Sovereignty wins 2025 Belmont Stakes
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For the second consecutive year, the Belmont Stakes is in Saratoga Springs, New York, instead of Elmont. Here's why.
The 1.5-mile race will feature racehorses Sovereignty and Journalism, the winners of the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, respectively. Journalism had been the odds favorite (4-1) heading into the Derby, while Sovereignty entered the race at 9-1 odds, but Sovereignty gained the edge in the final moments on the muddy Churchill Downs track.
Sovereignty won the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes, capping off a dominant year for the three-year-old horse, who won the Kentucky Derby earlier this year.
Belmont Stakes is being impacted by stormy weather around Saratoga Race Course on Saturday morning. The skies are set to clear and conditions are likely to improve in Saratoga Springs, New York after a morning of rain,
She Feels Pretty went 1 3/16 of a mile in just over two minutes in the New York Stakes on the eve of Belmont to avenge second-place finish at Saratoga in 2024.
Ever since Sovereignty didn’t run in the Preakness, there have been conversations about spreading out the three legs of the Triple Crown.