Saturday’s 154th running of the Belmont Stakes finds an intriguing, wide-open field of eight entrants that includes 80-1 Kentucky Derby upset winner Rich Strike.
Despite being installed as the third betting choice, bettors find considerably lower odds of 7-2 on the morning line for the Run for the Roses champion.
Just who has earned the early favorite role by oddsmakers for Saturday’s final leg of the Triple Crown?
That honor belongs to a colt who did not compete in either the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes.
We The People, who will be breaking from the rail, was installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite.