Belmont Park Race 2 Results & Payouts – Oct 16, 2026

Belmont Park Race 2 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	6 NevadaFlavien Prat · T: Chad Brown	$6.14	$4.60	$3.60
2	3 D. C.'s ArmyChristopher Elliott · T: Kenneth McPeek	–	$6.46	$6.04
3	7 ShahnamehManuel Franco · T: Chad Brown	–	–	$6.04

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

6 NevadaFlavien Prat · T: Chad Brown

$6.14

$4.60

$3.60

3 D. C.'s ArmyChristopher Elliott · T: Kenneth McPeek

–

$6.46

$6.04

7 ShahnamehManuel Franco · T: Chad Brown

–

$6.04

Exacta 6-3: $30.04 (pool $143,772)

Quinella 3-6: $18.25 (pool $7,813)

Trifecta 6-3-7: $78.53 (pool $65,798)

Daily Double 1-6: $12.86 (pool $73,096)

Superfecta 6-3-7-1: $60.06 (pool $31,066)

Time 1:36.47 · Track good · Also ran: E Z Speaker, Dream More, Louden, El Mercado

Race 2 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	E Z SpeakerSpeaker's Corner – Hedonism	7-2	Dylan DavisT: Mark Casse	123 lb
2	LoudenGun Runner – Lake Avenue	9-2	Jose LezcanoT: William Mott	123 lb
3	D. C.'s ArmyArmy Mule – Wall Eye	6-1	Christopher ElliottT: Kenneth McPeek	123 lb	2
4	Dream MoreGun Runner – Cavorting	5-2	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Todd Pletcher	123 lb
5	El MercadoCurlin – Peace Corps	8-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Todd Pletcher	123 lb
6	NevadaUncle Mo – Full Tap	3-1	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	123 lb	1
7	ShahnamehCurlin – Liam's Promenade	12-1	Manuel FrancoT: Chad Brown	123 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 2 at Belmont Park

Top pick6 Nevada 3-1

Priced at 3-1 on the morning line.
Flavien Prat has won 24 of 94 rides (26%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Chad Brown is 24-for-93 (26%) in New York, with horses in the money 58% of the time.
By Uncle Mo out of Full Tap.

Value play7 Shahnameh 12-1

At 12-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Manuel Franco has won 32 of 157 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Chad Brown is 24-for-93 (26%) in New York, with horses in the money 58% of the time.
By Curlin out of Liam's Promenade.

How our picks did

Top pick: Nevada (3-1) won, paying $6.14 to win.
Value play: Shahnameh (12-1) finished third.

Belmont Park Race 2 analysis: pace, price and connections

Dream More is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, with Nevada next at 3-1. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.

Todd Pletcher sends out 2 runners (Dream More and El Mercado), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 26% wins from 94 mounts.

Forecast: chance rain, high of 55°F.

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