Horse Racing News

The Belmont Stakes is set to be run at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York for a third consecutive year in 2026.

Sovereignty bested Journalism on Saturday in a Kentucky Derby rematch to win the 157th Belmont Stakes, and the second hosted at Saratoga.

From the basics to insider intel, here are betting tips and everything else you need to know for Saturday's Belmont Stakes.

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Preakness winner Journalism and Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty have the best odds in the eight-horse field for Saturday's Belmont Stakes.

Kentucky Derby runner-up and Preakness winner Journalism opened as the 8-5 favorite in the Belmont Stakes when post positions were drawn Monday for the final leg of the Triple Crown.

The Breeders' Cup world championships are returning to New York in 2027 at the rebuilt Belmont Park, following a massive renovation project to revitalize one of the most important horse racing tracks in the country.

Christophe Clement, who trained Tonalist to victory in the 2014 Belmont Stakes and won a Breeders' Cup race in 2021, has died from a rare eye cancer. He was 59.

Larry Demeritte, a Bahamas native and longtime trainer who realized his dream of running a horse in the Kentucky Derby last year, has died at 75, his wife, Inga, confirmed to the Louisville Courier-Journal reported on Tuesday.

Journalism won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, coming from behind down the stretch to make good on the lofty expectations of being the favorite in the middle leg of the Triple Crown two weeks after finishing second to Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby.