Eddie Olczyk

“So I'm going to take a shot with number four Renegade, and I'm also going to use a number three chief Wallaby underneath, who I think is going to set a really good trip as well. I think he'll be forward. He should be able to kick on, so I'm going to look for a little 4-3, and I'm also going to use the eight emerging markets. So 4-3-8 and running the Belmont Stakes tomorrow for yours truly.”

Golden Tempo won the 2026 Belmont Stakes, with Commandment second and Renegade third; the selected horses did not finish win-place-show in that order (CBS Sports).

“I couldn't tell, by the way, when we were talking off air. Do you want to give a pick, or do you not want to give a horse racing pick? You don't have to if you don't want to. You know what? Probably not right now, but maybe by the end of the show I could text you And maybe people need to cheat wet a little later today. How's that? So you haven't done your handicapping yet is what it comes down to. You don't know who you want to bet. Oh, I've done my handicapping. All right, you know what? I like the five horse and race 10 at Oakland today.”

Program #5, Expect the Best, finished third of four in Oaklawn Park's race 10 on Feb. 16, 2026 (Horse Racing Nation). (Expect the Best finished 3rd of 4)

“Usually I try to look for a mid-range horse and a horse that maybe is on the cusp. And, you know, one horse that's kind of got my attention would be the horse that's on the outside, trained by Todd Pletcher, who has two other horses in the race. And Mindframe is the name of the horse, written by Irad Ortiz. He's only had two career starts, but run off the TV screen in both of them can be tactical. I think there's a lot of pace in this race. and the interesting hockey pucks and ponies tie-in for people that may be interested, and this might be the ultimate daily double on Saturday, including pucks and ponies, the NHL and the Belmont, is that the 10-horse Mindframe is co-owned by Vinny and Teresa Viola, who own the Florida Panthers. So you talk about the ultimate daily double. win a Belmont and win game one of the Stanley Cup final, it might not get, well, at least as far as I'm concerned, it might not get any better than that in the world of hockey and horse racing. But I think that mind frame with the third career race has the breeding to be able to go the mile and a quarter, and I think the race might set up really well for this three-year-old Colt, and we'll see what happens. Morning line is seven to two. I'm thinking probably more in the probably four, four to one plus range. So you can, you know, take the advice and play with the horse you like, or you can just go ahead and put it right on the nose and try to turn, you know, try to turn a hundred into, you know, a 400 profit. So, but Mindframe, I think is a horse that is going to get some attention. But I think with you mentioned, you know, you got the, you know, the Preakness winner, you got the Derby winner, you know, You've got some horses that have just got beat in the Derby, like Sierra Leone, who will be the favorite. But a lot of my tickets will be based on number 10 mind frame and the running of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday”

Dornoch won the 2024 Belmont Stakes; Mindframe finished second, a half-length back (Wikipedia). (Dornoch 1st, Mindframe 2nd)