The Triple Crown final leg also features Baeza, giving it the top three finishers from the Run for the Roses in the field of eight Saturday in Saratoga, N.Y.

We polled 16 experts to get their top horse racing picks for Saturday's Belmont Stakes 2025 from Saratoga Race Course

The track at the old Belmont Park was a mile-and-a-half oval, the only one of that length in the country and one perfectly suited to the Belmont Stakes’ 12 furlongs (a furlong is an eighth of a mile). That will remain unchanged when Belmont reopens.

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Coverage of the 157th Belmont Stakes will begin on race day as early as 10:30 a.m. ET on FS1. Then, at 2:30 p.m. ET, coverage will also start on Fox. The race post time is set for 7:04 p.m.

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners founder said Preakness winner's regular rider has “done everything right with his horse every step of the way.”

Some of the top budding journalists from across the country received honors this week, including two finalists from Maryland.

Gabby Miller, Juliane Balog, and Zaire Breedlove had never gone to the Georgia State Capitol before, let alone covered one of the dozens of committee meetings during the General Assembly’s legislative session.