Belmont Park Race 5 Results & Payouts – Sep 30, 2026

Belmont Park Race 5 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 Holding PowerRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Miguel Clement	$13.22	$8.24	$6.38
2	8 Tampa StormJose Lezcano · T: Chris Englehart	–	$8.88	$5.26
3	7 Chris's SongAntonio Fresu · T: Richard Dutrow, Jr.	–	–	$5.90

Pick 3 2-2-1: $453.12 (pool $37,425)
Pick 4 6-2-2-1: $981.16 (pool $174,761)
Pick 5 4-6-2-2-1: $12,395.09 (pool $384,988)
Daily Double 2-1: $33.84 (pool $36,567)
Exacta 1-8: $49.25 (pool $171,940)
Superfecta 1-8-7-2: $200.02 (pool $44,118)
Trifecta 1-8-7: $226.60 (pool $66,548)

Time 1:25.27 · Track fast · Also ran: Lough Currane, In Front Runner, Chess Match, Mr R T, Portadown Lad, Bellamy, Johnny Bay Goode, Trapping Hands, Easemyworriedmind

Race 5 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Holding PowerGood Magic – Tangere	6-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Miguel Clement	123 lb	1
2	Lough CurraneWin Win Win – Brennan	5-1	Manuel FrancoT: John Terranova II	126 lb
3	Chess MatchCurlin – Checkupfromzneckup	9-2	Flavien PratT: Linda Rice	123 lb
4	Mr R TMedaglia d'Oro – Almashooqa	6-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Roshan Samsundar	126 lb
5	EasemyworriedmindAmerican Pharoah – Flatterywillgetyou	20-1	Dylan DavisT: Mark Hennig	123 lb
6	BellamyStreet Sense – What a Fox	50-1	Christian MaraghT: Ricardo Legall	116 lb
7	Chris's SongFlatter – Theyplayingoursong	8-1	Antonio FresuT: Richard Dutrow, Jr.	126 lb	3
8	Tampa StormAl Khali – Smokin Sue	6-1	Jose LezcanoT: Chris Englehart	123 lb	2
9	In Front RunnerGun Runner – Room to Finish	6-1	Edgard ZayasT: Antonio Sano	123 lb
10	Johnny Bay GoodeBellavia – Takecharge Mirella	15-1	Javier CastellanoT: Wayne Potts	123 lb
11	Portadown LadHonest Mischief – Irish Heroine	10-1	Christopher ElliottT: James Ferraro	123 lb
12	Trapping HandsBattalion Runner – Spring to Summer	30-1	Heman HarkieT: Roshan Samsundar	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 5 at Belmont Park

Top pick3 Chess Match 9-2

The 9-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Flavien Prat has won 24 of 94 rides (26%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Linda Rice is 13-for-74 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
By Curlin out of Checkupfromzneckup.

Value play12 Trapping Hands 30-1

At 30-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Heman Harkie has won 1 of 10 rides (10%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Roshan Samsundar is 3-for-9 (33%) in New York, with horses in the money 33% of the time.
By Battalion Runner out of Spring to Summer.

Longshot10 Johnny Bay Goode 15-1

A 15-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Javier Castellano has won 12 of 75 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Wayne Potts is 1-for-17 (6%) in New York, with horses in the money 18% of the time.
By Bellavia out of Takecharge Mirella.

How our picks did

Top pick: Chess Match (9-2) missed the board.
Value play: Trapping Hands (30-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Johnny Bay Goode (15-1) missed the board.

Breaking down the Race 5 field

Chess Match is the 9-2 morning-line favorite, with Lough Currane next at 5-1. Prices stretch out to 50-1 on Bellamy, so the board has real depth.

Roshan Samsundar sends out 2 runners (Mr R T and Trapping Hands), 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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