Belmont Park Race 1 Results & Payouts – Oct 8, 2026

Belmont Park Race 1 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	2 MoonlitSamuel Marin · T: Miguel Clement	$7.64	$3.78	$2.88
2	4 Noble GlowFlavien Prat · T: Chad Brown	–	$4.10	$2.80
3	6 Guns of RosesDylan Davis · T: Saffie Joseph, Jr.	–	–	$2.62

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

2 MoonlitSamuel Marin · T: Miguel Clement

$7.64

$3.78

$2.88

4 Noble GlowFlavien Prat · T: Chad Brown

–

$4.10

$2.80

6 Guns of RosesDylan Davis · T: Saffie Joseph, Jr.

–

$2.62

Exacta 2-4: $17.56 (pool $95,862)

Trifecta 2-4-6: $25.12 (pool $33,250)

Superfecta 2-4-6-5: $18.76 (pool $18,201)

Time 1:36.57 · Track fast · Also ran: Full of Tact, Flying Hawley, Hedge Book

Race 1 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Hedge BookPractical Joke – Atlantic Dream	3-1	Manuel FrancoT: Chad Brown	122 lb
2	MoonlitDaredevil – Eres Tu	2-1	Samuel MarinT: Miguel Clement	122 lb	1
3	Flying HawleyCurlin – Vault	8-1	Edgard ZayasT: Claude McGaughey III	122 lb
4	Noble GlowGun Runner – Summer Love*Arg	7-2	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	122 lb	2
5	Full of TactTacitus – Fontanne	5-1	Jose LezcanoT: Oscar Barrera III	122 lb
6	Guns of RosesGun Runner – Velvet Crush	4-1	Dylan DavisT: Saffie Joseph, Jr.	122 lb	3

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 1 at Belmont Park

Top pick2 Moonlit 2-1

The 2-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Samuel Marin has won 13 of 90 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Miguel Clement is 8-for-46 (17%) in New York, with horses in the money 48% of the time.
By Daredevil out of Eres Tu.

Value play3 Flying Hawley 8-1

At 8-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Edgard Zayas has won 11 of 87 rides (13%) 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 Curlin out of Vault.

How our picks did

Top pick: Moonlit (2-1) won, paying $7.64 to win.
Value play: Flying Hawley (8-1) missed the board.

Belmont Park Race 1 analysis: pace, price and connections

Moonlit is the 2-1 morning-line favorite, with Hedge Book next at 3-1. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.

Chad Brown sends out 2 runners (Hedge Book and Noble Glow), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 23% wins from 86 mounts.

Forecast: mostly sunny, high of 73°F.

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