The 157th Belmont Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, June 7th, 2025. The Grade I, $2 million dollar Belmont Stakes will be raced over 1 and 1/4 miles of dirt at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY. The Belmont Stakes is race 13 on a card of 14, with a post time of 7:04 PM ET. All of the 3 year-old entries, in 2025, are colts.
Here are the horses entered for the Belmont Stakes, listed by post/horse (origin of breeding) Sire – Dam/jockey/trainer/owner/morning-line odds/Kentucky Derby and Preakness order of finish when applicable/and a little side note of information:
- Hill Road (KY) Quality Road – Exotic Notion/Irad, Ortiz, Jr./Chad Brown/Amo Racing USA/10-1/after a career start of racing overseas he is fresh off a win in New York in the Peter Pan Stakes
- Sovereignty (KY)/ Into Mischief – Crowned/Junior Alvarado/William Mott/Godolphin, LLC./2-1/winner of the Kentucky Derby/he began his career racing right at Saratoga
- Rodriguez (KY) Authentic – Cayala/Mike Smith/Bob Baffert/SF Racing, LLC., Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC., Stonestreet Stables, LLC., Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, LLC. and Catherine Donovan/6-1/following a career of California racing he won the Wood Memorial in New York in his last start
- Uncaged (KY) Curlin – Dark Nile/Luis Saez/Todd Pletcher/WinStar Farm, LLC. and Repole Stable/30-1/started racing at Saratoga, 3 of his 4 starts were in New York and his last race he finished 6th in the Peter Pan
- Crudo (KY) Justify – Blossomed/John Velazquez/Todd Pletcher/Bobby Flay and James Ventura/15-1/won at Keeneland as I watched and also won the Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico on Preakness Stakes Day
- Beaza (KY) McKinzie – Puca/Flavien Prat/John Shirreffs/C R K Stable, LLC. and Grandview Equine/4-1/third in the Kentucky Derby/prior to racing in Kentucky he was a California racer
- Journalism (KY) Curlin – Mopotism/Umberto Rispoli/Michael McCarthy/Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stables, Robert V. LaPenta, Elayne Stables Five, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor and Derrick Smith/8-5/second in the Kentucky Derby and first in the Preakness/also, always raced in California prior
- Heart of Honor (GB) Honor A.P. – Ruby Love/Saffie Osborne/Jamie Osborne/Jim and Claire Limited/30-1/fifth in the Preakness Stakes/this is the only non Kentucky bred in the race and prior to the Preakness he had only raced overseas
Who will be the best in the Belmont Stakes? Time will tell which thoroughbred will win The Test Of The Champion. Thoroughbred U has really enjoyed sharing The Road To The Kentucky Derby and The Triple Crown with you. That Road starts all over again in a few months. In the mean time, check in for stories on some summer racing and hopefully some farm tours. Thank you fans, friends, family and new readers.
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