The 2022 Belmont Stakes will take place Saturday at Belmont Park. Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will be back in the 2022 Belmont Stakes field after skipping the Preakness. Rich Strike is 7-2 in the 2022 Belmont Stakes odds, while We the People is the 2-1 favorite and Mo Donegal is 5-2. 

Before locking in any 2022 Belmont Stakes picks, you NEED to see what our resident horse racing guru, Jody Demling, has to say.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the Belmont Stakes 2022 having nailed the winner of this race three of the last four years. He hit the exacta, trifecta, and superfecta in last year's Belmont Stakes with Essential Quality. Two years ago, Demling said Tiz the Law was clearly the class of the field, and Barclay Tagg's horse pulled away for a convincing 3 3/4-length victory. In 2018, he was all over Justify, jockey Mike Smith, and trainer Bob Baffert to make horse racing history at Belmont Park. The result: Justify became just the 13th Triple Crown winner ever, and anyone who followed Demling's lead cashed in too.

He's coming off a major heater in 2020: At one point, he picked the winners of six straight races: the Saudi Cup, Gotham Stakes, Rebel Stakes, Louisiana Derby, Florida Derby and Belmont Stakes.

Demling is at his best in the biggest horse races in the world. He has hit 10 of the last 14 Oaks-Derby doubles at Churchill Downs. That means he held a ticket with the winners of both races all but four times in the last 14 years. He's also called nine of the last 18 Preakness winners, keenly understanding when the Kentucky Derby winner was poised for victory or a massive upset, and nailed this year's Preakness trifecta. Anyone who has followed him is up huge.

For the 2022 Belmont Stakes, we can tell you Demling says We the People, the top favorite, barely cracks the top three!

Instead, Demling is high on a SURPRISING underdog who looks "better than the rest"! He's including this horse in his 2022 Belmont Stakes bets, and so should you. Demling also has a SHOCKING prediction for Rich Strike, the 80-1 Kentucky Derby winner! You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any of your own!

Who wins the 2022 Belmont Stakes? Where will Rich Strike finish? And which surprising underdog is a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Jody Demling's Belmont bets and see which HUGE long shot contends, all from the expert who's nailed 10 Oaks-Derby doubles and nailed the Belmont three of the last four years!