Hoping For An Upset? Other Horses To Watch:

There's no guarantee that Mine That Bird will win today's Belmont Stakes. Though the condition of the track, rated as "sloppy-fast," is favorable to Mine That Bird (who won at Churchill Downs in similar conditions) there are other serious contenders that could ruin Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel's day.

Charitable Man (3-1 odds) is considered as the horse most likely to upset Mine That Bird. Charitable Man's pedigree includes horses raised to raise one and a half mile tracks. History is also on Charitable Man's side in another way, is Charitable Man has actually won at Belmont before. Charitable Man is also rested, as he did not race at the Preakness.

Flying Private (12-1 odds) is another horse likely to upset Mine That Bird. Though not as rested as Charitable Man, Flying Private is a powerful horse that is not quite the underdog Mine That Bird was to being the Triple Crown. Flying Private showed well at the Preakness on a late surge, finishing fourth.

Four of the past nine winners of the Belmont Stakes skipped the Preakness. That statistic favors Dunkirk (4-1 odds), who has seemingly been forgotten. Don't sleep on Dunkirk, because he is rested, and at 4-1 odds, there are obviously many others who believe Dunkirk has the drive and ability to win at the Belmont. Dunkirk, like Flying Private, also has the one and a half mile pedigree that may help him eek out a victory.

What's At Stake: Prize Money

Horse racing is a lucrative business--at least for the winners. Take a look at how much prize money is on the line at today's Belmont Stakes:

First place: $600,000
Second Place: $200,000
Third Place: $110,000
Fourth Place: $60,000
Fifth Place: $30,000

Belmont Stakes Picks, Odds, and Jockeys

Below are the Belmont Stakes Picks, with the jockeys that will be riding in the race, at the beginning of the day:

1. Chocolate Candy, 10-1, Garrett Gomez
2. Dunkirk, 4-1, John Velazquez
3. Mr. Hot Stuff, 15-1, Edgar Prado
4. Summer Bird, 12-1, Kent Desormeaux
5. Luv Gov, 20-1, Miguel Mena
6. Charitable Man, 3-1, Alan Garcia
7. Mine That Bird, 2-1, Calvin Borel
8. Flying Private, 12-1, Julien Leparoux
9. Miner's Escape, 15-1, Jose Lezcano
10. Brave Victory, 15-1, Rajiv Maragh