Man o' War Grade 1 Stakes 2023 Field, Odds and Picks for Saturday 5/13/23

Man o' War Grade 1 Stakes 2023 Field, Odds and Picks for Saturday 5/13/23

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A trio of big graded stakes races headline the Saturday, May 13 card at Belmont Park.

  • Race 5 - $600,000 Grade 1 Man o' War Stakes at 1 3/8 miles on inner turf
  • Race 6 - $200,000 Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes at 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-olds
  • Race 9 - $175,000 Grade 3 Runhappy Stakes at 6 furlongs for older horses

Bettors looking to cash in a bigger score on FanDuel Racing can add a Man o' War / Peter Pan double by picking the winner of both races.

The Man o' War is at 3:07 p.m. ET, Peter Pan at 3:40 p.m. ET and Runhappy at 5:18 p.m. ET.

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Man o' War Field and Odds

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Horse

Odds

Jockey

1

Red Knight

7/2

Irad Ortiz, Jr.

2

Warren Point (GB)

9/5

Frankie Dettori

3

Channel Maker

6/1

Joel Rosario

4

Verstappen

6/1

Declan Cannon

5

Howe Street

8/1

Flavien Prat

6

Soldier Rising (GB)

5/1

Jose Ortiz

7

Strong Tide

20/1

Florent Geroux

8

Value Engineering

12/1

Manny Franco

Man 'o War Pick

The top win contenders, according to Horse Racing Nation's Super Screener are:

  • Warren Point (9/5) - Most reliable board hitter
  • Howe Street (8/1) - Top value
  • Verstappen (6/1)

This is a pretty wide open marathon affair to be contested 11 furlongs over the Belmont Park Inner Turf course which, historically, has been quite kind to closers. Warren Point is a lightly raced 4-yr-old gelding who has never missed the Trifecta in 8 lifetime starts including 7 Exacta finishes (1st or 2nd).

Warren Point is a mid-pack runner with a strong turn foot so he’ll inherit a perfect stalking trip and will get first jump on the deeper closers. He's the horse to beat, but Howe Street can track a more moderate pace than his Grade 2 finish (6th) a month ago when it was too fast, but allowed Verstappen to rally and win at 16/1 odds a neck in front of off-the-pace runner Red Knight going 1 1/2 miles.

Man o' War Picks: Warren Point and Howe Street

Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.