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
Time: 6:50 p.m. ET
TV: Fox
Stream: Fubo (free trial)
Location: Saratoga Race Course (Saratoga Springs, New York)
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