War of Will picked up his fourth triumph over his past six races a month when he emerged victorious in the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes. Together with Tyler Gaffalione once more on the bracket, War of Will seems to add to his legacy with a triumph in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
War of Will is moving off in +225 on the Belmont Stakes chances in Elmont in sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The three-year-old’s remarkable performance in the Preakness left horse racing fans wondering what exactly the Kentucky Derby might have looked like if Maximum Security had not veered out of his lane and also impeded War Will’s route in that race. However while the Triple Crown won’t be up for grabs on Saturday, War of Will could become just the 31st horse ever to win both the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont.Tacitus figures to be the biggest obstacle standing in War of Will’s way on Saturday heading off since the betting favorite on the horse racing odds at +200. After finishing in fourth position at the Kentucky Derby (third via disqualification), Tacitus’s team chosen to hold the horse from the Preakness to keep him fresh for the Belmont. His 103 Beyer Speed Rating from April’s Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct is tied for the maximum rate any horse in this race has run.
The heap of horses sitting closest behind both clear favorites in betting sites are Master Fencer (+700 to win the Belmont Stakes), Bourbon War (+800) and Intrepid Heart (+800). The Japan native Master Fencer showed some good late kick in the Kentucky Derby to move up from 19th place to seventh, and that late kick must serve him well as early leaders lose steam at the final stretches of the Belmont’s one and a half mile trail.
Rounding out the 10-horse field in this year’s Belmont Stakes are Preakness Stakes runner up Everfast (+1000), Sir Winston (+1200), Spinoff (+1200), Tax (+1200), and Joevia (+3300). Tax is the other horse along with Tacitus that has run at a Beyer Speed of 103 earlier, but at the Kentucky Derby this horse did not reveal much finishing in 15th place with a speed rating of just 83.
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