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The Mike Francesa Podcast

Mike Francesa previews 2022 Belmont Stakes with Brad Thomas - Rich Strike returns

The Mike Francesa Podcast

BetRivers Network

Football, Baseball, Sports

4.6938 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Join Mike Francesa and Brad Thomas as they break down the final leg of the Triple Crown. Favorites at the Run for the Carnations include We the People, Mo Donegal, and Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, who skipped the Preakness. Other contenders include Skippylongstocking, Nest, Creative Minister, Golden Glider, and Barber Road. Mike and Brad also analyze Belmont betting strategies.00:00 It's an 8-horse field at the Belmont06:30 Rich Strike returns in prime form10:40 Mo Donegal is a lot like Creator16:00 Rich Strike upended horse betting odds20:30 Belmont Stakes betting strategySubscribe to The Mike Francesa Podcast so you don't miss a single episode. Follow Mike Francesa & BetRivers Network on Twitter:🐣 Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) https://twitter.com/MikeFrancesa🐣 BetRivers Network (@BRNPodcasts) https://twitter.com/BRNPodcasts📧 Email your questions to mike at Mikefrancesapodcast@gmail.comListen to The Mike Francesa Podcast on YouTube:https://youtu.be/dTRQL3Vlgeg#belmontstakes #mikefrancesa

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0:00.0

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0:04.1

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0:06.6

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0:07.7

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0:09.3

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0:15.3

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0:22.5

It's the Mike Francesa podcast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcast. It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.

0:26.2

Hello again, everybody.

0:27.2

Welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, our special Belmont Stakes edition as we

0:31.6

close the book on the Triple Crown this year.

0:34.9

It's been a kind of lacklust of one from a standpoint of a lot of things, including not

0:42.3

having the derby winner in the Preakness.

0:45.6

But he is back in the Belmont, a field of eight.

0:48.8

And we welcome in Brad Thomas.

0:50.3

Brad, your overall thought on the field of eight, including a Philly, for the Belmont?

0:57.0

Well, I give Nest and her connections credit for taking the shot.

1:01.0

They add a little something to a race that lacks a whole lot of real quality, depth and real quality in general.

1:08.7

It's really too bad because the Belmont, its nickname is the test of

1:13.8

champions. And a mile and a half at the end of the Triple Crown series and the Triple Crown

1:18.9

Prep series really should be a defining moment for these horses, establishing their right to go on

1:25.9

to be progenitors of the breed.

1:28.0

And the fact that so many connections of good horses refuse to run of this race is really,

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