Will another long shot (10:1 odds or more) win the 3rd leg of the Triple Crown in the 158th Belmont?
72% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 36 predictions cast.
Golden Tempo, the 2026 Kentucky Derby winner, claimed the 158th Belmont Stakes on June 7 at Saratoga Race Course in a last-to-first rally under jockey Jose Ortiz, finishing the Triple Crown season's final leg without a long shot upset. Golden Tempo went off at odds of 6-1 — well below the 10-to-1 threshold required for this question to resolve yes. The colt came from 12 lengths off the pace before surging down the stretch to win by a length and a quarter over Commandment, with morning-line favorite Renegade fading to third.
Trainer Cherie DeVaux became the first woman to win both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes with the same horse. Golden Tempo had skipped the Preakness Stakes, following the same path taken by the previous year's Derby winner. No horse at 10-to-1 or greater odds was able to challenge in the stretch, and the race played out in favor of the established contenders at the front of the market.
The community anticipated correctly: 72 percent voted no on a long-shot winner, and the 6-1 favorite delivered.