VIDEO: How to play Belmont's $80,000+ Pick 6 carryover Thursday
In addition to the mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park, horseplayers also have an opportunity at carryover money in the Pick 6 at Belmont Park. Long-shot Vindatude in Sunday's finale meant that no winning tickets had all six winners, triggering more than $80,000 to be carried over to Thursday's card.
Handicapper Sara Elbadwi is joined by David Levitch, whose selections are available for multiple tracks on a weekly basis. He offers top picks, wagering strategies and multirace ticket ideas. Through Horse Racing Nation, interested bettors can find his handicapping strategies under the moniker of the Paddock Prince.
Levitch soon will have picks and analysis available for the Del Mar and Saratoga summer meets.
Levitch and Elbadwi agree that the sequence seems approachable at first glance. First-time starters appear most dangerous in the second leg. Races 6 and 8 seem fairly wide open. An agreed-upon single would be No. 7 Price Discipline in Race 7 for trainer Chad Brown and jockey Flavien Prat.
Here are the tickets they suggest: