The Belmont Stakes Odds Experts at Online Sports Handicapping have broken down all the angles, horse racing betting odds and Belmont Picks on contenders Chocolate Candy and Dunkirk.
 
Coming from the first post, Chocolate Candy is one of the semi-long shot Belmont picks at 12/1 Belmont Stakes odds at Bodog Racebook. Jerry Hollendorfer is the trainer and Garrett Gomez will be the jockey at the 2009 Belmont Stakes. The pros and cons on Chocolate Candy balance out well. He will be making his third start off a layoff, which favors the sports handicappers. Chocolate Candy gets a key rider change to Garrett Gomez after wide trip in Derby and he has trained well over the course since his last start.
 
The negatives on Chocolate Candy are that he still hasn't earned a triple digit Beyer Speed Figure. He didn't handle the dirt at the Derby that good, his best running has been over synthetics and Chocolate Candy has been less and less effective the longer the distances get; doubt he wants this trip.

BetUS Sportsbook lists the Chocolate Candy and Dunkirk Belmont Exacta Odds at +900.
 
The powerful Dunkirk will make his Belmont start from the second post at 5/1 Belmont Stakes odds at Bodog Racebook. Dunkirk is trained by Todd Pletcher and John Velazquez is the jockey. The pros outweigh the cons when looking at the Dunkirk Belmont picks. He broke maiden and won entry level allowance contest in first two starts of career impressively. He finished a game second in the Florida Derby, despite speed biased Gulfstream Park strip. Dunkirk didn't seem to handle the Churchill strip; many great horses in the past have fallen victim to the surface. Since the Derby, he has trained well and quick morning moves are usually not Pletcher's style. D
 
Dunkirk is bred to love the added distance; broodmare sire A.P. Indy won 1992 Belmont, sired 2007 winner Rags to Riches. Pletcher and Velazquez won this together with Rags to Riches, defeating Curlin and regressed speed figure wise in Derby off a top figure, he could be ready for a new best.
 
The cons are that he hasn't won either of his stakes tries and he is bred to love wet track, yet didn't fire in Derby; could he be a cut below.
 
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