Belmont Park Race 3 Results & Payouts – Oct 17, 2026

Belmont Park Race 3 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 FrizzantePedro Pena · T: James Ferraro	$30.34	$7.14	$4.40
2	5 Le GrisManuel Franco · T: Linda Rice	–	$2.46	$2.12
3	4 Sharp SparkSilvestre Gonzalez · T: Ilkay Kantarmaci	–	–	$4.80

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

1 FrizzantePedro Pena · T: James Ferraro

$30.34

$7.14

$4.40

5 Le GrisManuel Franco · T: Linda Rice

–

$2.46

$2.12

4 Sharp SparkSilvestre Gonzalez · T: Ilkay Kantarmaci

–

$4.80

Exacta 1-5: $37.40 (pool $154,734)

Pick 3 6-3-1: $108.55 (pool $55,444)

Daily Double 3-1: $39.18 (pool $28,657)

Superfecta 1-5-4-2: $49.27 (pool $33,896)

Trifecta 1-5-4: $105.27 (pool $71,674)

Time 2:02.27 · Track good · Also ran: Systemic Change, Ambition, Missouri River

Race 3 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	FrizzanteVino Rosso – Secret Ingredient	6-1	Pedro PenaT: James Ferraro	119 lb	1
2	Systemic ChangeGhostzapper – Majestic River	4-1	Jose LezcanoT: Linda Rice	126 lb
3	Missouri RiverArrogate – Wholelottashakin	3-1	Luis OcasioT: Michael Pino	126 lb
4	Sharp SparkClassic Empire – Raise the Rithm	5-1	Silvestre GonzalezT: Ilkay Kantarmaci	126 lb	3
5	Le GrisCity of Light – Chica Boom Chic	7-5	Manuel FrancoT: Linda Rice	126 lb	2
6	AmbitionStreet Sense – Inspired	8-1	Antonio FresuT: Ilkay Kantarmaci	126 lb

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 3 picks

Top pick5 Le Gris 7-5

The 7-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Manuel Franco has won 32 of 157 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Linda Rice is 13-for-74 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
By City of Light out of Chica Boom Chic.

Value play6 Ambition 8-1

At 8-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Antonio Fresu has won 11 of 102 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci is 5-for-48 (10%) in New York, with horses in the money 31% of the time.
By Street Sense out of Inspired.

How our picks did

Top pick: Le Gris (7-5) finished second.
Value play: Ambition (8-1) missed the board.

How Race 3 sets up

Le Gris is the 7-5 morning-line favorite, with Missouri River next at 3-1. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.

Linda Rice sends out 2 runners (Systemic Change and Le Gris), 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 157 mounts.

Forecast: sunny, high of 59°F.

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