Grade 1 · Saratoga · Saturday, June 7, 2025
2025 Belmont Stakes Results
Sovereignty won the 2025 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on June 7, 2025, ridden by Junior Alvarado for trainer Bill Mott, and paid $7.00 to win. Journalism was second and Baeza third in a field of 8.
2025 Belmont Stakes winner
Sovereignty
- Jockey
- Junior Alvarado
- Trainer
- Bill Mott
- Post position
- 2
- Odds at post
- 2.50-1
- Winning margin
- 3 lengths
- Final time
- 2:00.69
- Track
- Good
- Field
- 8
- Distance
- 1 1/4 Miles · Dirt
$2 win
$7.00
$2 place
$3.20
$2 show
$2.30
How the 2025 Belmont Stakes was won
Sovereignty won by 3 lengths over Journalism, with Baeza third and Rodriguez fourth. Sent off at 2.50-1, Sovereignty paid $7.00 to win, $3.20 to place and $2.30 to show. The $1 exacta (2-7) paid $6.60, the $0.50 trifecta (2-7-6) paid $6.90 and the $0.10 superfecta (2-7-6-3) paid $4.05. The final time was 2:00.69 over a good track, in a field of 8.
Junior Alvarado rode Sovereignty for trainer Bill Mott.
Sovereignty came into it having won the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty went on to win the 2025 Travers Stakes and the 2026 Whitney Stakes.
The race was held at Saratoga Race Course at 1 1/4 miles for the second straight year. Sovereignty beat Journalism by three lengths with Baeza third, repeating the Kentucky Derby's top three in the same order. Sovereignty, who skipped the Preakness, became the first colt since Triple Crown winner Justify in 2018 to win at least two Triple Crown races.
Belmont Stakes payouts
$1 Exacta
2-7 paid $6.60
$0.50 Trifecta
2-7-6 paid $6.90
$0.10 Superfecta
2-7-6-3 paid $4.05
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How they finished
2025 Belmont Stakes
| Fin | Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sovereignty | Junior Alvarado | $7.00 | $3.20 | $2.30 |
| 2 | Journalism | Umberto Rispoli | — | $3.20 | $2.30 |
| 3 | Baeza | Flavien Prat | — | — | $2.60 |
| 4 | Rodriguez | Mike Smith | — | — | — |
Previous Belmont Stakes winners
- 2024DornochLuis Saez · Danny Gargan
- 2023ArcangeloJavier Castellano · Jena Antonucci
- 2022Mo DonegalIrad Ortiz Jr. · Todd Pletcher
- 2021Essential QualityLuis Saez · Brad Cox
- 2020Tiz the LawManny Franco · Barclay Tagg
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Results from public race records (source), checked October 2026. For entertainment purposes only.