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This year’s Belmont Stakes features a highly anticipated group of eight horses. However, fans will be most excited to see a rematch between Sovereignty, winner of the Kentucky Derby, and Journalism, the Preakness Stakes champion.
Sovereignty skipped the Preakness to prepare for Belmont, which creates a high-stakes (pardon the pun) race between two heavyweights of the 2025 season.
While all eyes will be on the two recent winners, don't forget about Baeza and Rodriguez.
Baeza's mother, Puca, also produced Mage (the winner of the 2023 Kentucky Derby) and Dornoch (the winner of the 2024 Belmont Stakes). Rodriguez, who is trained by Bob Baffert, missed both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness with a foot injury.
Here is everything you need to know about the Belmont Stakes schedule, including race time, TV and streaming options and full field details.
Belmont Stakes race schedule 2025
- Date: Saturday, June 7
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- Location: Saratoga Race Course
- Purse: $2 million
The 157th running of the Belmont Stakes will take place at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 7.
Where to watch Belmont Stakes 2025: TV channels, live streams
- Date: Saturday, June 7
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- TV channel: FOX
- Streaming: Fubo
The Belmont Stakes will air nationally on FOX. Cord-cutters can stream the race live on Fubo, which offers a free trial for new subscribers and streams over 200 channels, including live sports.
Belmont Stakes radio channel on SiriusXM
- Radio channel: SiriusXM channel 83
Fans can listen to the Belmont Stakes on FOX Sports via SiriusXM on satellite channel 83 and the SiriusXM app.
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Belmont Stakes horses 2025: Odds, post positions, jockeys, trainers
| 1 | Hill Road | Chad Brown | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 10-1 |
| 2 | Sovereignty | Bill Mott | Junior Alvarado | 2-1 |
| 3 | Rodriguez | Bob Baffert | Mike Smith | 6-1 |
| 4 | Uncaged | Todd Pletcher | Luis Saez | 30-1 |
| 5 | Crudo | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | 15-1 |
| 6 | Baeza | John Shirreffs | Flavien Prat | 4-1 |
| 7 | Journalism | Michael McCarthy | Umberto Rispoli | 8-5 |
| 8 | Heart of Honor | Jamie Osborne | Saffie Osborne | 30-1 |
Belmont Stakes winners by post position
History shows horses starting in the first position have a 1-in-5 chance to win the Belmont Stakes. Other positions with at least a 10 percent chance include Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 7.
Here are the all-time Belmont Stakes winners by post position:
| 1 | 24 | 20.3% |
| 2 | 13 | 11.0% |
| 3 | 16 | 13.6% |
| 4 | 10 | 8.5% |
| 5 | 15 | 12.7% |
| 6 | 9 | 8.4% |
| 7 | 14 | 11.9% |
| 8 | 7 | 5.9% |
| 9 | 4 | 3.4% |
| 10 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 11 | 3 | 2.5% |
| 12 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 13 | 1 | 0.8% |
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