Belmont Park Race 5 Results & Payouts – Oct 4, 2026

Belmont Park Race 5 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 PentathlonPaco Lopez · T: Claude McGaughey III	$15.88	$7.00	$4.38
2	5 Tip Top ThomasRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Todd Pletcher	–	$5.18	$3.70
3	6 Georgia MagicManuel Franco · T: Steven Schauer	–	–	$3.10

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

1 PentathlonPaco Lopez · T: Claude McGaughey III

$15.88

$7.00

$4.38

5 Tip Top ThomasRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Todd Pletcher

–

$5.18

$3.70

6 Georgia MagicManuel Franco · T: Steven Schauer

–

$3.10

Exacta 1-5: $32.52 (pool $192,567)

Trifecta 1-5-6: $63.62 (pool $78,110)

Pick 3 6-9-1: $2,321.96 (pool $33,642)

Pick 4 8-6-9-1: $2,934.91 (pool $115,853)

Superfecta 1-5-6-3: $25.27 (pool $45,365)

Daily Double 9-1: $235.71 (pool $40,551)

Pick 5 6-8-6-9-1: $9,552.75 (pool $417,189)

Time 1:40.75 · Track fast · Also ran: Yo Daddy, Adero, Sandman

Race 5 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	PentathlonSpeightstown – Parade	8-1	Paco LopezT: Claude McGaughey III	126 lb	1
2	AderoAmerican Freedom – And You Can	12-1	Ruben SilveraT: Jamie Ness	126 lb
3	Yo DaddyYoshida*Jpn – Elle Stormin'	5-2	Jose LezcanoT: Linda Rice	126 lb
5	Tip Top ThomasVolatile – Attempt to Name	3-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Todd Pletcher	124 lb	2
6	Georgia MagicGood Magic – Nightlife Baby	7-2	Manuel FrancoT: Steven Schauer	126 lb	3
7	SandmanTapit – Distorted Music	4-1	Dylan DavisT: Mark Casse	124 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.

Who we like in Belmont Park Race 5

Top pick3 Yo Daddy 5-2

The 5-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Jose Lezcano has won 11 of 103 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Linda Rice is 13-for-72 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
By Yoshida*Jpn out of Elle Stormin'.

Value play1 Pentathlon 8-1

At 8-1 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 Claude McGaughey III is 6-for-17 (35%) in New York, with horses in the money 65% of the time.
By Speightstown out of Parade.

Longshot2 Adero 12-1

A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Ruben Silvera has won 2 of 32 rides (6%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Jamie Ness.
By American Freedom out of And You Can.

How our picks did

Top pick: Yo Daddy (5-2) missed the board.
Value play: Pentathlon (8-1) won, paying $15.88 to win.
Longshot: Adero (12-1) missed the board.

How Race 5 sets up

Yo Daddy is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, with Tip Top Thomas next at 3-1. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.

Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 150 mounts.

Forecast: becoming sunny, high of 69°F.

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