Horse racing is still on the American sports radar with Justify going for the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes.
If you want to get in on the action, good news: Betting on horse racing is legal across the United States, so you won't have a problem getting picks down online.
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A parimutuel system is used in horse racing, which is different from betting on a basketball or football game against a point spread in Las Vegas. Bettors aren't wagering against the bookie or house, but against each other, and the house takes a cut. So these numbers could change plenty between now and post time. It also means odds aren't fixed at the time of the bet.
Belmont odds, post positions
Here are the post positions and morning line odds for the Belmont field, according to Vegas Insider. The morning line odds will be updated before the race.
| Post | Horse | ML Odds |
| 1 | Justify | 4/5 |
| 2 | Free Drop Billy | 30/1 |
| 3 | Bravazo | 8/1 |
| 4 | Hofburg | 9/2 |
| 5 | Restoring Hope | 30/1 |
| 6 | Gronkowski | 12/1 |
| 7 | Tenfold | 12/1 |
| 8 | Vino Rosso | 8/1 |
| 9 | Noble Indy | 30/1 |
| 10 | Blended Citizen | 15/1 |
*Morning Line Odds created by Belmont Park Head Oddsmaker Eric Donovan as of June 9.
Belmont picks
Vinnie Iyer: Justify dominated the Derby and mudded to victory in the Preakness. With three weeks to recover, its biggest challenge at the Belmont will be keeping up momentum through a daunting mile-and-a-half race.
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Justify should have plenty of energy, being in the unique position of not having raced as a 2-year-old. It will be ready and it would be shocking if it's not in great position to take the Belmont coming down the final stretch.
| Win: Justify |
| Place: Gronkowski |
| Show: Vino Rosso |
-- V.I.
How to bet on horse racing
If you're betting at a window, whether it be at Pimlico or your local track simulcasting the Preakness, say the name of the track, the number race you're betting, how much you want to wager, the type of wager and the numbers (post positions) of the horses you're including in your bet.
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Horse racing wager types
There are tons of different ways to bet on a horse race, but here are some of the most common and ones you'll likely hear about come Preakness time on Saturday.
— Win, place, show, or first, second and third. When you bet on the winner, you simply get the horse at its odds and if it wins, you cash that amount. So $10 on a horse at 12-to-1 nets you $120. If you bet on a horse to "place," or come in second, the payout is less, and same goes for "show."
You can make an "across the board" wager on a horse — a bet on that horse to win, place and show. If the horse wins, you collect all three; if second, two ways; and if third, one way, losing the win and place bets.
— Exacta, trifecta, superfecta. These wagers force a player to pick the exact finishing order of the top two, three or four horses, respectively. The payouts are multiplied the more horses you put in these bets.
You can also "box" an exacta, trifecta or superfecta, which means you bet on all the possible combinations. So if I bet a trifecta box on Always Dreaming, Classic Empire and Irish War Cry in the Preakness, I'd actually be making six bets because I'm taking all six possible combinations.
— Pick three (or four, or five, or six). This involves picking the winners of several different races at a track on a given day. It often pays out the entire pool.