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2021 Belmont Stakes Predictions: Horse Entries, Draw, Odds, & Bet Picks

Last Updated: Jun 5, 2021

You’re reading The Game Day’s 2021 Belmont Stakes Predictions for horses, post time, odds and bet picks to help you make your 2021 Belmont Win Place Show bets. The 153rd Belmont Stakes are set for Saturday, June 5, with a post time to start at 6:52 p.m. ET at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Medina Spirit won the 2021 Kentucky Derby (albeit in controversial fashion), and Rombauer won the 2021 Preakness Stakes. A horse will not win the 2021 Triple Crown — the last to capture all three races was Justify in 2018 — but there’s still plenty of excitement surrounding the Third Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Read our 2021 Belmont Stakes predictions and line up your best 2021 horse racing bets with these 2021 Belmont Stakes tips.

2021 Belmont Stakes Predictions Guide

2021 Belmont Stakes Schedule: How To Watch

  • 2021 Belmont Stakes Race Date: Saturday, June 5, 2021
  • 2021 Belmont Stakes Post Time: 6:47 p.m.
  • 2021 Belmont Stakes Channel: NBC

2021 Triple Crown: 2021 Kentucky Derby & 2021 Preakness Stakes Results

The first leg of the 2021 Triple Crown ended with Medina Spirit. Of course, the bigger story came after the race was over. Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid used to treat inflammation. It’s deemed illegal in any amount on race day by Kentucky rules.

Despite this drama, Medina Spirit was ruled eligible to run in the 2021 Preakness Stakes but settled for a Show, losing dreams of a three-jeweled run.

Pending an ongoing investigation, trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended from entering Medina Spirit or any other horse in the 2021 Belmont Stakes, via a ruling from the New York Racing Association (NYRA).

Meanwhile, the horse riding into Elmont with momentum is Rombauer, who held off Midnight Bourbon and Medina Spirit to win at Pimlico

Rombauer won the 2021 Preakness Stakes. What are the horse's 2021 Belmont Stakes Predictions?

Flavien Prat sits atop Rombauer in the winner’s circle after the bay colt won the 2021 Preakness Stakes. What’s Rombauer’s 2021 Belmont Stakes prediction with its jockey change? (Image: USA TODAY Sports)


2021 Belmont Stakes Horse Entries, Draw, & Probable Jockeys

Probable jockeys current as of June 3 Belmont Stakes list on Daily Racing Form.

  • K = also ran 2021 Kentucky Derby (with finish Win, Place, Show or number)
  • P = also ran 2021 Preakness Stakes (with finish Win, Place, Show or number)

Rombauer (P, Win) Bay Colt (b. 2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: John Velazquez
  • Trainer: Michael W. McCarthy

France Go de Ina (P, 7th) Chestnut Colt (b. 2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: Ricardo Santana, Jr.
  • Trainer: Hideyuki Mori

Hot Rod Charlie (K, Show) Dark Bay or Brown Colt (b. 2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: Flavien Prat
  • Trainer: Doug O’Neill

Essential Quality (K, 4th) Gray or Roan Colt (b. 2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: Luis Saez
  • Trainer: Brad Cox

Rock Your World (K, 17th) Dark Bay or Brown Colts (b. 2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: Joel Rosario
  • Trainer: John Sadler

Known Agenda (K, 9th) Chestnut Colt (b. 2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
  • Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher

Bourbonic (K, 13th) Dark Bay or Brown Colt (b.2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: Kendrick Carmouche
  • Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher

Overtook Bay Colt (b. 2018, Kentucky)

  • Jockey: Manny Franco
  • Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher

2021 Belmont Stakes: Morning Line Bet Odds & Position Draw

  1. Bourbonic (15/1)
  2. Essential Quality (2/1)
  3. Rombauer (3/1)
  4. Hot Rod Charlie (7/2)
  5. France Go de Ina (30/1)
  6. Known Agenda (6/1)
  7. Rock Your World (9/2)
  8. Overtook (20/1)

2021 Belmont Stakes Predictions & Bets

A mile-and-a-half is a long trek for any horse — let alone a three-year-old horse still coming into its own. And while this field is small in nature, it doesn’t lack contenders capable of transforming into horses that should compete at the highest level for years to come.

2021 Belmont Stakes Bet: $25 Win, Place, Show

No. 4 Hot Rod Charlie (7/2)

My pick for the Kentucky Derby is also my selection for the Belmont. While I loved Hot Rod Charlie’s trip in that race, it was unable to come home victorious down the backstretch. Still, this is a horse that proved it could run the distance and the speed figures and past performances suggest it can go longer. Hoping for an improved effort, especially with Flavien Prat climbing aboard after winning the Preakness atop Rombauer.

2021 Belmont Stakes Bet: $4 Exacta Box

No. 4 Hot Rod Charlie (7/2), No. 7 Rock Your World (9/2), No. 6 Known Agenda (6/1)

The goal here, of course, is to find the top two horses. Hot Rod Charlie is clearly in, which means I am looking for other contenders. I’m picking two horses that had rough Kentucky Derby trips that I still feel there is value in. With so many horses, the Derby can often be an unfair measuring stick of a horse’s worth. In the instance of Rock Your World and Known Agenda—two horses that could show promise at the distance—I am including in the mix.


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Adam Kramer

Adam Kramer is an NFL, college football, and gambling analyst for The Game Day. While college football has long been his calling, he’s also covered sports such as boxing, horse racing, and baseball at The Game Day and in other places. He’s also written for Bleacher Report, VSiN, and various other outlets over the past decade-plus.

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