Belmont Park Race 1 Results & Payouts – Oct 9, 2026

Belmont Park Race 1 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	5 Good Long CryJose Lezcano · T: George Weaver	$8.16	$4.28	$3.10
2	4 Getting SeriousSamuel Marin · T: Claude McGaughey III	–	$7.66	$4.74
3	6 Marketplaceofideas (GB)Manuel Franco · T: Chad Brown	–	–	$3.30

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

5 Good Long CryJose Lezcano · T: George Weaver

$8.16

$4.28

$3.10

4 Getting SeriousSamuel Marin · T: Claude McGaughey III

–

$7.66

$4.74

6 Marketplaceofideas (GB)Manuel Franco · T: Chad Brown

–

$3.30

Exacta 5-4: $23.95 (pool $122,447)

Trifecta 5-4-6: $40.71 (pool $48,307)

Superfecta 5-4-6-1: $16.28 (pool $25,403)

Time 1:33.96 · Track firm · Also ran: Growth Trajectory (GB), La Ceiba (FR), Stillthinkingofyou

Race 1 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Growth Trajectory (GB)Lope de VegaIre – WekeelaFr	9-5	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	124 lb
2	StillthinkingofyouDaredevil – Courageisamajority	6-1	Christopher ElliottT: Derek Ryan	126 lb
3	La Ceiba (FR)Make BelieveGB – OctavineIre	4-1	Antonio FresuT: Miguel Clement	124 lb
4	Getting SeriousHard Spun – Romantic Moment	8-1	Samuel MarinT: Claude McGaughey III	122 lb	2
5	Good Long CryLong On Value – High Cry	7-2	Jose LezcanoT: George Weaver	124 lb	1
6	Marketplaceofideas (GB)Lope de VegaIre – Megan LilyIre	3-1	Manuel FrancoT: Chad Brown	126 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.

Our Belmont Park Race 1 picks

Top pick1 Growth Trajectory (GB) 9-5

The 9-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Flavien Prat has won 20 of 86 rides (23%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Chad Brown is 22-for-88 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 58% of the time.
By Lope de Vega*Ire out of Wekeela*Fr.

Value play4 Getting Serious 8-1

At 8-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Samuel Marin has won 13 of 90 rides (14%) 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 Hard Spun out of Romantic Moment.

How our picks did

Top pick: Growth Trajectory (GB) (9-5) missed the board.
Value play: Getting Serious (8-1) finished second.

How Race 1 sets up

Growth Trajectory (GB) is the 9-5 morning-line favorite, with Marketplaceofideas (GB) next at 3-1. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.

Chad Brown sends out 2 runners (Growth Trajectory (GB) and Marketplaceofideas (GB)), 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 cloudy, high of 71°F.

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