Newsday staff selections for Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes hopeful Tapwrit trots around the track during a workout at Belmont Park, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Elmont, N.Y. Credit: AP / Julie Jacobson
STAFF PICKS
Ed McNamara
1. Irish War Cry
2. Patch
3. J Boys Echo
4. Lookin At Lee
Steve Matthews
1. Meantime
2. Irish War Cry
3. Multiplier
4. Tapwrit
Todd Schwartz
1. Tapwrit
2. Meantime
3. Irish War Cry
4. Patch
Craig Bustin
1. Multiplier
2. Epicharis
3. Senior Investment
4. Meantime
IF YOU WAGER
If you bet, use the program number for the horse you are betting, which may not be the same as the post position if any horses have been scratched.
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