Belmont Park Race 5 Results & Payouts – Oct 8, 2026

Belmont Park Race 5 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 SalvationRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Mertkan Kantarmaci	$6.30	$3.32	$2.74
2	9 FightforallegianceJose Lezcano · T: Linda Rice	–	$2.56	$2.66
3	3 Chili PalmerLuis Rivera, Jr. · T: Chad Summers	–	–	$4.32

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

1 SalvationRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Mertkan Kantarmaci

$6.30

$3.32

$2.74

9 FightforallegianceJose Lezcano · T: Linda Rice

–

$2.56

$2.66

3 Chili PalmerLuis Rivera, Jr. · T: Chad Summers

–

$4.32

Exacta 1-9: $8.39 (pool $162,795)

Trifecta 1-9-3: $17.61 (pool $71,547)

Pick 3 6-2-1: $121.65 (pool $34,086)

Pick 4 1-6-2-1: $180.20 (pool $111,294)

Pick 5 2-1-6-2-1: $797.72 (pool $286,027)

Daily Double 2-1: $23.96 (pool $51,733)

Superfecta 1-9-3-5: $23.19 (pool $40,404)

Time 1:36.04 · Track fast · Also ran: Private Flight, Mr R T, Knowledge Sharing, Instantly, Thatboyain'tright

Race 5 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	SalvationPalace Malice – Lovely Rate	5-2	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Mertkan Kantarmaci	126 lb	1
2	Knowledge SharingMaclean's Music – Mabsota	8-1	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	122 lb
3	Chili PalmerEssential Quality – Ducru	10-1	Luis Rivera, Jr.T: Chad Summers	122 lb	3
4	InstantlyNot This Time – Perhaps	15-1	Samuel MarinT: Ilkay Kantarmaci	122 lb
5	Private FlightMore Than Ready – Laughing Matters	20-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Roshan Samsundar	126 lb
6	Thatboyain'trightHard Spun – Sanguine	20-1	Dylan DavisT: Raymond Handal	122 lb
7	Mr R TMedaglia d'Oro – Almashooqa	30-1	Ruben SilveraT: Roshan Samsundar	126 lb
9	FightforallegianceViolence – Startwithsilver	2-1	Jose LezcanoT: Linda Rice	122 lb	2

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 pick9 Fightforallegiance 2-1

The 2-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Jose Lezcano has won 19 of 174 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Linda Rice is 22-for-120 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 49% of the time.
By Violence out of Startwithsilver.

Value play7 Mr R T 30-1

At 30-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Ruben Silvera has won 2 of 39 rides (5%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Roshan Samsundar is 3-for-12 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 25% of the time.
By Medaglia d'Oro out of Almashooqa.

Longshot3 Chili Palmer 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Luis Rivera, Jr. has won 2 of 55 rides (4%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Chad Summers is 3-for-18 (17%) in New York, with horses in the money 44% of the time.
By Essential Quality out of Ducru.

How our picks did

Top pick: Fightforallegiance (2-1) finished second.
Value play: Mr R T (30-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Chili Palmer (10-1) finished third.

Breaking down the Race 5 field

Fightforallegiance is the 2-1 morning-line favorite, with Salvation next at 5-2. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Mr R T, so the board has real depth.

Roshan Samsundar sends out 2 runners (Private Flight and Mr R T), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 22% wins from 144 mounts.

Forecast: mostly sunny, high of 73°F.

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