Golden Tempo, 2026 Kentucky Derby winner, takes home 158th Belmont Stakes

It's a 2 of a benignant for Golden Tempo.

The victor of past month's Kentucky Derby, who sat retired the Preakness Stakes, forfeiting a changeable astatine the Triple Crown, took location the triumph astatine the 158th Belmont Stakes successful New York connected Saturday.

Renegade opened up arsenic the morningline 2-1 favorite, akin to the Derby, followed by Chief Wallabee astatine 3-1 and Golden Tempo and 9-2.

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The racing station is pulled down the beforehand agelong for a contention astatine Saratoga Race Course.  (Gregory Fisher/Imagn Images)

Saturday's Belmont Stakes marked the 3rd consecutive, and final, twelvemonth successful which the contention took spot astatine Saratoga Race Course successful Upstate New York, arsenic Belmont Park finishes up renovations.

Due to the alteration successful people since 2024, the contention ran astatine 1 ¼ miles alternatively of its accustomed mile-and-a-half. Saratoga is location to the yearly Whitney, Travers, and Jim Dandy Stakes.

This year's Belmont did not diagnostic immoderate horses from the Preakness Stakes 3 weeks agone and conscionable 4 from the Kentucky Derby successful aboriginal May: Renegade, Commandment, Chief Wallabee, and Golden Tempo.

A motion astatine Saratoga Race Course for the 2026 Belmont Stakes. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

This was besides the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth successful which the Derby victor skipped retired connected the Preakness to tune up for the Belmont. Last year, Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby earlier not traveling to Pimlico Race Course and past taking location the Belmont.

"We made our decision, helium won today, and we're blessed astir that," trainer Cherie DeVaux said aft the race.

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