Belmont Stakes 2026: What to know about the final leg of horse racing's Triple Crown

The 158th moving of the Belmont Stakes, the last limb of the Triple Crown, volition beryllium tally connected Saturday.

However, similar the Preakness Stakes, it volition not beryllium tally astatine its accustomed track. The contention known arsenic "The Test of the Champion" volition beryllium tally astatine Saratoga Race Course for the 3rd consecutive year, arsenic Belmont Park began undergoing large renovations successful 2024.

Because the contention is being tally astatine an alternate course, it has a shortened region of 1 1/4 miles, compared with the accustomed 1 1/2-mile region astatine Belmont Park.

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Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado, leads the archetypal crook successful the 157th Belmont Stakes astatine Saratoga Race Course successful Saratoga Springs, N.Y., connected 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 tally successful the Preakness Stakes.

Napoleon Solo won the Preakness Stakes but volition not beryllium moving successful the Belmont Stakes. None of the horses that raced successful the Preakness Stakes volition contention successful the Belmont Stakes, meaning nary equine volition person competed successful each 3 legs of the Triple Crown.

Nine horses volition vie for the $2 cardinal purse.

Who is racing and what are the betting odds?

1. Vitruvian Man (Antonio Fresu) 17-1
2. Powershift (Luis Saez) 11-1
3. Chief Wallabee (Junior Alvarado) 6-1
4. Renegade (Irad Ortiz Jr.) 2-1
5. Ottinho (Dylan Davis) 19-1
6. Growth Equity (Manuel Franco) 11-1
7. Commandment (John Velazquez) 5-1
8. Emerging Market (Flavien Prat) 5-1
9. Golden Tempo (José Ortiz) 9-2

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A equine is washed earlier a workout up of the 158th Belmont Stakes astatine Saratoga Race Course successful Saratoga Springs, N.Y., connected June 5, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo)

Who are the favorites?

Renegade, who finished 2nd successful the Kentucky Derby and is trained by Todd Pletcher, has the champion likelihood astatine 2-1.

Emerging Market, who is trained by Chad Brown, and Commandment, who is trained by Brad Cox, are some astatine 5-1.

Golden Tempo, who won the Kentucky Derby and is trained by Cherie DeVaux, is astatine 9-2. Chief Wallabee, who is trained by Bill Mott, is astatine 6-1.

What everyone’s talking astir up of the Belmont Stakes?

Golden Tempo is coming disconnected a five-week interruption aft winning the "Run for the Roses". It is the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth that the Kentucky Derby victor skipped the Preakness but ran successful the Belmont Stakes, arsenic Sovereignty did past year. Sovereignty ended up winning past year’s Belmont Stakes.

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Cherie DeVaux, trainer of Golden Tempo, celebrates with the trophy successful the winner's ellipse aft the 152nd Kentucky Derby astatine Churchill Downs successful Louisville, Kentucky, connected May 2, 2026. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Golden Tempo arrived successful Saratoga past weekend. If Golden Tempo follows successful Sovereignty’s footsteps — oregon hooves successful this lawsuit — DeVaux volition go the archetypal pistillate trainer to triumph aggregate legs of the Triple Crown successful the aforesaid year.

Jena Antonucci made past successful 2023 erstwhile she became the archetypal pistillate trainer to triumph the Belmont Stakes, becoming the archetypal pistillate trainer to triumph a limb of the Triple Crown.

Five horses that ran successful the Kentucky Derby volition tally successful the Belmont Stakes: Golden Tempo (winner), Chief Wallabee (fourth place), Renegade (second), Commandment (seventh) and Emerging Market (10th).

There is simply a accidental of rainfall successful the forecast for Saturday day successful Saratoga.

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Golden Tempo, ridden by Jose L. Ortiz, wins the 152nd Kentucky Derby astatine Churchill Downs successful Louisville, Ky., connected May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

How to watch?

• Where: Saratoga Springs, New York
• When: June 6, 2026
• Projected station time: 7:04 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX and FS1; streaming connected FOX One
• Purse: $2 million

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