Belmont Park Race 5 Results & Payouts – Oct 9, 2026

Belmont Park Race 5 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	6 AmbitionChristopher Elliott · T: Rob Atras	$10.96	$5.98	$3.98
2	3 Expensive CutRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Rob Atras	–	$7.52	$4.86
3	10 PeekManuel Franco · T: Rudy Rodriguez	–	–	$3.60

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

6 AmbitionChristopher Elliott · T: Rob Atras

$10.96

$5.98

$3.98

3 Expensive CutRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Rob Atras

–

$7.52

$4.86

10 PeekManuel Franco · T: Rudy Rodriguez

–

$3.60

Exacta 6-3: $28.98 (pool $205,511)

Trifecta 6-3-10: $69.73 (pool $90,328)

Pick 3 9-2-6: $903.70 (pool $41,276)

Pick 4 3-9-2-6: $5,180.19 (pool $115,876)

Pick 5 5-3-9-2-6: $49,500.98 (pool $349,447)

Daily Double 2-6: $137.71 (pool $48,802)

Superfecta 6-3-10-1: $52.91 (pool $52,448)

Time 1:43.03 · Track fast · Also ran: Apalta, Three Technique, Interlock Empire, Tizmarkus, Sanzio, Register

Race 5 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	ApaltaAuthentic – Southern Ring	6-1	Ruben SilveraT: Rudy Rodriguez	126 lb
2	TizmarkusTamarkuz – Coastal View	6-1	Jose LezcanoT: James Ferraro	126 lb
3	Expensive CutKarakontie*Jpn – Costela	9-2	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Rob Atras	124 lb	2
4	RegisterSuper Saver – Champagne Sue	12-1	Silvestre GonzalezT: Ilkay Kantarmaci	126 lb
5	Interlock EmpireClassic Empire – Curlabella	6-1	Dylan DavisT: Emron Ibrahim	126 lb
6	AmbitionStreet Sense – Inspired	10-1	Christopher ElliottT: Rob Atras	126 lb	1
7	Three TechniqueMr Speaker – Nite in Rome	15-1	Reylu GutierrezT: Wayne Potts	124 lb
8	SanzioMidnight Lute – Aunt Babe	20-1	Joel CruzT: Rafael Rohena	126 lb
10	PeekCandy Ride*Arg – We Use to Sing	5-1	Manuel FrancoT: Rudy Rodriguez	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 5 picks

Top pick3 Expensive Cut 9-2

The 9-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Ricardo Santana, Jr. has won 21 of 148 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Rob Atras is 4-for-15 (27%) in New York, with horses in the money 53% of the time.
By Karakontie*Jpn out of Costela.

Value play8 Sanzio 20-1

At 20-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Joel Cruz has won 8 of 50 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Rafael Rohena is 0-for-10 (0%) in New York, with horses in the money 50% of the time.
By Midnight Lute out of Aunt Babe.

Longshot6 Ambition 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Christopher Elliott has won 4 of 75 rides (5%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Rob Atras is 4-for-15 (27%) in New York, with horses in the money 53% of the time.
By Street Sense out of Inspired.

How our picks did

Top pick: Expensive Cut (9-2) finished second.
Value play: Sanzio (20-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Ambition (10-1) won, paying $10.96 to win.

How Race 5 sets up

Expensive Cut is the 9-2 morning-line favorite, with Peek next at 5-1. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Sanzio, so the board has real depth.

Rudy Rodriguez sends out 2 runners (Apalta and Peek), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 20% wins from 149 mounts.

Forecast: mostly cloudy, high of 71°F.

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