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  • See the current odds to win the 2023 Belmont Stakes
  • Fote and Tapit Trice are the early favorites
  • See which horse’s odds are trending in the right direction and which are fading to get the best value

The 2023 Belmont Stakes will be run Saturday, June 10 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. We’re tracking the odds to win the 155th running of the race for all horses from the time they opened and will continue to do so right up to race time. The graph below was generated by averaging the odds from our most trusted online sports betting sites.

2023 Belmont Stakes Odds Top Contenders

  • [6/10/23] National Treasure has shortened from +700 to +500 this past week as the field shortens in the Belmont Stakes
  • [5/26/23] After being favored in the Derby and being scratched on the day of, Forte returns and is the early favorite at +300

2023 Belmont Stakes Odds

Horse Odds
Forte +250
Tapit Trice +300
Angel of Empire +450
National Treasure +500
Arcangelo +800
Hit Show +1000
Red Route One +1500
Tapit Shoes +2000
Il Miracolo +3000

The top three favorites in the opening 2023 Belmont Stakes odds are Forte (+300), Tapit Trice (+350) and Angel of Empire (+450). Odds as of May 26.

Among the other contenders are Nationa Treasure who won the Preaknes and Arabian Lion.

Recent Belmont Stakes Winners

Year Horse Jockey Trainer Time
2022 Mo Donegal Irad Ortiz Jr Todd Pletcher 2:28.28
2021 Essential Quality Luis Saez Brad H Cox 2:27.11
2020 Tiz The Law Manny Franco Barclay Tagg 1:46.53*
2019 Sir Winston Joel Rosario Mark E. Casse 2:28.30
2018 Justify Mike Smith Bob Baffert 2:28.18
2017 Tapwrit Jose L. Ortiz Todd Pletcher 2:30.02
2016 American Pharoah Irad Ortiz Jr. Steve Asmussen 2:28.51
2015 Tonalist Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert 2:26.65
2014 Palace Malice Joel Rosario Christophe Clement 2:28.52
2013 Union Rags Mike Smith Todd Pletcher 2:30.70
2012 Ruler on Ice John Velazquez Michael Matz 2:30.42
2011 Drosselmeyer Jose Valdivia Jr. Kelly Breen 2:30.88
2010 Summer Bird Mike Smith William Mott 2:31.57

Last year’s winner Mo Donegal won the race in 2:28.28. That wasn’t faster than 2021’s winner Essentual quality, but was just slightly faster than 2019’s winner Sir Winston who won with a time of 2:28.30. 2020 was a shorter distance run during COVID.

Most Belmont Stakes Jockey Wins

Since 2010, only three jockeys have won multiple times at the Belmont Stakes.

That was Mike Smith with Justify (2018), Palace Malice (2013), and Drosselmeyer (2010).

And Joel Rosario won in 2019 with Sir Winston and in 2014 with Tonalist.

But winning on Essential Quality last Year Irad Ortiz Jr added his name to that group having also won in 2016 on American Pharoah.

Most Belmont Stakes Trainer Wins

2021 was also a first-time Belmont Stakes win for trainer Brad H Cox.

He has a long way to go to catch the all-time leader of James Rowe who has trained eight winning Belmont horses. The last coming in 1931.

But Todd Pletcher is doing his best to close that gap, now with four Belmont wins, as the trainer of Essential Quality in 2022. Can he make it five in 2023?

Belmont Stakes Bets You Can Make

  • Win bet
  • Place bet
  • Show bet
  • Exacta
  • Trifecta
  • Superfecta

Win, Place & Show Preakness Stakes Bets

The three main types of horse racing bets you can make for the Belmont Stakes will be win, place and show bets.

A win bet is pretty straightforward. If you bet on a horse to win they need to finish in first place.

If you bet on a horse to place, the payout will be smaller, but they can finish in the top two.

A bet on a horse to show means they can come in either first, second or third.

Exacta, Trifecta & Superfecta Preakness Stakes Bets

The parlays of horse betting are the exotic bets that often include exactas. trifectas and superfectas.

In an exacta, you’re picking two horses that need to both finish in the top two in exact order.

A trifecta is picking three horses to finish in the top three in a certain order. And finally, a superfecta is picking four horses to finish in the top four in the correct order.

You are also able to “box” any of these options where they can finish in top two, three or four in any order.


Archived Odds: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

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Ryan is SBD's resident soccer pro, though his repertoire is by no means limited to a single sport. His articles have been published by the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Kitchener Rangers, and outlets like SportsXpress and Shredthespread.com