Belmont Park Race 3 Results & Payouts – Oct 3, 2026

Belmont Park Race 3 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	7 ForecheckManuel Franco · T: Linda Rice	$5.34	$3.56	$3.02
2	1 AnnotateRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Steven Asmussen	–	$11.00	$7.52
3	9 Plum IslandChristopher Elliott · T: Jeremiah Englehart	–	–	$11.40

Exacta 7-1: $32.70 (pool $281,296)
Pick 3 7-4-7: $309.11 (pool $92,994)
Daily Double 4-7: $47.59 (pool $55,948)
Consolation Pick 3 7-11-7: $20.28
Superfecta 7-1-9-11: $363.97 (pool $63,847)
Trifecta 7-1-9: $173.28 (pool $117,643)

Time 1:09.24 · Track firm · Also ran: Slinging Slasher, All Star Leigh, Comets Choice, Night Sky, Gnosis, Convincing, Margretfrances, Inflame, Brand Liam

Race 3 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	AnnotateHonest Mischief – Tiz Bailee	8-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Steven Asmussen	123 lb	2
2	MargretfrancesMystic Guide – Divine Story	20-1	Jose MorelosT: Melanie Giddings	123 lb
4	All Star LeighGolden Pal – Kibosh	9-2	Dylan DavisT: Anthony Dutrow	123 lb
5	ConvincingMandaloun – Talk You Out of It	12-1	Paco LopezT: Derek Ryan	123 lb
6	Night SkyMendelssohn – Heaven's Humor	6-1	Edgard ZayasT: Jorge Delgado	123 lb
7	ForecheckMaxfield – Pammi Dearest	7-2	Manuel FrancoT: Linda Rice	123 lb	1
8	Comets ChoiceGalilean – Awesome Reward	8-1	Jose LezcanoT: John Terranova II	123 lb
9	Plum IslandYaupon – Canyon Ready	15-1	Christopher ElliottT: Jeremiah Englehart	123 lb	3
10	GnosisMind Control – Into the South	8-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Raymond Handal	123 lb
11	Slinging SlasherMind Control – Backslash	15-1	Antonio FresuT: Kelsey Danner	123 lb
12	InflameSolomini – Hot Liaison	20-1	Reylu GutierrezT: Timothy Hills	123 lb
13	Brand LiamLiam's Map – Fashion Brand	20-1	Reylu GutierrezT: Alexis Delgado	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.

Our Belmont Park Race 3 picks

Top pick7 Forecheck 7-2

The 7-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Manuel Franco has won 32 of 157 rides (20%) 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 Maxfield out of Pammi Dearest.

Value play13 Brand Liam 20-1

At 20-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Reylu Gutierrez has won 11 of 59 rides (19%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Alexis Delgado.
By Liam's Map out of Fashion Brand.

Longshot5 Convincing 12-1

A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Paco Lopez has won 4 of 24 rides (17%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Derek Ryan.
By Mandaloun out of Talk You Out of It.

How our picks did

Top pick: Forecheck (7-2) won, paying $5.34 to win.
Value play: Brand Liam (20-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Convincing (12-1) missed the board.

How Race 3 sets up

Forecheck is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with All Star Leigh next at 9-2. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Brand Liam, so the board has real depth.

Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 20% wins from 157 mounts.

Forecast: rain showers likely, high of 66°F.

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