Stars & Stripes Festival 2016: Belmont Odds and Picks

Belmont Park has a loaded card for this Saturday’s Stars & Stripes Festival featuring six back to back graded stakes. The Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational and Belmont Oaks Invitational highlight the day, along with the Grade 2 Suburban Handicap for older horses. Check out Suburban Handicap 2016: Odds and Analysis from Zipse at the Track for picks.

Effinex, the Suburban morning line favorite, will be looking to rebound from his sixth place finish in the Stephen Foster Handicap. Second choice Mubtaahij will be making his first U.S. start since last year’s Belmont Stakes. Suburban post positions and morning line odds as seen on the HRN Stakes Tracker are below.

Catch a Glimpse looks to extend her win streak to eight as the Belmont Oaks favorite, but she will need to stretch out in distance to do so. European invader Ballydoyle is a close second choice.

The Belmont Derby has Aidan O’Brien’s two entries, Long Island Sound and Deauville, as the morning line favorites, but co-third choice Camelot Kitten will be looking for his third straight win.

Grade 3 Belmont Sprint Championship favorite Private Zone will be making his 2016 debut. He’ll be looking to redeem himself after a rank performance in the Cigar Mile, where he finished fifth. Anchor Down, runner up last time out in the Met Mile, is the second choice.

By Christine Oser