Belmont Park Race 4 Results & Payouts – Sep 20, 2026

Belmont Park Race 4 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	9 Tapwrits TemperManuel Franco · T: Richard Dutrow, Jr.	$22.18	$12.50	$8.86
2	7 Celestial GlazeKendrick Carmouche · T: Gustavo Rodriguez	–	$6.76	$4.54
3	5 ConnivingKatie Davis · T: Rachael Keithan	–	–	$11.06

Exacta 9-7: $81.52 (pool $251,087)
Quinella 7-9: $28.03 (pool $11,202)
Trifecta 9-7-5: $536.36 (pool $124,012)
Pick 3 9-2-9: $635.45 (pool $26,526)
Daily Double 2-9: $72.32 (pool $44,633)
Superfecta 9-7-5-2: $517.70 (pool $74,540)

Time 1:23.42 · Track muddy · Also ran: Epitaph, Shattuck, Elysian Meadows, Big Gain, Salming, Ghostwriter

Race 4 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	GhostwriterGhostzapper – Satirical	20-1	Samuel MarinT: Ilkay Kantarmaci	126 lb
2	EpitaphCountry House – Barb's On Edge	10-1	Edgard ZayasT: Wayne Potts	126 lb
3	ShattuckUpstart – Thisizsparta	5-1	Flavien PratT: Joe Sharp	126 lb
4	SalmingBernardini – Ready to Tango	8-1	Ruben SilveraT: Rudy Rodriguez	126 lb
5	ConnivingConnect – Starlet Storm	20-1	Katie DavisT: Rachael Keithan	126 lb	3
6	LeftembehindAccelerate – Late 'n Left	SCR	Camila HargroveT: Rudy Rodriguez	116 lb
7	Celestial GlazeFrosted – Butterfly Soul	9-2	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Gustavo Rodriguez	126 lb	2
8	The Toy CannonBolt d'Oro – How Sweep It Is	SCR	Luis Rivera, Jr.T: Linda Dixon	123 lb
9	Tapwrits TemperTapwrit – Tropic Holiday	8-1	Manuel FrancoT: Richard Dutrow, Jr.	126 lb	1
10	Big GainMr. Big – Altoon	7-2	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Norm Casse	126 lb
11	Elysian MeadowsCity of Light – Heavenly Thought	5-1	Jose LezcanoT: William Mott	126 lb

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.

Our Belmont Park Race 4 picks

Top pick3 Shattuck 5-1

Priced at 5-1 on the morning line.
Flavien Prat has won 31 of 144 rides (22%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Joe Sharp is 8-for-36 (22%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
By Upstart out of Thisizsparta.

Value play1 Ghostwriter 20-1

At 20-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Samuel Marin has won 22 of 166 rides (13%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci is 9-for-76 (12%) in New York, with horses in the money 38% of the time.
By Ghostzapper out of Satirical.

Longshot2 Epitaph 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Edgard Zayas has won 22 of 141 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Wayne Potts is 2-for-22 (9%) in New York, with horses in the money 27% of the time.
By Country House out of Barb's On Edge.

How our picks did

Top pick: Shattuck (5-1) missed the board.
Value play: Ghostwriter (20-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Epitaph (10-1) missed the board.

Belmont Park Race 4 analysis: pace, price and connections

Big Gain is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with Celestial Glaze next at 9-2. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Conniving, so the board has real depth.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 144 mounts.

Forecast: chance rain, high of 71°F.

2 horses have scratched, so check the live odds before you bet.

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