Belmont Park Race 1 Results & Payouts – Oct 16, 2026

Belmont Park Race 1 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 Rhythm RiotRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Jorge Delgado	$6.40	$4.42	$3.80
2	6 The Gabe DiggerFrankie Pennington · T: John Kirby	–	$10.50	$5.82
3	7 Diamond JuanPedro Pena · T: Jose Jimenez	–	–	$14.60

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

1 Rhythm RiotRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Jorge Delgado

$6.40

$4.42

$3.80

6 The Gabe DiggerFrankie Pennington · T: John Kirby

–

$10.50

$5.82

7 Diamond JuanPedro Pena · T: Jose Jimenez

–

$14.60

Exacta 1-6: $33.49 (pool $123,495)

Trifecta 1-6-7: $224.17 (pool $57,302)

Superfecta 1-6-7-3: $159.18 (pool $29,536)

Time 1:38.23 · Track good · Also ran: Cybertapping, Malachi Miracle, Chambered, Tutto a Posto

Race 1 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Rhythm RiotUpstart – Pure Rhythm	8-5	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Jorge Delgado	123 lb	1
2	Tutto a PostoComplexity – Think Twice	6-1	Flavien PratT: Mark Hennig	123 lb
3	CybertappingCyberknife – Tapping Colors	5-2	Manuel FrancoT: Linda Rice	123 lb
4	Malachi MiracleGreatest Honour – Well Spun	5-1	Christopher ElliottT: Kenneth McPeek	123 lb
5	ChamberedPractical Joke – Harriett Lane	6-1	Javier CastellanoT: Kenneth McPeek	123 lb
6	The Gabe DiggerGreatest Honour – Victoria E	8-1	Frankie PenningtonT: John Kirby	123 lb	2
7	Diamond JuanIdol – Never Content*Ire	20-1	Pedro PenaT: Jose Jimenez	116 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 pick1 Rhythm Riot 8-5

The 8-5 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.
Trained by Jorge Delgado.
By Upstart out of Pure Rhythm.

Value play7 Diamond Juan 20-1

At 20-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Pedro Pena has won 1 of 14 rides (7%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Jose Jimenez is 1-for-9 (11%) in New York, with horses in the money 44% of the time.
By Idol out of Never Content*Ire.

How our picks did

Top pick: Rhythm Riot (8-5) won, paying $6.40 to win.
Value play: Diamond Juan (20-1) finished third.

How Race 1 sets up

Rhythm Riot is the 8-5 morning-line favorite, with Cybertapping next at 5-2. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Diamond Juan, so the board has real depth.

Kenneth McPeek sends out 2 runners (Malachi Miracle and Chambered), 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: chance rain, high of 55°F.

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