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USA Today
7 hours ago
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- 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.
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Belmont Stakes 2025 draw: Post positions, odds for final leg of Triple Crown race
Belmont Stakes 2025 draw: Post positions, odds for final leg of Triple Crown race Show Caption Hide Caption Sovereignty Captures 2025 Kentucky Derby Sovereignty triumphed in a rain-soaked 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, overcoming tough conditions and a competitive field. The stage for the final leg of horse racing's Triple Crown race is set. Although there won't be a Triple Crown winner in 2025, the 2025 Belmont Stakes will still be a highly-anticipated attraction with the rematch for the first jewels of the sport's premier races. After not running in the Preakness Stakes, 2025 Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty makes his return to the track and faces Journalism, the winner of the Preakness. The two went down to the wire at Churchill Downs and they'll meet again for another chance of glory. The race will still be held at Saratoga Race Course as Belmont Park is still undergoing renovations, and as a result, the race will be contested at 1 ¼-mile instead of the traditional 1 ½-mile distance. Journalism and Sovereignty are the favorites, but could another thoroughbred spoil the rematch and take the title in New York? 2025 Belmont Stakes post positions Here's where each horse landed, as well as its trainer, jockey and current odds: Hill Road Trainer: Chad Brown Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. Odds: 10-1 Sovereignty Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Junior Alvarado Odds: 2-1 Rodriguez Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Mike Smith Odds: 6-1 Uncaged Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Luis Saez Odds: 30-1 Crudo Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez Odds: 15-1 Baeza Trainer: John Shirreffs Jockey: Flavien Prat Odds: 4-1 Journalism Trainer: Michael McCarthy Jockey: Umberto Rispoli Odds: 8-5 Heart of Honor Trainer: Jamie Osborne Jockey: Saffie Osborne Odds: 30-1 When is the Belmont Stakes 2025? The 157th running of the Belmont Stakes will be held Saturday, June 7. Post time is 6:50 p.m. ET. Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025 Saturday, June 7, 2025 Time: 6:50 p.m. ET 6:50 p.m. ET TV : Fox : Fox Stream: Fubo (free trial) Fubo (free trial) Location: Saratoga Race Course (Saratoga Springs, New York) The biggest stories, every morning. Stay up-to-date on all the key sports developments by subscribing to USA TODAY Sports' newsletter.
NBC Sports
17-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Crudo leaves no doubt in the Sir Barton Stakes
Todd Pletcher trained and Bobby Flay owned Crudo runs away with the Sir Barton Stakes, winning by eight lengths at Pimlico Race Course.
USA Today
03-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Grande trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
Grande trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse Show Caption Hide Caption Watch 2025 Kentucky Derby contender Grande work at Churchill Downs 2025 Kentucky Derby contender Grande works at Churchill Downs on April 27, 2025. Trainer is Todd Pletcher. Career is three starts for 2-1-0. Grande will enter the Kentucky Derby off a second-place finish in the Wood Memorial on April 5 Grande trainer Todd Pletcher has won the Kentucky Derby twice with Super Saver (2010) and Always Dreaming (2017) Grande is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky Derby prep races that began last September. The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday, April 26. Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Grande will enter the Kentucky Derby off a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial on April 5 at Aqueduct. He currently ranks 16th on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 50. Color: Dark Bay. Bred in: Kentucky. Sire: Curlin. Dam: Journey Home, by War Front. Price tag: $300,000 at 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Owner: Repole Stable (Mike Repole). He's 0 for 8 in the Derby, best finish coming with Mo Donegal (fifth) in 2022. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. He's 2 for 65 in the Derby, winning with Super Saver (2010) and Always Dreaming (2017). No trainer has entered more horses in the Derby than Pletcher. Jockey: John Velazquez. He's 3 for 26 in the Derby, winning with Animal Kingdom (2011), Always Dreaming (2017) and Authentic (2020). Record: 2-1-0 in three starts. Career earnings: $228,200. Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 50 (No. 16). Last race: Second in Grade 2 Wood Memorial on April 5 at Aqueduct, 3 ½ lengths behind Rodriguez. Running style: Stalker. Notes: Grande did not race as a 2-year-old and won two starts at Gulfstream Park before his runner-up finish in the Wood Memorial. … Grande will try to become the fifth horse to win the Kentucky Derby after just three career starts, joining Regret (1915), Big Brown (2008), Justify (2018) and Mage (2023). … Repole, Pletcher and Velazquez teamed on the favorite in last year's Derby with Fierceness, who faded to 15th after battling near the lead early. What they're saying: 'I thought he ran super,' Pletcher said after the Wood. 'He didn't break real well. He got shuffled around a little bit going into the first turn. (Jockey Dylan Davis) said he kind of had to check off heels, which forced him to go really wide. He advanced nicely down the backside while out in the middle of the track. He still got hung out pretty wide on the far turn and I think compared to the ground saved that the winner had, it was a very creditable effort.' Last May, NBC Sports announced a partnership with Churchill Downs to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032. The extension includes multiplatform rights to the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Derby and Oaks Day programming, which will be presented on NBC, Peacock, USA Network and additional NBCU platforms. You can stream the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Fubo and Peacock. Post time for the 151st Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@ Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ. More horse racing: Here's how Journalism, likely Kentucky Derby favorite, got his name from a former editor
Reuters
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Horse racing-Pletcher-trained colt Grande scratched from Kentucky Derby
May 2 - May 2 (Reuters) - Repole Stable's Grande has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby on the eve of the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown due to what Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher called a foot bruise, Churchill Downs said on Friday. The withdrawal of the lightly-raced dark bay colt, who had won twice in three races, comes a day after the Bob Baffert-trained Rodriguez was scratched from the Kentucky Derby because of a bruised foot. Repole Stable owner Mike Repole said in a statement on X that Grande was battling a "slight cracked heel" this week which had been improving and that the decision to scratch was made by the veterinarians. "We all love these horses and our number one concern is the safety and welfare of these amazing Thoroughbreds," said Repole. "That is, and should always be the priority. "With all the diagnostics we have taken, the great vets we use, and the experience of Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, we are baffled and confused by what criteria vets are using to determine who scratches, who doesn't and when ... especially when every diagnostic tells us the horse is safe and sound."
