Belmont Stakes Festival full card from Saratoga for Thursday (6-6-24)
By Jarrod Horak
SAR Weather: Thunderstorms (90% chance). High 79.
SAR Best Bets (races 3, 9) – SAR Price Play (race 6)
SAR Rolling Double, Pick 3, Grand Slam, Pick 4, Pick 5, and Pick 6 tickets included in below
SAR Full Card Highlights for Thursday (6-6-24)
SAR 3 CALDO CANDY (SAR Best Bet #1, $7.00)
Double (races 2-3, $98.00)
SAR 4 ALMOSTGONE ROCKET ($3.00), Exacta ($9.30), Trifecta ($14.20), Superfecta ($21.00)
Double (races 3-4, $10.20)
Pick 3 (races 2-4, $168.00)
Double (races 4-5, $13.40)
Pick 3 (races 3-5, $97.60)
Pick 4 (races 2-5, $874.00)
Pick 3 (races 4-6, $19.20)
SAR 7 WAYS AND MEANS ($2.40)
Double (races 6-7, $3.80)
Pick 3 (races 5-7, $19.60)
Pick 4 (races 4-7, $35.00)
Pick 5 (races 3-7, $142.00)
Scratches and Changes for June 6 (11:10am EDT):
Race 1 – Scratch #11-16
Race 2 – #5 – rider Prat
Race 3 – #9
Race 4 – #1, 2, 7
Race 5 – No changes
Race 6 – #8 – rider Romero Maragh, #9
Race 7 – #2, 8
Race 8 – #4
Race 9 – #6, 9, #1 rider Castellano, #2 – rider Rosario
Race 10 – #5, 8, 13
June 6 Updated Tickets (first post 12:50pm EDT):
SAR 1 (Mcl-40k, 8.5f inner turf)
Primary – #2 MIGHTY GLORY, #6 Bookworm
Secondary – #1 Hours in a Day, #10 Dangerous Driver
Wagers: #2 to win, Exacta box 2-6, Trifecta 2-6/1-2-6-10/1-2-6-10
50 cent Early Pick 5 (races 1-5): 1-2-6-10/5-7/2-3-5-7/5/1-6-10 ($48)
SAR 2 (Tremont, 5.5f)
Primary – #5 THREE ECHOES, #7 Touchy
Secondary – #1 Studlydoright, #6 Shoot the Nickel, #8 Classic of Course
Wagers: #5 to win, Exacta box 5-7, Trifecta 5-7/1-5-6-7-8/1-5-6-7-8
50 cent Early Pick 4 (races 2-5): 5/2-3-5-7/5/1-6-9-10-11 ($10)
50 cent Early Pick 4 (races 2-5): 1-5-6-7-8/2/5/1-6-9-10-11 ($12.50)
50 cent Early Pick 4 (races 2-5): 1-5-6-7-8/2-3-5-7/5/10 ($10)
SAR 3 (Alw-1x, NY-bred, 7f) – SAR Best Bet
Primary – #2 CALDO CANDY, #3 Brick Ambush
Secondary – #5 Silver Satin, #7 Land d’Oro
Wagers: #2 to win, Exacta 2/3-5-7, Exacta 3-5-7/2
50 cent Mandatory Payout Pick 5 (races 3-7): 2-3-5-7/5/1-6-9-10-11/1-3-5//7 ($30)
SAR 4 (Jersey Girl, 6f)
Primary – #5 ALMOSTGONE ROCKET
Secondary – #8 Gray Lightning, #3 Becky’s Joker, #4 Manama Gold
Wagers: Exacta box 4-5, Trifecta key 5/4-8, Superfecta key 5/3-4-8
50 cent Pick 4 (races 4-7): 5/1-6-9-10-11/1-3-5/7 ($7.50)
