Belmont Park Race 1 Results & Payouts – Sep 30, 2026

Belmont Park Race 1 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	4 Mission IntegrityJunior Alvarado · T: William Mott	$32.12	$8.48	$5.74
2	6 JovenFlavien Prat · T: Danny Gargan	–	$3.28	$2.82
3	5 Donegal LusterJohn Velazquez · T: Todd Pletcher	–	–	$3.12

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

4 Mission IntegrityJunior Alvarado · T: William Mott

$32.12

$8.48

$5.74

6 JovenFlavien Prat · T: Danny Gargan

–

$3.28

$2.82

5 Donegal LusterJohn Velazquez · T: Todd Pletcher

–

$3.12

Exacta 4-6: $78.79 (pool $113,589)

Superfecta 4-6-5-7: $75.83 (pool $23,486)

Trifecta 4-6-5: $150.21 (pool $41,782)

Time 1:10.50 · Track fast · Also ran: Horizontal Rain, Foolin, Spahi, I'm America

Race 1 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	FoolinPractical Joke – Song Sung True	7-2	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Todd Pletcher	123 lb
2	SpahiVekoma – Ashley's Happy	10-1	Edgard ZayasT: D. Whitworth Beckman	123 lb
3	I'm AmericaConstitution – Queen Bourbon	15-1	Dylan DavisT: Jena Antonucci	123 lb
4	Mission IntegrityMaximus Mischief – Vallestina	8-1	Junior AlvaradoT: William Mott	123 lb	1
5	Donegal LusterCity of Light – Rehearsed	2-1	John VelazquezT: Todd Pletcher	123 lb	3
6	JovenGood Magic – Si Si Tequila	3-1	Flavien PratT: Danny Gargan	123 lb	2
7	Horizontal RainNyquist – Fragrance	4-1	Manuel FrancoT: Brendan Walsh	123 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.

NY.bet picks for Race 1 at Belmont Park

Top pick5 Donegal Luster 2-1

The 2-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
John Velazquez has won 1 of 19 rides (5%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Todd Pletcher is 3-for-49 (6%) in New York, with horses in the money 39% of the time.
By City of Light out of Rehearsed.

Value play3 I'm America 15-1

At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Dylan Davis has won 6 of 114 rides (5%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Jena Antonucci is 2-for-17 (12%) in New York, with horses in the money 35% of the time.
By Constitution out of Queen Bourbon.

Longshot2 Spahi 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Edgard Zayas has won 11 of 91 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer D. Whitworth Beckman is 1-for-16 (6%) in New York, with horses in the money 31% of the time.
By Vekoma out of Ashley's Happy.

How our picks did

Top pick: Donegal Luster (2-1) finished third.
Value play: I'm America (15-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Spahi (10-1) missed the board.

Belmont Park Race 1 analysis: pace, price and connections

Donegal Luster is the 2-1 morning-line favorite, with Joven next at 3-1. Prices stretch out to 15-1 on I'm America, so the board has real depth.

Todd Pletcher sends out 2 runners (Foolin and Donegal Luster), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 26% wins from 94 mounts.

Forecast: mostly cloudy, high of 75°F.

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