BELMONT

Morning-Line Favorite Tacitus Draws Post 10 for Belmont
Preakness (G1) winner War of Will to start from post 9 in final classic.



The top two morning-line choices in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) will start from the outside posts in the expected field of 10 as Preakness Stakes (G1) winner War of Will drew post nine and Tacitus is outside him in post 10.

Tacitus is the 9-5 morning-line favorite while War of Will is 2-1 following the June 4 draw at Citi Field ahead of the 1 1/2-mile classic June 8 at Belmont Park.

BloodHorse will soon post a full Belmont draw story.


Belmont Stakes entries
Post, horse, trainer, jockey, ML odds
1 Joevia, Gregory Sacco, Jose Lezcano, 30-1
2 Everfast, Dale Romans, Luis Saez, 12-1
3 Master Fencer, Koichi Tsunoda, Julien Leparoux, 8-1
4 Tax, Danny Gargan, Irad Ortiz Jr., 15-1
5 Bourbon War, Mark Hennig, Mike Smith, 12-1
6 Spinoff, Todd Pletcher, Javier Castellano, 15-1
7 Sir Winston, Mark Casse, Joel Rosario, 12-1
8 Intrepid Heart, Todd Pletcher, John Velazquez, 10-1
9 War of Will, Mark Casse, Tyler Gaffalione, 2-1
10 Tacitus, Bill Mott, Jose Ortiz, 9-5