Brought to you by In the Money Plus - get a free month when you sign up BEFORE the Belmont - details at inthemoneypodcast.com/plus Peter Thomas Fornatale hosts Jonathan Kinchen and Belmont Stakes Day specialist Michael Adolphson for ITM's definitive free horse racing tips and analysis show ahead of the 158th Belmont Stakes. The crew delivers their final picks for Saturday's $2 million Grade 1 at Saratoga and breaks down the complete all-stakes Pick 6 sequence — six races, five graded stakes, one of the richest single-day betting cards in American horse racing. RACE 8 — TRUE NORTH STAKES (G3) | $400,000 | 6½ Furlongs PP1 Acoustic Ave — Trainer: Linda Rice — Jockey: Jose Lezcano PP2 Imagination — Trainer: Bob Baffert — Jockey: Flavien Prat PP3 Bentornato — Trainer: J.F. D'Angelo — Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. PP4 Listenupshance — Trainer: Doug O'Neill — Jockey: Antonio Fresu PP5 Faust — Trainer: Steve Asmussen — Jockey: Jose L. Ortiz PP6 Book'em Danno — Trainer: Danny Ryan — Jockey: Pedro Lopez PP7 Be You — Trainer: Todd Pletcher — Jockey: John Velazquez PP8 Illuminare — Trainer: Todd Pletcher — Jockey: Manuel Franco PP9 Pentathlon — Trainer: Shug McGaughey — Jockey: Dylan Davis RACE 9 — JAIPUR STAKES (G1) | $500,000 | 5½ Furlongs Turf PP1 Governor Sam — Trainer: George Weaver — Jockey: Pedro Lopez PP2 Bold Journey — Trainer: Bill Mott — Jockey: Junior Alvarado PP3 Litigation — Trainer: B.A. Lynch — Jockey: Florent Geroux PP4 Works for Me — Trainer: J.R. Lee — Jockey: Flavien Prat PP5 Reef Runner — Trainer: D. Fawkes — Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. PP6 Ag Bullet — Trainer: Rafael Baltas — Jockey: John Velazquez PP7 Clock Tower — Trainer: Wesley Ward — Jockey: Dylan Davis PP8 John the Beer Man — Trainer: R. Atras — Jockey: Kendrick Carmouche PP9 Twenty Six Black — Trainer: H. De Paz — Jockey: Manuel Franco PP10 My Boy Prince — Trainer: Mark Casse — Jockey: Jose L. Ortiz RACE 10 — WOODY STEPHENS STAKES (G1) | $500,000 | 7 Furlongs PP1 Gilded Bandit — Trainer: Bill Mott — Jockey: Junior Alvarado PP2 Obliteration — Trainer: Steve Asmussen — Jockey: John Velazquez PP3 Six Speed — Trainer: George Weaver — Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. PP4 Stradale — Trainer: Steve Asmussen — Jockey: Ricardo Santana Jr. PP5 Solitude Dude — Trainer: Saffie Joseph Jr. — Jockey: Flavien Prat PP6 Crude Velocity — Trainer: Bob Baffert — Jockey: Florent Geroux PP7 Englishman — Trainer: Cherie DeVaux — Jockey: Jose L. Ortiz PP8 Civil Liberty — Trainer: Doug O'Neill — Jockey: Antonio Fresu PP9 Taj Mahal — Trainer: B.T. Russell — Jockey: Manuel Franco RACE 11 — METROPOLITAN HANDICAP (G1) | $1,000,000 | 1 Mile PP1 Nysos — Trainer: Bob Baffert — Jockey: Flavien Prat PP2 Vibe — Trainer: Todd Pletcher — Jockey: Luis Saez PP3 Antiquarian — Trainer: Todd Pletcher — Jockey: John Velazquez PP4 Saudi Crown — Trainer: Brad Cox — Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. PP5 Rated by Merit — Trainer: Chad Brown — Jockey: Dylan Davis PP6 Knightsbridge — Trainer: Bill Mott — Jockey: Junior Alvarado PP7 Journalism — Trainer: Michael McCarthy — Jockey: Jose L. Ortiz RACE 12 — MANHATTAN STAKES (G1) | $1,000,000 | 1-3/16 Miles Turf PP1 Tiz Dashing — Trainer: Barclay Tagg — Jockey: Javier Castellano PP2 Test Score — Trainer: Graham Motion — Jockey: Manuel Franco PP3 Make Me King — Trainer: H. Al Jehani — Jockey: Jose L. Ortiz PP4 Integration — Trainer: Shug McGaughey — Jockey: John Velazquez PP5 Deterministic — Trainer: Michael Clement — Jockey: Kendrick Carmouche PP6 Bright Picture — Trainer: Andre Fabre — Jockey: Flavien Prat PP7 Rhetorical — Trainer: W. Walden — Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. PP8 One Stripe — Trainer: Graham Motion — Jockey: G. Lerena PP9 Battle of Normandy — Trainer: Shug McGaughey — Jockey: Dylan Davis RACE 13 — BELMONT STAKES (G1) | $2,000,000 | 1¼ Miles PP1 Vitruvian Man — Trainer: Doug O'Neill — Jockey: Antonio Fresu — ML: 30-1 PP2 Powershift — Trainer: Todd Pletcher — Jockey: Luis Saez — ML: 12-1 PP3 Chief Wallabee — Trainer: Bill Mott — Jockey: Junior Alvarado — ML: 3-1 PP4 Renegade — Trainer: Todd Pletcher — Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. — ML: 2-1 PP5 Ottinho — Trainer: Chad Brown — Jockey: Dylan Davis — ML: 20-1 PP6 Growth Equity — Trainer: Chad Brown — Jockey: Manuel Franco — ML: 12-1 PP7 Commandment — Trainer: Brad Cox — Jockey: John Velazquez — ML: 6-1 PP8 Emerging Market — Trainer: Chad Brown — Jockey: Flavien Prat — ML: 6-1 PP9 Golden Tempo — Trainer: Cherie DeVaux — Jockey: Jose Ortiz — ML: 9-2 Free horse racing picks, pace analysis, wagering strategy, and best bets for Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga. Whether you're playing the Belmont Stakes win bet, the Pick 6, building exactas, trifectas, or superfectas across the full card, this is your free horse racing analysis hub for June 6, 2026. 🎯 Sign up for ITM Plus before Belmont Stakes and get your FIRST MONTH FREE — all Saratoga prep content included: 👉 https://www.inthemoneypodcast.com/plus 📩 Free Players' Newsletter every Friday: 👉 https://www.inthemoneypodcast.com/email