Belmont Park Race 5 Results & Payouts – Oct 3, 2026

Belmont Park Race 5 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	8 Fantasy FortuneEdgard Zayas · T: James Ryerson	$10.44	$5.38	$3.46
2	11 Lady AzulDexter Haddock · T: Dimitrios Synnefias	–	$24.62	$10.24
3	4 D'muehlManuel Franco · T: Brad Cox	–	–	$3.46

Exacta 8-11: $169.78 (pool $355,989)
Trifecta 8-11-4: $396.17 (pool $138,236)
Pick 3 7-6-8: $63.85 (pool $73,971)
Pick 4 4-3/7-6-8: $481.52 (pool $181,365)
Pick 5 7-4-3/7-6-8: $3,727.68 (pool $489,635)
Daily Double 6-8: $15.58 (pool $66,286)
Superfecta 8-11-4-9: $670.80 (pool $80,250)

Time 1:12.45 · Track fast · Also ran: Harlow Drive, Fireinhereyes, Underwood, White Star, Build Or Buy, Cyber Cloud, Road to Purfection, Early Returns, Rock Me Doc

Race 5 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	White StarMind Control – Pursuing Fate	15-1	Jose MorelosT: Fernando Abreu	123 lb
2	UnderwoodNashville – Gold Crown	20-1	Christopher ElliottT: Timothy Hills	123 lb
3	FireinhereyesFire At Will – Mycrazyxgirlfriend	8-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Horacio De Paz	123 lb
4	D'muehlArmy Mule – Bonbon	3-1	Manuel FrancoT: Brad Cox	123 lb	3
5	Rock Me DocNyquist – Doc Doc Rock	12-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Paul Barrow	123 lb
6	Early ReturnsEarly Voting – Forever Changed	15-1	Paco LopezT: Michael Trombetta	123 lb
7	Road to PurfectionCorniche – Chaotic Cat	15-1	Katie DavisT: Danny Gargan	123 lb
8	Fantasy FortuneEssential Quality – Georgia Snow	6-1	Edgard ZayasT: James Ryerson	123 lb	1
9	Harlow DriveMaclean's Music – Puffin Island	10-1	Dylan DavisT: Jeremiah Englehart	123 lb
10	Cyber CloudCyberknife – Baby Cloud	20-1	Jose LezcanoT: Mark Hennig	123 lb
11	Lady AzulName Changer – One by One	20-1	Dexter HaddockT: Dimitrios Synnefias	123 lb	2
12	Build Or BuyComplexity – Rounding Error	5-2	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	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 pick12 Build Or Buy 5-2

The 5-2 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 Chad Brown is 24-for-93 (26%) in New York, with horses in the money 58% of the time.
By Complexity out of Rounding Error.

Value play6 Early Returns 15-1

At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Paco Lopez has won 4 of 24 rides (17%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Michael Trombetta is 2-for-13 (15%) in New York, with horses in the money 38% of the time.
By Early Voting out of Forever Changed.

Longshot5 Rock Me Doc 12-1

A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Kendrick Carmouche has won 13 of 108 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Paul Barrow is 10-for-56 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 48% of the time.
By Nyquist out of Doc Doc Rock.

How our picks did

Top pick: Build Or Buy (5-2) missed the board.
Value play: Early Returns (15-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Rock Me Doc (12-1) missed the board.

Breaking down the Race 5 field

Build Or Buy is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, with D'muehl next at 3-1. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Lady Azul, so the board has real depth.

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

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

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