Belmont Horse Racing Picks for Sunday 5/28/23

The Belmont Spring/Summer Meet continues on Sunday with 9 races. Post time is 1:00 p.m. ET from Belmont Park. Get in the game with mobile betting on FanDuel Sportsbook.

As always, check the program for scratches and changes, check the weather and keep an eye on the track conditions.

(I will reference Equibase's Speed Figure in selected races, which tells you how fast a horse has been running in each of its races -- adjusted for track, distances, and conditions).

Belmont Park Betting Picks

Check out the biggest stakes races ahead at Belmont Park, including the June 10 Belmont Stakes.

According to numberFire horse racing projections and Guaranteed Tip Sheet, these are some of the best bets to make at FanDuel Racing today. The best value option will not necessarily be the top pick(s).

FanDuel Racing's May 19 picks at Pimlico went 3-for-3 and produced an 11/1 winner on Taxed in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes that also paid $190 on a $2 exacta bet. The May 26 picks at Belmont produced two top play winners, but both as favorites. On Sat., May 27, FanDuel Racing top picks went 3-for-3 including a $2 exacta payoff for $89 in Race 9.

1. Risk Free and Ms. Solveig, Race 4

FanDuel Racing Odds: 5/1 and 4/1
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Race 4 is a Maiden Special Weight for fillies and mares at 7 furlongs. The numberFire algorithm projects the top-3 finishers as Ms. Solveig (4/1), Risk Free (5/1) and Undoubtedly (9/2).

Top trainer Chad Brown has two runners in Tower Bridge (3/1) and the favorite Virtual Reality (8/5) with both using first time Lasix.

Ms. Solveig improved to her best speed figure last race when finishing third. Risk Free has been a consistent and healthy runner finishing in-the-money in four of her last five races including second place just in front of Ms. Solveig last month.

2. Sugar Gray Leonard and Turnsandconditions, Race 5

FanDuel Racing Odds: 3/1 and 6/1
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Race 5 is a Starter Allowanc at 7 furlongs on the turf. Guaranteed Tip Sheet has a best bet on Sugar Gray Leonard (3/1) with the meets top jockey Jose Ortiz riding. The numberFire data also has Sugar Gray winning with Turnsandconditions (6/1) a challenger at longer odds.

Sugar Gray Leonard makes his 11th start and first at Belmont. He posted his best speed figure (90) last race when closing hard to finish a close second going 6 furlongs a month ago at Aqueduct. Turnsandconditions has finished in-the-money in three straight races including a Claming race win last month wiht his best speed figure (96).

3. Systemic Change and Curbstone, Race 7

FanDuel Racing Odds: 5/2 and 4/1
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Race 7 is the featured Allowance race at 1 1/8 miles. Just five runners and Curbstone (5/2) has won 3-of-4 starts over the winter at Aqueduct going two-turn, and now tries one-turn on the bigger oval at Belmont.

Curbstone is the top pick of numberFire, but GTS has a best bet on Systemic Change (4/1) with top jockey Flavien Prat riding. Systemic Change has won two straight, both by a nose going two-turns for trainer Chad Brown.

Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.