NEWNow you can listen to Pak Gazette articles!
The 158th running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown, will take place on Saturday.
However, like the Preakness Stakes, it will not be run on its usual track. The race known as “The Trial of the Champion” will be held at Saratoga Race Course for the third consecutive year as Belmont Park began undergoing major renovations in 2024.
Because the race is held on an alternate course, it has a shorter distance of 1 1/4 miles, compared to the usual 1 1/2 mile distance at Belmont Park.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON PakGazette.Com
Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado, leads the first turn in the 157th Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, on June 7, 2025. Sovereignty won the race. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Returning to the Belmont Stakes is Golden Tempo, who won the Kentucky Derby. Golden Tempo did not run in the Preakness Stakes.
Napoleon Solo won the Preakness Stakes but will not run in the Belmont Stakes. None of the horses that ran in the Preakness Stakes will run in the Belmont Stakes, meaning no horse will have competed in all three legs of the Triple Crown.
Nine horses will compete for the $2 million purse.
Who is competing and what are the betting odds?
- Vitruvian Man (Antonio Fresu) 17-1
- Powershift (Luis Sáez) 11-1
- Wallabee Chief (Junior Alvarado) 6-1
- Renegado (Irad Ortiz Jr.) 2-1
- Ottinho (Dylan Davis) 19-1
- Growth Equity (Manuel Franco) 11-1
- Commandment (Juan Velázquez) 5-1
- Emerging Market (Flavien Prat) 5-1
- Golden Time (José Ortiz) 9-2
CHERIE DEVAUX REFLECTS ON MAKING KENTUCKY DERBY HISTORY AS THE FIRST FEMALE COACH TO WIN THE RACE
A horse is washed before training before the 158th Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, on June 5, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo)
Who are the favorites?
Renegade, who finished second in the Kentucky Derby and is trained by Todd Pletcher, has the best odds of 2-1.
Emerging Market, trained by Chad Brown, and Commandment, trained by Brad Cox, are 5-1.
Golden Tempo, who won the Kentucky Derby and is trained by Cherie DeVaux, is 9-2. Chief Wallabee, trained by Bill Mott, is 6-1.
What is everyone talking about before the Belmont Stakes?
Golden Tempo is coming off a five-week layoff after winning the “Run for the Roses.” It is the second year in a row that the Kentucky Derby winner skipped the Preakness but ran in the Belmont Stakes, as Sovereignty did last year. Sovereignty ended up winning last year’s Belmont Stakes.
GOLDEN TEMPO COACH CHERIE DEVAUX CALLS CRITICISM OF PREAKNESS DECISION UNFAIR: ‘THE HORSE IS NOT A MACHINE’
Golden Tempo’s trainer Cherie DeVaux celebrates with the trophy in the winner’s circle after the 152nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on May 2, 2026. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Golden Tempo arrived in Saratoga last weekend. If Golden Tempo follows in Sovereignty’s footsteps (or helmets in this case), DeVaux will become the first trainer to win multiple stages of the Triple Crown in the same year.
Jena Antonucci made history in 2023 when she became the first trainer to win the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first trainer to win a stage of the Triple Crown.
Five horses that ran in the Kentucky Derby will run in the Belmont Stakes: Golden Tempo (winner), Chief Wallabee (fourth place), Renegade (second), Commandment (seventh) and Emerging Market (tenth).
Rain is forecast Saturday afternoon in Saratoga.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE Pak Gazette APP
Golden Tempo, ridden by Jose L. Ortiz, wins the 152nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
How to watch?
- Where: Saratoga Springs, New York
- When: June 6, 2026
- Projected release time: 7:04 p.m. ET
- Television: FOX and FS1; streaming on FOX One
- Portfolio: 2 million dollars
