Sovereignty beats out Journalism to win 2025 Belmont Stakes
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Sunday marked the culmination of the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in the Spa City. While the hustle and bustle of out-of-town visitors may have decreased, many
Here are some of the best outfits from attendees at the 157th Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York on Saturday.
Sovereignty, trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado, won the 2025 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Sovereignty won the 2025 Belmont Stakes, capping off a terrific Triple Crown season for trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado.
The Saratoga weather is calling for wet conditions on Saturday, and the team at SportsLine has broken down the top Belmont Stakes horses to back in fast conditions
Ridden by Junior Alvarado, Sovereignty swept past favored Journalism in the stretch and powered to victory. Journalism held on for second, with Baeza getting up for third.
Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the field of eight on a fast Saratoga track after downpours throughout the morning and early afternoon dried up before post time.
We polled 16 experts to get their top horse racing picks for Saturday's Belmont Stakes 2025 from Saratoga Race Course
The rain came on a big day in Saratoga Springs: the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Large crowds filled Broadway, with restaurants and bars packed. Despite rain earlier in the day, the races had a major turnout. Over 46,000 people were present at the Saratoga Race Course for the Belmont Stakes.
The Belmont Stakes will be contested at Saratoga Race Course for the second straight year due to renovations at Belmont Park. Journalism and Sovereignty, the winners of the first two Triple Crown races, are the headliners in the eight-horse field. One of those two horses is expected to win given how strong each of them have looked in 2025.