![]() ![]() ![]() Tapit Shoes, Jose Ortiz, 20-1 Tapit Trice, Luis Saez, 3-1, Arcangelo, Javier Castellano, 8-1 National Treasure, 5-1, John Velazquez Il Miracolo, 30-1, Marcos Meneses Forte, 5-2, Irad Ortiz Jr. The Belmont field, in post position order, with jockeys and odds: The other four entries are listed at double-digit odds. He is trained by Jena Antonucci, who will try to become the first woman trainer to win the Belmont. 4 post.Īrcangelo is 8-1 and will break from the No. National Treasure, the Preakness winner trained by Bob Baffert, is 5-1. He finished third in the Derby and is one of three horses in the race trained by Brad Cox. Mage, the Kentucky Derby winner, is skipping the Triple Crown finale after finishing third in the Preakness on May 20.Īngel of Empire is the third choice at 7-2. “We still think this is the best 3-year-old in the crop and he’s going to prove that.” He hasn’t missed any training,” said Mike Repole, co-owner of Forte. “He’s doing great, he’s training really well. He was on a vets’ list that kept him out of the Preakness, but has since come off it. 2 post.įorte was the early Derby favorite, but was scratched by Kentucky officials the morning of the May 6 race because of a bruised right foot. Pletcher’s other horse, Tapit Trice, is the 3-1 second choice and drew the No. 6 post in the nine-horse field at Belmont Park. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the colt will break from the No. The colt, who was scratched the day of the Kentucky Derby, is the early favorite for the Belmont Stakes.įorte, last year’s 2-year-old champion, was made the slight 5-2 favorite for the grueling 1 1/2-mile race. Forte is finally getting a crack at running in a Triple Crown race. ![]()
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