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It’s a double for Golden Tempo.
Last month’s Kentucky Derby winner, who sat out the Preakness Stakes, missing out on a chance to win the Triple Crown, took home victory in the 158th Belmont Stakes in New York on Saturday.
Renegade opened as the morning favorite at 2-1, similar to the Derby, followed by Chief Wallabee at 3-1 and Golden Tempo at 9-2.
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The racing stand is removed on the frontstretch for a race at Saratoga Race Course. (Gregory Fisher/Image Images)
Saturday’s Belmont Stakes marked the third and final year in which the race was held at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York, as Belmont Park completes its renovations.
Due to the course change from 2024, the race was run at 1 ΒΌ miles instead of the usual mile and a half. Saratoga is the home of the annual Whitney, Travers and Jim Dandy Stakes.
This year’s Belmont featured no horses from the Preakness Stakes three weeks ago and only four from the Kentucky Derby in early May: Renegade, Commandment, Chief Wallabee and Golden Tempo.
A sign at Saratoga Race Course for the 2026 Belmont Stakes. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
This was also the second year in a row that the Derby winner skipped the Preakness to prepare for the Belmont. Last year, Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby before failing to travel to Pimlico Race Course and then taking home the Belmont.
“We made our decision, he won today and we’re happy about that,” trainer Cherie DeVaux said after the race.
