Trainer Linda Rice will try to make horse racing history on Saturday when she saddles the long shot Max Player in the 2020 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park. The 56-year-old Rice can become the first woman to train the winner of a Triple Crown race if Max Player can spring an upset on Saturday. A son of Honor Code, Max Player has not raced since winning the Withers Stakes on Feb. 1. He's a 15-1 long shot in the current 2020 Belmont Stakes odds.

The Barclay Tagg-trained Tiz the Law is the 6-5 2020 Belmont Stakes favorite in the field of 10. Even though this will be a Belmont Stakes unlike any other, the race still provides a prime opportunity for those 2020 Belmont Stakes contenders to cement their legacy with a victory in this storied race. Post time is 5:42 p.m. ET. 

This is the five-year anniversary of one of the signature moments in Belmont Stakes history. In 2015 the Bob Baffert-trained American Pharoah came to Belmont Park having won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes with a chance to end a 36-year drought without a Triple Crown champion. When the gates opened, American Pharoah went straight to the front and didn't look back, crossing the finish line to the roar of 90,000 fans in the stands. His time of 2:26 3/5 seconds stands as the sixth-fastest in Belmont Stakes history.

Given all the history, there's a method to picking which horses to focus on for exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets in a Belmont Stakes like this, and SportsLine's Jody Demling knows what it is. He can help you make the top 2020 Belmont picks possible. 

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2020 Belmont Stakes on a major heater on his horse racing picks. He has picked the winner in five straight races: the Saudi Cup, Gotham Stakes, Rebel Stakes, Louisiana Derby and Florida Derby. 

This is the same handicapper who hit the Oaks-Derby double at Churchill Downs nine times in the last 11 years. That means he held a ticket with the winners of both the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby all but twice in his last 11 tries. 

And when it comes to the Belmont, Demling has delivered plenty of memorable paydays. In 2017, he said 5-1 sleeper Tapwrit would beat the heavily-favored Irish War Cry. Demling was spot-on, winning not just his exacta, but also his trifecta and superfecta, which paid out nearly $4,500 on a $2 bet. In 2018 Demling was all-in on Justify to dominate the Belmont, and Justify went wire-to-wire to become just the 13th Triple Crown winner ever. Anyone who has followed him is up huge. He's revealing all of his 2020 Belmont picks here.

Top 2020 Belmont Stakes expert picks

Here's a refresher on exotic bet types from SportsLine's Jody Demling: 

Exacta: Pick the first- and second-place finishers in the correct order. Last year, this paid $96 on a $2 bet with Sir Winston and Tacitus. 

Trifecta: Pick the first-, second- and third-place finishers in the correct order. Last year, this paid $1,244 on a $1 bet with Sir Winston, Tacitus and Joevia. 

Superfecta: Pick the first-, second-, third- and fourth-place finishers in the correct order. Last year, this paid $10,428 on a $1 bet with Sir Winston, Tacitus, Joevia and Tax. 

While Demling has no quibbles with the favorite status of Tiz the Law (6-5), he plans to hold tickets with Tap It to Win (6-1), Sole Volante (9-2), and five double-digit long shots to spice up the payouts. You can see his picks here.

How to make 2020 Belmont Stakes bets

Demling has specific recommendations for exacta, trifecta and superfecta wagers so you can cover all your bases at the Belmont Stakes 2020. And he's sharing them over at SportsLine. 

So which horses do you take? And in what combinations? Visit SportsLine to get Demling's picks for exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets for the 2020 Belmont.