Golden Tempo wins the Belmont Stakes after also taking the Kentucky Derby

Golden Tempo surged to triumph successful the 2026 Belmont Stakes connected Saturday astatine Saratoga Springs successful New York, capturing the 3rd and last triumph of the Triple Crown, conscionable a period aft winning the Kentucky Derby. 

Golden Tempo made Cherie DeVaux the archetypal pistillate to bid a Kentucky Derby winner. She was looking to beryllium the 2nd astatine the Belmont aft Jena Antonucci successful 2023 with Archangelo. DeVaux was calved successful Saratoga Springs and began her grooming vocation astatine the track.

Golden Tempo was not capable to expanse this year's bid due to the fact that Derby victor Golden Tempo skipped the Preakness Stakes successful Maryland connected May 16.

Renegade remained the favourite entering Saturday's race.

Renegade, the Kentucky Derby runner-up trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, was stake down to 8-5 aft opening astatine 2-1 connected the greeting line. The remainder of the wealth was dispersed retired significantly, with Derby victor Golden Tempo, Chief Wallabee, Commandment and Emerging Market each 5-1.

The agelong shots successful the tract of 9 were Pletcher-trained Powershift astatine 12-1, Growth Equity astatine 13-1, Ottinho astatine 19-1 and Vitruivian Man astatine 20-1.

The Belmont is being tally astatine Saratoga Race Course successful upstate New York for a 3rd and last clip portion its accepted location connected the borderline of Queens and Long Island was demolished and rebuilt. The contention is acceptable to instrumentality to Belmont Park adjacent year.

The Belmont, known arsenic the Test of the Champion, is usually the longest of the 3 Triple Crown races astatine 1 1/2 miles. But Saturday's contention was 1 1/4 miles — the aforesaid magnitude arsenic the Derby — due to the fact that of the configuration of the main racetrack astatine Saratoga Race Course successful Saratoga Springs, New York.

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