We already knew there could be not be a Triple Crown winner in horse racing this yr. However there’ll nonetheless be drama on the Belmont Stakes.
Saturday’s race will function the much-anticipated rematch between Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and Preakness winner Journalism. Sovereignty did not run within the Preakness after ending 1 1/2 lengths forward of Journalism within the opening leg of the Triple Crown.
Journalism, who drew the No. 7 put up place for the Belmont, was the morning-line favourite at 8-5, adopted carefully by Sovereignty at 2-1 from the No. 2 put up.
The 157th Belmont Stakes might be run at Saratoga in Upstate New York for a second straight yr whereas Belmont Park is being rebuilt. Submit time for Saturday’s foremost occasion is 7:04 p.m. ET.
Listed here are the morning-line odds, trainers and jockeys for the ultimate leg of the Triple Crown.
2025 Belmont Stakes subject
1. Hill Street (10-1)
Coach: Chad Brown
Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
2. Sovereignty (2-1)
Coach: Invoice Mott
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
3. Rodriguez (6-1)
Coach: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Mike Smith
4. Uncaged (30-1)
Coach: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Luis Saez
5. Crudo (15-1)
Coach: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: John Velazquez.
6. Baeza (4-1)
Coach: John Shirreffs
Jockey: Flavien Prat
7. Journalism (8-5)
Coach: Michael McCarthy
Jockey: Umberto Rispoli
8. Coronary heart of Honor (30-1)
Coach: Jamie Osborne
Jockey: Saffie Osborne