Flatter Pod: See hard-core handicappers analyze Belmont

By Ron Flatter
Photo: Eclipse Sportswire & HRN - edited composite

Deep analysis of every horse in Belmont Stakes 2025 is ready to hear now from the hard-core handicappers in their latest pop-up video episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod via the Horse Racing Nation YouTube channel.

HRN handicappers Mark Midland and Ed DeRosa are joined by DraftKings Sportsbook director Johnny Avello. They go through the entire field, 1 through 8, including Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and Preakness winner Journalism.

How will they play the two classic winners, and how short is too short to bet them to win or in exotics? How will the wise-guy status of Baeza or the presence of Bob Baffert with Rodríguez skew the odds? Who are the pretenders amid the contenders? Where is the value? How will the horses take to the track at Saratoga? The panel answers all those questions.

The audio version of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod via HRN is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.

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