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If you’re hoping to use historical trends and data to pick a winner for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, you're out of luck. This year, everything about the final leg of the Triple Crown is different.
Due to a massive renovation project, the Belmont Stakes isn't being held at its traditional home at Belmont Park on Long Island.
This year, the Belmont has been moved three hours north to Saratoga Race Course. The surface is different, the turns are tighter and the oval is smaller. With Saratoga’s track configuration the Belmont distance has been reduced from 1 ½ miles to 1 ¼ miles, the same as the Kentucky Derby.
All that said, strategies and patterns that have proven successful in past Belmont races might not apply at all this year.
Despite these changes, Saturday’s race features an exciting lineup, including the winners of both the Derby and the Preakness, as well as the Derby runner-up.
Here are today's odds and positions, according to BetOnline.ag:
Top 3 Most Wagered (Bet Count)
1. Seize The Grey
2. Sierra Leone
3. Mystik Dan
Top 3 Most Wagered (Money)
1. Mystik Dan
2. Sierra Leone
3. Honor Marie
Top 3 Liabilities
1. Mystik Dan
2. Honor Marie
3. Next closest (Resilience) is 1/5 liability of Top 2
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