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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Belmont Stakes 2025: Updated odds Saturday before the race
Belmont Stakes 2025: Updated odds Saturday before the race It's officially Belmont Stakes Day! Once again "The Test of Champions" is being held at the iconic Saratoga Race Course as Belmont Park continues undergoing renovations, but the historic nature of the meet's temporary home is almost too fitting for Saturday's main event Kentucky Derby-winner Sovereignty will face Preakness Stakes-winner Journalism in a highly-anticipated rematch — and the duo will be challenged by familiar contenders in Baeza and Rodriguez. Post time for the 2025 Belmont Stakes at 7:04 p.m ET on Saturday, June 7. Television coverage is on FOX from 4-7:30 p.m ET. Here's a look at the full updated odds on Saturday morning before the race. 1. Hill Road Saturday Morning: 16-1 Friday Odds: 12-1 Morning Line Odds: 10-1 Trainer: Chad Brown: Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. Owner: Amo Racing USA 2. Sovereignty Saturday Morning: 4-1 Friday Odds: 3-1 Morning Line Odds: 2-1 Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Junior Alvarado Owner: Godolphin 3. Rodriguez Saturday Morning: 7-1 Friday Odds: 6-1 Morning Line Odds: 6-1 Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Mike Smith Owners: SF Racing & partners 4. Uncaged Saturday Morning: 22-1 Friday Odds: 19-1 Morning Line Odds: 30-1 Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Luis Saez Owner: Repole Stable 5. Crudo Saturday Morning: 14-1 Friday Odds: 11-1 Morning Line Odds: 15-1 Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez. Owners: Bobby Flay & James Ventura 6. Baeza Saturday Morning: 7-2 Friday Odds: 3-1 Morning Line Odds: 4-1 Trainer: John Shirreffs Jockey: Flavien Prat Owners: CRK Stable & Grandview Equine 7. Journalism Saturday Morning: Even Friday Odds: 9-5 Morning Line Odds: 8-5 Trainer: Michael McCarthy Jockey: Umberto Rispoli Owners: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & partners 8. Heart Of Honor Saturday Morning: 21-1 Friday Odds: 17-1 Morning Line Odds: 30-1 Trainer: Jamie Osborne Jockey: Saffie Osborne Owners: Jim And Claire Ltd.
USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Belmont Stakes 2025: Updated odds Friday before the race
Belmont Stakes 2025: Updated odds Friday before the race We're one day away from the thoroughbred rematch of the summer. Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty is facing off against Preakness Stakes champion Journalism for the third jewel of the Triple Crown at one of the most historic sporting venues in the country. If the Belmont Stakes wasn't going to produce a true Triple Crown winner, surely this is the best anyone could've hoped for instead. The odds have moved quite a bit over the last few days but Journalism remains the consensus favorite at Saratoga Race Course. Sovereignty and Baeza hold the second-best odds on the board at 3-1. There should be plenty of more movement before the gates open. Post time for the 2025 Belmont Stakes at 7:04 p.m ET on Saturday, June 7. Television coverage is on FOX from 4-7:30 p.m ET. Here's a look at the full updated odds on Friday before the race. 1. Hill Road Friday Odds: 12-1 Morning Line Odds: 10-1 Trainer: Chad Brown: Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. Owner: Amo Racing USA 2. Sovereignty Friday Odds: 3-1 Morning Line Odds: 2-1 Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Junior Alvarado Owner: Godolphin 3. Rodriguez Friday Odds: 6-1 Morning Line Odds: 6-1 Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Mike Smith Owners: SF Racing & partners 4. Uncaged Friday Odds: 19-1 Morning Line Odds: 30-1 Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Luis Saez Owner: Repole Stable 5. Crudo Friday Odds: 11-1 Morning Line Odds: 15-1 Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez. Owners: Bobby Flay & James Ventura 6. Baeza Friday Odds: 3-1 Morning Line Odds: 4-1 Trainer: John Shirreffs Jockey: Flavien Prat Owners: CRK Stable & Grandview Equine 7. Journalism Friday Odds: 9-5 Morning Line Odds: 8-5 Trainer: Michael McCarthy Jockey: Umberto Rispoli Owners: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & partners 8. Heart Of Honor Friday Odds: 17-1 Morning Line Odds: 30-1 Trainer: Jamie Osborne Jockey: Saffie Osborne Owners: Jim And Claire Ltd.
Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Who is the favorite in a loaded Belmont Stakes? See the full field with odds.
For the second straight year, the Belmont Stakes field will feature the winners of both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Post positions were drawn Monday evening for the 2025 Belmont Stakes, which will feature an eight-horse field Saturday night at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Journalism — the Kentucky Derby post-time favorite who finished second in that race, before then winning the Preakness Stakes — is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 157th running of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes. Journalism will begin Saturday's Belmont from post position No. 7 near the outside of the field. Sovereignty, last month's Kentucky Derby winner, is the second choice on the Belmont Stakes morning line at 2-1 odds. Sovereignty will begin the Belmont from post position No. 2 near the inside rail. For the second straight year, the Belmont Stakes will be run at a different track and at a different distance than normal. Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, is the usual home for the race, but that venue remains out of action due to ongoing renovations. As such, Saratoga is hosting the Belmont Stakes for a second straight year. The Belmont Stakes is normally run at a traditional distance of 1 1/2 miles at Belmont Park. But, also for the second straight year, the Belmont Stakes will be contested at a shortened distance of 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga. Here's a full look at the 2025 Belmont Stakes field. Post time for the race is 7:04 p.m. EDT on Saturday. 2025 Belmont Stakes post position draw The following eight horses were assigned a starting gate for Saturday's Belmont Stakes during the post position draw on Monday evening. Horses are listed with their morning-line odds, trainers, jockeys and owners, in that order. ▪ 1: Hill Road, (10-1), Chad Brown, Irad Ortiz Jr., Amo Racing USA. ▪ 2: Sovereignty, (2-1), Bill Mott, Junior Alvarado, Godolphin. ▪ 3: Rodriguez, (6-1), Bob Baffert, Mike Smith, SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan. ▪ 4: Uncaged, (30-1), Todd Pletcher, Luis Saez, WinStar Farm and Repole Stable. ▪ 5: Crudo, (15-1), Todd Pletcher, John Velazquez, Bobby Flay and James Ventura. ▪ 6: Baeza, (4-1), John Shirreffs, Flavien Prat, C R K Stable and Grandview Equine. ▪ 7: Journalism, (8-5), Michael McCarthy, Umberto Rispoli, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Elayne Stables 5, Robert V. LaPenta, Mrs. John Magnier-Lessee, Derrick Smith-Lessee and Michael B. Tabor-Lessee. ▪ 8: Heart of Honor (GB), (30-1), Jamie Osborne, Saffie Osborne, Jim and Claire Limited. Half of the horses in the Belmont Stakes field have already run in a Triple Crown race this year. Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby, and his connections controversially opted to skip the Preakness Stakes. Journalism ran second in the Kentucky Derby and then won the Preakness Stakes. Baeza, who was initially an also-eligible horse for the Derby, drew into the field and charged late to finish third in the Run for the Roses. Heart of Honor (Great Britain) finished fifth in the Preakness, which was his first race in the United States. Journalism will be the only horse this year to run in all three Triple Crown events. Crudo, Hill Road, Rodriguez and Uncaged will all be making their first and only Triple Crown starts Saturday. What are the key storylines for the 2025 Belmont Stakes? ▪ Sovereignty is aiming to become the first Kentucky Derby winner to also win the Belmont Stakes since Justify won the Triple Crown in 2018. That's also the last time the Preakness Stakes winner went on to also triumph in the Belmont Stakes. The last time a horse won both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, but not the Preakness Stakes, was Thunder Gulch in 1995. That's what Sovereignty would accomplish with a win Saturday. ▪ The last time a horse won both the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, but not the Kentucky Derby, was Afleet Alex in 2005. That's what Journalism would accomplish with a win Saturday. ▪ For the first time since 2013, the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby will all be running in the Belmont Stakes. On that occasion, Derby winner Orb ran third in the Belmont, Derby runner up Golden Soul finished ninth and Derby third-place runner Revolutionary was fifth in the Belmont. ▪ Trainer Todd