SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. \u2014 Golden Tempo won the\u00a0158th running of the Belmont Stakes\u00a0on Saturday, capturing the third leg of the Triple Crown five weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby and making more history for trainer Cherie DeVaux.<\/p>\n
With jockey Jose Ortiz aboard, Golden Tempo charged down the stretch at Saratoga Race Course to win the Belmont, holding off Commandment before the finish line at the historic track.<\/p>\n
Commandment was second and favorite Renegade third.<\/p>\n
The pace was not nearly as fast as it was at Churchill Downs, yet Golden Tempo still was able to close in time to win the 1 1\/4-mile race in 2:03.49.<\/p>\n
Golden Tempo (9) with Jockey Jose Ortiz crosses the finish line to win the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura<\/p>\n
Golden Tempo (9) with Jockey Jose Ortiz leads the way to the finish line to win the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura<\/p>\n
Trainer Cherie DeVaux, right, greet Golden Tempo (9) and Jockey Jose Ortiz after they won the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura<\/p>\n
DeVaux, after\u00a0becoming the first woman\u00a0to train a Kentucky Derby winner, is the second in four years to do so at the Belmont.\u00a0Jena Antonucci won it with\u00a0Archangelo in 2023.<\/p>\n
This was the third and final time for the Belmont\u00a0at Saratoga\u00a0in upstate New York while its traditional home on the border of Queens and Long Island is getting\u00a0demolished and rebuilt. The race is set to\u00a0return to Belmont Park\u00a0next year.<\/p>\n
DeVaux was born in Saratoga Springs and\u00a0began her training career\u00a0at the track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. \u2014 Golden Tempo won the\u00a0158th running of the Belmont Stakes\u00a0on Saturday, capturing the third leg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19651,28059,9,11,10,319,44673],"class_list":["post-257841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-belmont-stakes","tag-horse-racing","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports","tag-triple-crown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}