Belmont Oaks guide: Analysis, PPs, more for Aqueduct feature

The Grade 1, $500,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational anchors a stakes-rich Saturday at the Belmont at The Big A meet. Nine 3-year-old fillies with international flair will vie at 1 3/16 miles on the turf in the ninth of 11 races at Aqueduct.

Post time for the Belmont at The Big A feature is 4:42 p.m. EDT, and it will be shown live on FS2.

Check out Horse Racing Nation’s free past performances page for downloadable PPs for the Belmont Oaks and more courtesy of our partners at Brisnet.

We also have Super Screener picks and analysis for the Belmont Oaks as well as recent top speed figures for each contender.

Belmont Oaks best speed figures

Looking at the pace

The Belmont Oaks pace is projected to be a moderate one with race favorite She Feels Pretty mixing things up with Segesta and Pin Up Betty. 

European invaders Fun With Flags, Secret Satire and Cinderella’s Dream are all wild cards in terms of where they’ll settle early on.

Pace projector appears courtesy of TimeformUS.

HRN picks for the Belmont Oaks

This week’s Super Screener has the Belmont at The Big A card covered along with all the stakes action at Horseshoe Indianapolis this Saturday. 

Super Screener creator Mike Shutty identified the General Assembly Distaff, an Indiana Derby undercard race, as having “high payoff potential” with Stir Crazy.

“She is a late bloomer,” Shutty said. “While another move forward is unlikely here, just maintaining her current form would be good enough to win this. Her morning line of 8-1 would present more than fair value.” 

Buy the special now-through-Breeders’ Cup Super Screener package, which is on sale for just $97, a savings of nearly $400.

For more insight on the Indiana Derby, check out the latest edition of HorseCenter as well as Ed DeRosa’s Indiana Derby fair odds.

Trainer Charlie Appleby has become a daunting presence in races like the Belmont Oaks in recent years, and he’ll try to add another feather to his cap with Cinderella’s Dream.

The Belmont Derby (G1) also is taking place Saturday, and Matt Shifman sized up the short field to deliver his Belmont Derby selections.

Elite Turf Club president Scott Daruty and professor and horseplayer Marshall Gramm joined the Ron Flatter Racing Pod to discuss what’s become a hot-button issue in horse racing in “computer-assisted wagering,” or CAW. Ed DeRosa also has his tips in this episode for three Horseshoe Indianapolis stakes.

Here’s the field for the Belmont Oaks: