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It’s a double for Golden Tempo.
Last month’s Kentucky Derby winner, who missed the Preakness Stakes, losing a chance at the Triple Crown, was victorious in the 158th Belmont Stakes in New York on Saturday.
Renegade opened as the 2-1 morning favorite, similar to the Derby, followed by Chief Wallabee at 3-1 and Golden Tempo and 9-2.
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The racing pole is pulled down for a race at Saratoga Race Course. (Gregory Fisher/Imagn Images)
Saturday’s Belmont Stakes marked the third and final year in a row that the race was held at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York as Belmont Park completes renovations.
Due to the change in course since 2024, the race was run at 1 ¼ miles instead of its usual mile and a half. Saratoga is home to the annual Whitney, Travers and Jim Dandy Stakes.
This year’s Belmont featured no horses from the Preakness Stakes three weeks ago and only four from the Kentucky Derby in early May: Renegade, Commandment, Chief Wallabee and Golden Tempo.
A sign at Saratoga Race Course for the 2026 Belmont Stakes. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
This was also the second straight year in which the Derby winner skipped the Preakness to prepare for the Belmont. Last year, Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby before failing to make it to Pimlico Racetrack and then winning the Belmont.
“We made our decision, he won today and we’re happy with that,” trainer Cherie DeVaux said after the race.
