Belmont Park Race 8 Results & Payouts – Sep 25, 2026

Belmont Park Race 8 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 Fairy GodmotherFlavien Prat · T: Raymond Handal	$6.52	$3.34	$3.30
2	3 MidnightloveaffairJavier Castellano · T: Bruce Levine	–	$4.88	$4.08
3	9 So Sophia (GB)Katie Davis · T: Antonio Arriaga	–	–	$7.44

Exacta 1-3: $14.15 (pool $278,400)
Trifecta 1-3-9: $81.07 (pool $126,952)
Pick 3 5-12-1: $21.73 (pool $35,518)
Grand Slam 2/6/7-4/5/8-3/12/14-1: $18.06 (pool $43,947)
Daily Double 12-1: $7.09 (pool $64,375)
Consolation Pick 3 5-12-2/5: $6.71
Consolation Pick 3 5-4-1: $10.67
Consolation Pick 3 5-4-2: $3.14
Superfecta 1-3-9-4: $98.33 (pool $87,126)
Consolation Double 12-2/5: $1.80

Time 1:08.58 · Track firm · Also ran: Samartina (FR), Emerald Ember, Oscar Bound, Mermaid, Oklahoma Smoke, Caitlin the Great

Race 8 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Fairy GodmotherCairo Prince – Lyrical Tale	7-2	Flavien PratT: Raymond Handal	123 lb	1
3	MidnightloveaffairMidshipman – Hurricane Kitten	4-1	Javier CastellanoT: Bruce Levine	126 lb	2
4	Samartina (FR)ChachnakFr – SensationFr	12-1	Jose LezcanoT: Roy Lerman	123 lb
6	Oscar BoundLexitonian – Soul of Hollywood	12-1	Edgard ZayasT: Melanie Giddings	123 lb
7	MermaidCaravaggio – Deep Water Cay	8-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Ilkay Kantarmaci	123 lb
8	Emerald EmberLeinster – Release the Heat	10-1	Samuel MarinT: Ilkay Kantarmaci	123 lb
9	So Sophia (GB)ShowcasingGB – So BraveGB	8-1	Katie DavisT: Antonio Arriaga	124 lb	3
11	Caitlin the GreatTonalist – Rare Match	30-1	Dylan DavisT: Edward Allard	124 lb
12	Oklahoma SmokeHonest Mischief – Lapsang	3-1	Manuel FrancoT: Adam Rice	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.

Who we like in Belmont Park Race 8

Top pick12 Oklahoma Smoke 3-1

The 3-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Manuel Franco has won 50 of 228 rides (22%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Adam Rice.
By Honest Mischief out of Lapsang.

Value play11 Caitlin the Great 30-1

At 30-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Dylan Davis has won 12 of 177 rides (7%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Edward Allard.
By Tonalist out of Rare Match.

Longshot6 Oscar Bound 12-1

A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Edgard Zayas has won 23 of 147 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Melanie Giddings is 5-for-31 (16%) in New York, with horses in the money 29% of the time.
By Lexitonian out of Soul of Hollywood.

How our picks did

Top pick: Oklahoma Smoke (3-1) missed the board.
Value play: Caitlin the Great (30-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Oscar Bound (12-1) missed the board.

How Race 8 sets up

Oklahoma Smoke is the 3-1 morning-line favorite, with Fairy Godmother next at 7-2. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Caitlin the Great, so the board has real depth.

Ilkay Kantarmaci sends out 2 runners (Mermaid and Emerald Ember), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 228 mounts.

Forecast: rain, high of 64°F.

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