50 cent Pick 4 (races 4-7): 5/1-6-9-10-11/1-5/1-4-6-7 ($20)
50 cent Pick 4 (races 4-7): 3-4-5-8/1-6-9-10-11/1-5/7 ($20)
SAR 5 (MSW, NY-bred, 5.5T)
Primary – #10 ARIANA RYE, #6 In the End
Secondary – #1 Strictly Taboo, #9 Heart of the Night, #11 Cerretta
Wagers: #10 to win, Exacta box 6-10, Trifecta 6-10/1-6-9-10-11/1-6-9-10-11
$1 Pick 6 (races 5-10): 1-6-9-10-11/1-5/7/6-9/2-3/12 ($40)
SAR 6 (MSW, 7f) – SAR Price Play
Primary – #5 SHE’S WICKED SMART, #1 Chanteuse/#1a Audacious
Secondary – #3 Montego Bay
Wagers: #5 to win, Exacta box 1-5, Trifecta 1-5/1-3-5/1-3-5
$1 Grand Slam (races 6-9): 1-5/6-7/6-7-9/2 ($12)
$1 Grand Slam (races 6-9): 1-3-5/7/6-7-9/2-3 ($18)
50 cent Pick 5 (races 6-10): 1-3-5/7/6-7-9-14-16/2-3-4-8/12 ($30)
SAR 7 (Alw-1x, 8f)
Primary – #7 WAYS AND MEANS
Secondary – #6 Broderie, #1 Do Gooder, #4 Miz Sense
Wagers: Exacta 7-6, Trifecta key 7/1-6, Superfecta key 7/1-4-6
50 cent Pick 4 (races 7-10): 7/6-7-9-14-16/2-3-4-8/12 ($10)
50 cent Pick 4 (races 7-10): 7/6-7-9-14-16/2-3-4-8/1-12 ($20)
50 cent Pick 4 (races 7-10): 1-4-6-7/6-7-9-14-16/2-3/12 ($20)
SAR 8 (MSW, 8.5T)
Primary – #9 MISSION HILL, #6 Film Academy
Secondary – #7 All Good Here, #16 Iron Man Ira, #14 Hagrid’s Flame
Wagers: #9 to win, Trifecta key 9/6-7-14-16, Trifecta 6-7-14-16/9/6-7-14-16
SAR 9 (Astoria, 5.5f) – SAR Best Bet
Primary – #2 AORAKI, #3 French Horn
Secondary – #8 The Queens M G, #4 West Memorial
Wagers: #2 to win, Exacta box 2-3, Trifecta 2-3/2-3-4-8/2-3-4-8
SAR 10 (G2 Belmont Gold Cup, 2 miles inner turf)
Primary – #12 SISKANY
Secondary – #1 Limited Liability, #11 The Grey Wizard, #6 Champagne Juan
Wagers: Exacta box 1-12, Trifecta key 12/1-11, Superfecta key 12/1-6-11
Rolling Daily Double & Pick 3 Contenders – in order of preference:
1 (2-6-1-10)
2 (5-7-1-6-8)
3 (2-3-5-7)
4 (5-8-3-4)
5 (10-6-1-9-11)
6 (5-1-3)
7 (7-6-1-4)
8 (9-6-7-16-14)
9 (2-3-8-4)
10 (12-1-11-6)
ROLLING DAILY DOUBLE/PICK 3 WAGERING STRATEGIES
For Rolling Doubles and Pick 3 tickets, key the top choice in each race to all other contenders. See examples below:
Double (Race 1-2):
Ticket 1 (2-5)
Ticket 2 (2/1-5-6-7-8)
Ticket 3 (1-2-6-10/5)
Double (Races 2-3):
Ticket 1 (5-2)
Ticket 2 (5/2-3-5-7)
Ticket 3 (1-5-6-7-8/2)
Pick 3 (Race 1-3):
Ticket 1 (2-5-2)
Ticket 2 (2/1-5-6-7-8/2-3-5-7)
Ticket 3 (1-2-6-10/5/2-3-5-7)
Ticket 4 (1-2-6-10/1-5-6-7-8/2)
