Belmont Park Race 5 Results & Payouts – Sep 18, 2026

Belmont Park Race 5 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	7 Forever Young (JPN)Ryusei Sakai · T: Yoshito Yahagi	$2.96	$2.10	–
2	2 Stars and StripesJohn Velazquez · T: William Mott	–	$5.76	–
3	1 BaezaJunior Alvarado · T: William Mott	–	–	–

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

7 Forever Young (JPN)Ryusei Sakai · T: Yoshito Yahagi

$2.96

$2.10

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2 Stars and StripesJohn Velazquez · T: William Mott

–

$5.76

–

1 BaezaJunior Alvarado · T: William Mott

–

Exacta 7-2: $11.47 (pool $395,133)

Pick 3 9-10-7: $21.87 (pool $76,835)

Pick 4 12-9-10-7: $41.56 (pool $295,865)

Pick 5 5-12-9-10-7: $1,006.40 (pool $796,172)

Daily Double 10-7: $6.35 (pool $121,410)

Time 2:01.23 · Track fast · Also ran: Phileas Fogg

Race 5 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	BaezaMcKinzie – Puca	9-2	Junior AlvaradoT: William Mott	126 lb	3
2	Stars and StripesNot This Time – Pearl River	15-1	John VelazquezT: William Mott	126 lb	2
4	Phileas FoggAstern*Aus – Merino	4-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Gustavo Rodriguez	126 lb
7	Forever Young (JPN)Real Steel*Jpn – Forever Darling	3-5	Ryusei SakaiT: Yoshito Yahagi	126 lb	1

M/L is the track handicapper’s morning line. Live tote odds replace it near post; results and $2 payouts appear once the race is official.

Who we like in Belmont Park Race 5

Top pick7 Forever Young (JPN) 3-5

The 3-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Ridden by Ryusei Sakai.
Trained by Yoshito Yahagi.
By Real Steel*Jpn out of Forever Darling.

Value play2 Stars and Stripes 15-1

At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
John Velazquez has won 1 of 19 rides (5%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer William Mott is 3-for-43 (7%) in New York, with horses in the money 42% of the time.
By Not This Time out of Pearl River.

How our picks did

Top pick: Forever Young (JPN) (3-5) won, paying $2.96 to win.
Value play: Stars and Stripes (15-1) finished second.

Belmont Park Race 5 analysis: pace, price and connections

Forever Young (JPN) is the 3-5 morning-line favorite, with Phileas Fogg next at 4-1. Prices stretch out to 15-1 on Stars and Stripes, so the board has real depth.

William Mott sends out 2 runners (Baeza and Stars and Stripes), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Kendrick Carmouche has the best New York strike rate in our records: 12% wins from 108 mounts.

Forecast: mostly cloudy, high of 71°F.

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