
