Belmont Stakes 2024 predictions, top picks, horses, current odds, time: Best bets by expert who hit the Derby
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott will attempt to win the Test of the Champion for a second time when he sends out Wood Memorial winner Resilience in the 2024 Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The 70-year-old Mott has started nine horses in the Belmont Stakes, and his lone winner was Drosselmeyer in 2010. On Saturday, Mott’s Resilience is a 10-1 longshot in the 2024 Belmont Stakes odds. Meanwhile, Kentucky Derby runner-up Sierra Leone is the 9-5 favorite in the 2024 Belmont Stakes lineup. The lightly raced Mindframe (7-2) and Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (5-1) round out the top three choices among the 2024 Belmont Stakes horses.
Post time is 6:41 p.m. ET. With an accomplished field set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you’ll want to see what SportsLine writer Gene Menez has to say before making any Belmont Stakes picks or horse racing predictions, given the success he’s had during this year’s Triple Crown.
A former reporter and editor at Sports Illustrated, Menez covered an array of sports, including horse racing, for the magazine and its website for almost 14 years. Between 2010 and 2012, he served as SI’s handicapper for the Triple Crown races and correctly predicted Super Saver to win the Kentucky Derby in 2010.
In 2015, while writing for Sports on Earth, Menez accurately gave out the Kentucky Derby superfecta (American Pharoah, Firing Line, Dortmund and Frosted), which paid $1,268.20 for $2. Then in 2017, he tweeted out his Kentucky Derby picks, including Always Dreaming to win, and hit the Pick 4, which paid almost $6,900 on a $1 bet.
In a span of seven races last year for SportsLine, he cashed the winner of the Lecomte Stakes, the exacta in the Southwest Stakes, the winner of the Holy Bull Stakes, the winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes, and the trifecta in the Jenny Wiley Stakes. He also nailed National Treasure’s win in the Preakness. And last month, he gave out 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby.
For Saturday, Menez has handicapped the 2024 Belmont Stakes field, made his picks and constructed his best bets. You can head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2024 Belmont Stakes predictionsOne surprise: Menez is completely tossing Mystik Dan, even though he won the Kentucky Derby and finished second in the Preakness Stakes. An athletic colt who is not afraid of running into small holes on the track, Mystik Dan is best known for winning a three-horse photo finish in the Kentucky Derby five weeks ago. He followed up that performance with a second place finish in the Preakness Stakes.
Mystik Dan has a history of turning in dull performances after big efforts, and the Belmont Stakes will be his third race in five weeks. “I think Mystik Dan will be hard-pressed to produce another top-notch effort,” Menez told SportsLine. Menez is not using Mystik Dan in any of his wagers. You can see all of Menez’s 2024 Belmont Stakes bets here.
How to make 2024 Belmont Stakes picksHowever, Menez’s top pick is a horse who will be “right there when the horses hit the wire.” He also is high on a double-digit longshot who is coming off a performance that is “better than it looks on paper.” He is including these horses in his wagers, and so should you. He’s sharing which horses to back at SportsLine.
So who wins Belmont Stakes 2024? What double-digit longshot has a big chance to run well, and how has Menez constructed his wagers? Visit SportsLine to see Menez’s picks for the Belmont Stakes, all from the expert who gave out Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby, and find out.
2024 Belmont Stakes odds, contenders, post positionsPrg #HorseOddsProjection1Seize the Grey8-1SEE PICKS2Resilience10-1SEE PICKS
3Mystik Dan5-1SEE PICKS
4The Wine Steward15-1SEE PICKS
5Antiquarian12-1SEE PICKS
6Dornoch15-1SEE PICKS
7Protective20-1SEE PICKS
8Honor Marie12-1SEE PICKS
9Sierra Leone9-5SEE PICKS
10Mindframe7-2SEE PICKS
