156th Belmont Stakes Betting - Horse Racing Odds

156th Belmont Stakes Betting Online

The 156th running of the Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday, June 8th and because of construction going on at Belmont Park it will take place at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Belmont Stakes is the last of the three Triple Crown races and is held in early June, three weeks after the Preakness Stakes which is held in mid-May. The Belmont Stakes is kind of an all-or-nothing type of race, as there are occasions where the excitement is high if a Triple Crown is on the line, but much less interest if history can’t be made. The last Triple Crown winner was Justify in 2018 and that was also the last time a horse made it to the Belmont in search of the Triple Crown. In each of the past five years, no horse has won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes and that drought will stretch to six years, as 2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan was beaten in the Preakness by Seize the Grey. Belmont Stakes odds have Sierra Leone, who finished 2nd in the Kentucky Derby, listed as the morning-line favorite at odds of 9-5. The unbeaten Mindframe, for trainer Todd Pletcher, is second with Belmont Stakes odds of 7-2, while Mystik Dan is the third choice at horse racing odds of 5-1 and Seize the Grey is listed as the fourth choice at odds of 8-1.

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2024 Belmont Stakes At a Glance

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Location: Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY (Belmont Park Construction)

Length: 1 1/4 miles (10 furlongs), dirt track (Saratoga)

Purse: 2 million

Belmont Stakes TV Coverage: FOX

2024 Belmont Stakes Betting Odds

Horse, Trainer, Jockey, Morning Line Odds

Seize The Grey (D. Wayne Lukas, Jaime Torres) 8-1

Resilience (Bill Mott, Junior Alvarado) 10-1

Mystik Dan (Ken McPeek, Brian Hernandez, Jr.) 5-1

The Wine Steward (Mike Maker, Manny Franco) 15-1

Antiquarian (Todd Pletcher, John Velazquez) 12-1

Dornoch (Danny Gargan, Luis Saez) 15-1

Protective (Todd Pletcher, Tyler Gaffalione) 20-1

Honor Marie (Whit Beckman, Florent Geroux) 12-1

Sierra Leone (Chad Brown, Flavien Prat) 9-5

Mindframe (Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz, Jr.) 7-2

The 2024 Belmont Stakes will not be run at Belmont Park, as Saratoga Race Course will host this year’s race due to construction at Belmont Park. Saturday's race will be run at a shorter 1.25-mile distance so keep that in mind. This will be the sixth straight year that there will not be any Triple Crown drama. No horse has won two of the Triple Crown races since Justify won the Triple Crown in 2018.

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey are both part of the 2024 Belmont field, but neither is favored. Kentucky Derby runner-up Sierra Leone is the 9-5 morning-line favorite, while the unbeaten Mindframe is the second choice. Mystik Dan is the third choice in the betting odds, while Seize the Grey is fourth. Sierra Leone comes into the Belmont Stakes with extra rest after sitting out the Preakness, while Mystik Dan will be running all three Triple Crown races.

FOX Sports will be providing coverage of the Belmont Stakes with pre-race coverage beginning at 4:00 p.m. Eastern on Saturday. Post time for the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes is 6:41 p.m. Eastern.

In 1905, Belmont Park became the permanent home of the Belmont Stakes and the usual distance of 1 1/2 miles was set in 1926. That makes this the longest of the three Triple Crown races, testing horses’ endurance. The mile and a half distance will not be run in 2024 with construction taking place at Belmont Park. The 2024 Belmont Stakes will take place at Saratoga Race Course and the distance will be a mile and a quarter. The last time the Belmont Stakes was not held at Belmont Park was from 1963 to 1967 when Belmont Park was under construction. The race was held at Aqueduct Race Track during that time period.

Fillies don't run in the Belmont Stakes often, but they do from time to time. With the Triple Tiara becoming less and less notable as time goes on, you'll sometimes see a filly get off that trail and run in the Belmont instead. A total of 23 fillies have run in the Belmont Stakes with three winning it. Rags to Riches was the last filly to win the Belmont Stakes in 2007.

Belmont Stakes Winners (2000)

There really isn't a way to put Secretariat's run at the 1973 Belmont Stakes into perspective. To say that he was phenomenal that day is an understatement, as he ran the race in a record 2:24 flat and won by a record 31 lengths. There aren't many unbreakable records in sports, but this is one of them. We've never even seen a horse run the third leg of the Triple Crown in 2:25, let alone in 2:24, and to win any race by 30+ lengths is just stupefying.

Fastest Times

You should consider anything under 2:27 a great time to win the Belmont Stakes. American Pharoah blazed through the mile and a half in 2:26.65, the second fastest time ever for a Triple Crown winner behind Secretariat, and he and Point Given are the only two horses to run the Belmont in less than 2:27 since 2000. The next closest since then was Birdstone in 2004, and he needed 2:27.50 to finish the race.

Longest Odds To Win

Upsets in the Belmont Stakes have certainly been more frequent in recent years than in the past, and there have been some massive upsets in that mix. Sarava pulled off the upset of all upsets when he cashed in at a whopping price of 70 to 1 in 2002, ending the Triple Crown bid of War Emblem. He's one of the three who have ever won this race at a price of 50 to 1 or better.

Most Jockey Wins

It really shouldn't be shocking that the old-time jockeys are the ones who have won the Belmont Stakes most often. The record of six held by Eddie Arcaro and Jim McLaughlin will probably never be touched. Arcaro is considered by many to be the greatest jockey of all-time, and it’s unlikely anyone surpasses him.

Most Trainer Wins

The greatest run in the history of any of the Triple Crown races for trainers came from 1982 through 1986 when the great Woody Stephens trained five consecutive winners at the Belmont Stakes. Stephens immediately became one of the best trainers in NYRA history, and no one will ever touch five straight Belmont Stakes victories ever again. James G. Rowe Sr.'s record of eight Belmont victories will very likely also never be touched.

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