The 159th Belmont Stakes is on Saturday, June 5, 2027, and the race goes back to a rebuilt Belmont Park after three years at Saratoga. No 2027 odds are quoted here yet; the last running went to Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo, who paid $14.00 to win.
The next Belmont Stakes
- Race day: Saturday, June 5, 2027
- Track: Belmont Park, Long Island, New York
- Edition: the 159th running, Grade 1, $2 million
- Festival: the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival runs Thursday, June 3, to Saturday, June 5
The New York Racing Association moved the race to Saratoga Race Course from 2024 to 2026 while Belmont Park was rebuilt, and the new track was scheduled to open on September 18, 2026. At Saratoga the race was run at 1 1/4 miles. The 2022 and 2023 runnings at Belmont Park took 2:28.28 and 2:29.23; the three at Saratoga took between 2:00.69 and 2:03.49, so times from those years do not compare with what comes next.
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The Belmont is the third leg of the Triple Crown. In 2027 the 153rd Kentucky Derby is on Saturday, May 1, and the 152nd Preakness moves to Sunday, May 23, which leaves 13 days between the Preakness and the Belmont.
How the 2026 Belmont finished
Golden Tempo won the 158th Belmont at Saratoga on June 6, 2026, in 2:03.49, beating Commandment by 1 1/4 lengths. Renegade went off the favorite at 1.75-1 and finished third, 5 1/4 lengths back.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Morning line | Final odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden Tempo | Jose Ortiz | Cherie DeVaux | 9-2 | 6.00-1 |
| 2 | Commandment | John R. Velazquez | Brad H. Cox | 6-1 | 6.04-1 |
| 3 | Renegade | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | 2-1 | 1.75-1 |
| 4 | Chief Wallabee | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | 3-1 | 5.03-1 |
| 5 | Emerging Market | Flavien Prat | Chad C. Brown | 6-1 | 5.89-1 |
| 6 | Growth Equity | Manuel Franco | Chad C. Brown | 12-1 | 13.85-1 |
| 7 | Vitruvian Man | Antonio Fresu | Doug O’Neill | 30-1 | 24.20-1 |
| 8 | Ottinho | Dylan Davis | Chad C. Brown | 20-1 | 21.28-1 |
| 9 | Powershift | Luis Saez | Todd A. Pletcher | 12-1 | 11.44-1 |
A $2 win bet on Golden Tempo returned $14.00, with $7.32 to place and $3.88 to show. The $1 exacta (9-7) paid $55.67, the 50-cent trifecta (9-7-4) $51.32 and the 10-cent superfecta (9-7-4-3) $23.79. Golden Tempo was only the fourth choice in the final betting and Commandment the fifth, behind Renegade, Chief Wallabee and Emerging Market. Belmont Stakes Day drew all-sources handle of $116,077,378, and $50,876,383 of it was bet on the Belmont.
Recent Belmont Stakes winners
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | Track | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Golden Tempo | Cherie DeVaux | Jose Ortiz | Saratoga | 2:03.49 |
| 2025 | Sovereignty | William I. Mott | Junior Alvarado | Saratoga | 2:00.69 |
| 2024 | Dornoch | Danny Gargan | Luis Saez | Saratoga | 2:01.64 |
| 2023 | Arcangelo | Jena Antonucci | Javier Castellano | Belmont Park | 2:29.23 |
| 2022 | Mo Donegal | Todd A. Pletcher | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Belmont Park | 2:28.28 |
Mott trained the 2025 winner and saddled Chief Wallabee to fourth in 2026. Pletcher, who won in 2022, had two runners in 2026 and they finished third and last.
Belmont Stakes odds for 2027
Betting on the Belmont is pari-mutuel. Every dollar on a bet type goes into one pool, the track takes its cut, and the rest is shared by the winning tickets, so the price moves until the gate opens. The morning line is only the track handicapper’s estimate.
Futures on a Triple Crown race are bet months ahead, on horses that may never make the gate, and the 2027 Derby is not run until May 1. A futures price is worth taking only when you rate a horse’s chance higher than the price does: 6-1, Golden Tempo’s final odds, implies about a 14.3% chance.
Our Belmont Stakes betting guide covers the race and its bet types in full, and the horse racing betting guide explains boxes and wheels. The first two legs have their own pages: the Kentucky Derby betting guide and the Preakness Stakes betting guide. To turn odds into a percentage yourself, see how betting odds work.