Here’s the Guaranteed, Can’t-Lose Belmont Stakes Pick

The Belmont Stakes, on paper, is a loaded race. The Preakness Stakes winner, National Treasure, is here. So too is the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, Angel of Empire. And last year’s two-year-old champ, Forte, is back on the national stage after getting pulled out of the Derby at the last minute.

But none of those horses will find himself draped in a blanket of carnations late Saturday afternoon. No, that will be the big gray, Tapit Trice. Assuming this Canadian smoke thins out some here and the race isn’t called off, he’s gonna crush this field. I have no doubt. The only question is how many lengths he wins by.