Updated:
May 18, 2026 , 10:02 PM ET
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We’ll have coverage of the 2026 Belmont Stakes odds once they go live. Preakness Stakes winner Napoleon Solo is bypassing a potential matchup with Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo in the final leg of the Triple Crown.
Photo By – Reuters Connect. Napoleon Solo won the 2026 Preakness Stakes.
The Belmont Stakes — the third and final leg of the Triple Crown — will be contested for the 158th time on Saturday, June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.
Last year, we saw Sovereignty beat Journalism in a thrilling matchup of the Kentucky Derby winner vs. the Preakness Stakes winner. Unfortunately, history will not repeat itself in 2026, as Preakness Stakes winner Napoleon Solo will point to the Haskell Stakes and bypass a potential matchup with Derby winner Golden Tempo in the “Test of the Champion.”
Check back often to see how the Belmont Stakes odds are shaping up.
2026 Belmont Stakes odds
Odds are not yet known for the 2026 Belmont Stakes. Below is a look at who might be running in the race at Saratoga on Saturday, June 6.
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2026 Belmont Stakes favorites
Golden Tempo
Horse racing fans everywhere were disappointed when it was announced that Golden Tempo would skip the Preakness Stakes and train up to the Belmont Stakes. The Kentucky Derby winner rallied from dead-last in an unforgettable finish that made trainer Cherie DeVaux the first woman to win the “Run for the Roses.”
Renegade
Closing in tandem with Golden Tempo in the Kentucky Derby stretch run was Renegade, who overcame his rail draw to finish second.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has played no small part in making the Derby-Belmont layoff popular in this century, in part because he’s won this race that way three times. His first of four Belmont wins came with the filly Rags to Riches, who won the Kentucky Oaks just one day before the Derby.
Chief Wallabee
Bill Mott won the 2025 Belmont with Sovereignty, and Chief Wallabee gives the Hall-of-Fame conditioner a good chance to take the race once again.
Chief Wallabee was highly competitive on the Florida road to the Derby, and was a game fourth in the Run for the Roses.
Ocelli
So far, only one Preakness participant has expressed interest in returning in the Belmont Stakes, and that’s the maiden Ocelli.
He outran his 70-1 odds in the Derby when he ran third, and checked in fourth in the Preakness. Ocelli, Robusta, and Incredibolt are the only three horses who might end up competing in all three legs of the Triple Crown in 2026.
Odds of past Belmont Stakes winners
Here are the last 20 winners of the Belmont Stakes, including their post positions and final odds.
| Year | Belmont Stakes Winner | Post Position | Final Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sovereignty | 2 | 5/2 |
| 2024 | Dornoch | 6 | 17/1 |
| 2023 | Arcangelo | 3 | 7/1 |
| 2022 | Mo Donegal | 6 | 5/2 |
| 2021 | Essential Quality | 2 | 8/5 |
| 2020 | Tiz the Law | 8 | 6/5 |
| 2019 | Sir Winston | 7 | 10/1 |
| 2018 | Justify | 1 | 4/5 |
| 2017 | Tapwrit | 2 | 6/1 |
| 2016 | Creator | 13 | 15/1 |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | 5 | 0.75 |
| 2014 | Tonalist | 11 | 12/1 |
| 2013 | Palace Malice | 12 | 13/1 |
| 2012 | Union Rags | 3 | 3/1 |
| 2011 | Ruler On Ice | 7 | 24/1 |
| 2010 | Drosselmeyer | 7 | 13/1 |
| 2009 | Summer Bird | 4 | 12/1 |
| 2008 | Da’Tara | 6 | 38/1 |
| 2007 | Rags To Riches | 7 | 4/1 |
| 2006 | Jazil | 8 | 6/1 |
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Belmont Stakes Odds FAQs
The 2025 Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday, June 7.
Journalism is favored to win the Belmont Stakes in 2025.
The 2025 Belmont Stakes will feature some of the top three-year-old talent in horse racing.
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