Belmont Stakes 2026: Win, place, show, exacta, trifecta and superfecta picks

Triple Crown season concludes on Saturday, June 6, with the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes. Horses will compete over 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga Race Course at the 2026 Belmont Stakes, which is the final running of the race before it moves back to Belmont Park. Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo is back in action again after bypassing the Preakness, and he's one of five Derby contenders in the Belmont Stakes 2026 field.

Golden Tempo is listed at 9-2 to utilize in horse racing picks, which only trails Derby runner-up Renegade (2-1), as well as Chief Wallabee (3-1). Others at single digits include Commandment (6-1) and Emerging Market (6-1). The biggest longshot, per the 2026 Belmont Stakes odds, is Vitruvian Man at 30-1.

Before making any 2026 Belmont Stakes picks for The Third Jewel of the Triple Crown, you NEED to see what our resident horse racing guru, Jody Demling, has to say, given his historical DOMINATION of this race.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling hit the top three finishers in the 2025 Kentucky Derby in the correct order! He also called 11 of the last 22 Preakness winners and has predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last eight years, including an exacta in 2022 with Mo Donegal and Nest. Anyone who has followed him on those picks could be WAY UP! Join SportsLine here to see his picks for this year!

While a slew of horses could hit the board in the 2026 Belmont Stakes, Demling is highly confident in a small group, isolating them for his exactas, trifectas and superfectas! He's is especially high on an EPIC double-digit longshot who a legendary trainer is "very high on!" If you include this horse in your 2026 Belmont Stakes picks, you could be looking at a COLOSSAL PAYDAY! 

Who wins the 2026 Belmont Stakes, and which MASSIVE longshot hits the board HARD? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Jody Demling's Belmont Stakes picks and see which HUGE longshot contends, all from the expert who has nailed four of the last eight Belmont champions!