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Belmont Stakes 2012: Horses, Post Positions, Odds and Picks

The Triple Crown bid for I'll Have Another is gone, leaving a wide open field at Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Here's all you need to know to get a leg up on the competition.

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The and retirement ruined the locally owned horse's Triple Crown bid at the Belmont Stakes and left prospective bettors scrambling to find a new favorite.

Looking at the race's morning line, Dullahan--out of the fifth post position--becomes the new favorite, followed by Union Rags running out of the third post.

Here are the full posts and odds:

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Post     Horse

Morning
Line

1     Street Life 8-1 2     Unstoppable U 20-1 3     Union Rags 3-1 4     Atigun 15-1 5     Dullahan 9-5 6     Ravelo's Boy 30-1 7     Five Sixteen 30-1 8     Guyana Star Dweej 30-1 9     Paynter 7-2 10     Optimizer 15-1 11

    I'll Have Another (scratch)

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- 12     My Adonis 15-1

According to an expert at ESPN, the smart money is on Union Rags to win, with Paynter, Dullahan and Street Life following him in that order.

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