Belmont Stakes Racing Roundup

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Hello everyone. Welcome to the 21^st Century Thoroughbred.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues this Saturday June 20^th at Belmont Park for the 152^nd running of the Belmont Stakes which will serve as the first leg of the 2020 Triple Crown. The Belmont is normally run at a 1½ miles but this year it has been shortened to 1 1/8 miles.

Tiz the Law has been tabbed the 6-5 morning line favorite and he heads a field of 10 runners with a race post time of 5:42 p.m. Eastern Time.

Max Player (15-1) is a colt we profiled at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and he has an A Classic Champion Thoroughbred Profile®.

The winner of the Belmont Stakes will receive 150 Derby points. 60 points will be awarded to the second-place finisher. The third-place finisher will get 30 points and the fourth-place finisher will receive 15 points.

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