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Blended Citizen winning the 2018 Belmont Stakes would pay out $1800 for every $100 bet or $180 for every $10 bet. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE
WHY BLENDED CITIZEN CAN WIN
He has dropped significantly in price due to the heavy early betting in Vegas and online. He opened at 28-1.
The Doug O'Neill-trained colt is looking to become the seventh winner of a local prep, the Peter Pan (G3), to also win the third leg of the Triple Crown series.
From Americas Best Racing:
In four races from Nov. 24, 2017, through March 17, 2018, Blended Citizen posted Equibase Speed Figures between 106 and 112 in two starts on grass and two on synthetic surfaces. Those figures indicated very clearly that he was graded stakes quality, but until he reached that level on dirt there was reasonable doubt that he belonged in a Triple Crown race.
Blended Citizen erased those doubts in the Peter Pan when he closed from fifth to take command in deep stretch before pulling away to a 1 ½-length win in the 1 1/8-mile dirt race. Not only did Blended Citizen add a victory in a dirt race to his résumé, he won a graded stakes on the track that would host the Belmont Stakes four weeks later while recording a 110 Equibase Speed Figure that was on par with his best races on grass or synthetic surfaces.
If Blended Citizen can duplicate that effort in the Belmont Stakes, he should be competitive with Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Preakness Stakes winner Justify, who earned a career-best 110 Equibase Speed Figure for the Derby and a 109 for the Preakness.
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- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
