Belmont Park Race 8 Results & Payouts – Oct 3, 2026

Belmont Park Race 8 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	5 U. S. S. ValorManuel Franco · T: Claude McGaughey III	$2.74	$2.10	$2.10
2	3 GaudreauFlavien Prat · T: Chad Brown	–	$2.44	$2.10
3	4 Club ReignEdgard Zayas · T: D. Whitworth Beckman	–	–	$2.96

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

5 U. S. S. ValorManuel Franco · T: Claude McGaughey III

$2.74

$2.10

3 GaudreauFlavien Prat · T: Chad Brown

–

$2.44

$2.10

4 Club ReignEdgard Zayas · T: D. Whitworth Beckman

–

$2.96

Exacta 5-3: $2.10 (pool $271,431)

Trifecta 5-3-4: $3.31 (pool $131,810)

Pick 3 1-6-5: $8.41 (pool $101,929)

Daily Double 6-5: $3.43 (pool $72,430)

Superfecta 5-3-4-6: $1.79 (pool $67,549)

Time 1:34.84 · Track fast · Also ran: Earth Song, Johnny Hockey, Raku

Race 8 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Johnny HockeyOmaha Beach – Emilia's Moon	30-1	Katie DavisT: Antonio Arriaga	122 lb
2	RakuKantharos – Retort	12-1	Paco LopezT: Kelly Breen	122 lb
3	GaudreauNyquist – Free Cover	8-5	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	122 lb	2
4	Club ReignCore Beliefs – Bag of Tricks	8-1	Edgard ZayasT: D. Whitworth Beckman	122 lb	3
5	U. S. S. ValorWar of Will – Spangled Banner	3-5	Manuel FrancoT: Claude McGaughey III	122 lb	1
6	Earth SongJustify – Sky Dreamer	15-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Jorge Delgado	122 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 8 at Belmont Park

Top pick5 U. S. S. Valor 3-5

The 3-5 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 Claude McGaughey III is 6-for-17 (35%) in New York, with horses in the money 65% of the time.
By War of Will out of Spangled Banner.

Value play2 Raku 12-1

At 12-1 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.
Trained by Kelly Breen.
By Kantharos out of Retort.

Longshot6 Earth Song 15-1

A 15-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Ricardo Santana, Jr. has won 21 of 154 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Jorge Delgado.
By Justify out of Sky Dreamer.

How our picks did

Top pick: U. S. S. Valor (3-5) won, paying $2.74 to win.
Value play: Raku (12-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Earth Song (15-1) missed the board.

Belmont Park Race 8 analysis: pace, price and connections

U. S. S. Valor is the 3-5 morning-line favorite, with Gaudreau next at 8-5. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Johnny Hockey, 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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