Pletcher — a four-time winner of the Belmont Stakes — has a quarter of this year's Belmont runners with Crudo and Uncaged. Crudo, who is part-owned by celebrity chef Bobby Flay, has two wins in three career starts, including in a maiden special weight race in April at Keeneland. Crudo — who is a son of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify — will begin the Belmont from post position No. 5. Uncaged — last seen finishing sixth in the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes in May — is part-owned by Mike Repole, a prominent businessman who is also a major booster for the St. John's men's basketball team that's coached by Rick Pitino. Luis Saez, who won last year's Belmont Stakes aboard Dornoch and the 2021 Belmont Stakes with Essential Quality, will be the jockey for Uncaged. Uncaged will begin the Belmont from post position No. 4, right next to Pletcher's other runner, Crudo. Pletcher's victories in the Belmont have come with Rags to Riches (2007), Palace Malice (2013), Tapwrit (2017) and Mo Donegal (2022). ▪ Bob Baffert's Rodriguez was supposed to run in the Kentucky Derby, but a foot injury kept him out of both the Derby and the Preakness. Earlier this year, Rodriguez won the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The defection of Rodriguez from the Derby is what allowed Baeza to compete in that race. Rodriguez drew post position No. 3. Baffert has already won the Belmont Stakes three times with Point Given (2001) and Triple Crown winners American Pharoah (2015) and Justify (2018). Baeza has post position No. 6 for Saturday's race. ▪ Hill Road offers intrigue on a number of fronts entering the Belmont. He's coming off a victory in the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes last month, which is a traditional prep race for the Belmont. Past winners of the Peter Pan Stakes who went on to win the Belmont Stakes are Counterpoint (1951), High Gun (1954), Gallant Man (1957), Cavan (1958), Coastal (1979), Danzig Connection (1986), A.P. Indy (1992), Tonalist (2014) and, most recently, Arcangelo (2023). Known as a closer, Hill Road will begin his third start for trainer Chad Brown from post position No. 1 along the inside rail. ▪ Heart of Honor, a 30-1 shot, drew the furthest outside gate with post position No. 8. There's a distinct family connection with this horse: Trainer Jamie Osborne's daughter, Saffie, is the jockey. Saffie is looking to become the second female jockey to win the Belmont Stakes (Julie Krone with Colonial Affair in 1993). The most recent British horse to win the Belmont Stakes was Celtic Ash in 1960.
USA Today
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Belmont Stakes 2025: Post position draw results and morning line odds
Belmont Stakes 2025: Post position draw results and morning line odds We're just days away from the final leg of the 2025 Triple Crown and it's already setting up as a thrilling conclusion. No, there won't be a chance to see the first Triple Crown winner since Justify in 2018, but we'll get the next-best thing: a rematch between the winners of the Kentucky Derby (Sovereignty) and the Preakness Stakes (Journalism) with the latter hoping to avenge a runner-up finish at Churchill Downs. With Belmont Park in Elmont, New York still undergoing renovations, the race will once again be held at Saratoga Race Course upstate. Here's how they'll line up in the starting gate. Post time for the 2025 Belmont Stakes at 7:04 p.m ET on Saturday, June 7. Television coverage is on FOX from 4-7:30 p.m ET. 1. Hill Road Morning Line Odds: 10-1 Trainer: Chad Brown: Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. Owner: Amo Racing USA 2. Sovereignty Morning Line Odds: 2-1 Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Junior Alvarado Owner: Godolphin 3. Rodriguez Morning Line Odds: 6-1 Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Mike Smith Owners: SF Racing & partners 4. Uncaged Morning Line Odds: 30-1 Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Luis Saez Owner: Repole Stable 5. Crudo Morning Line Odds: 15-1 Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez. Owners: Bobby Flay & James Ventura 6. Baeza Morning Line Odds: 4-1 Trainer: John Shirreffs Jockey: Flavien Prat Owners: CRK Stable & Grandview Equine 7. Journalism Morning Line Odds: 8-5 Trainer: Michael McCarthy Jockey: Umberto Rispoli Owners: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & partners 8. Heart Of Honor Morning Line Odds: 30-1 Trainer: Jamie Osborne Jockey: Saffie Osborne Owners: Jim And Claire Ltd.
