Belmont Park Race 8 Results & Payouts – Oct 17, 2026

Belmont Park Race 8 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 Brunch With AmySamuel Marin · T: Michelle Nevin	$17.98	$7.96	$4.36
2	4 MursalDylan Davis · T: Linda Rice	–	$4.96	$3.30
3	7 Bam's Bliss KissRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Jorge Abreu	–	–	$4.60

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

1 Brunch With AmySamuel Marin · T: Michelle Nevin

$17.98

$7.96

$4.36

4 MursalDylan Davis · T: Linda Rice

–

$4.96

$3.30

7 Bam's Bliss KissRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Jorge Abreu

–

$4.60

Exacta 1-4: $41.97 (pool $238,734)

Trifecta 1-4-7: $104.87 (pool $104,647)

Pick 3 1-1-1: $59.59 (pool $48,049)

Daily Double 1-1: $21.27 (pool $41,999)

Superfecta 1-4-7-5: $117.12 (pool $58,246)

Time 1:35.91 · Track fast · Also ran: Despo's Dream, Bourbon Serengeti, Snide, Furry Fox, Lika Rolling Stone, Beira

Race 8 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Brunch With AmyBernardini – Bring Joy	6-1	Samuel MarinT: Michelle Nevin	126 lb	1
2	Bourbon SerengetiDistorted Humor – Tanzania Road	15-1	Ruben SilveraT: Rudy Rodriguez	126 lb
3	SnideTonalist – New Normal	4-1	Jose LezcanoT: Linda Rice	126 lb
4	MursalClassic Empire – Classic Brit	3-1	Dylan DavisT: Linda Rice	126 lb	2
5	Despo's DreamMitole – Pointe Class	7-2	Manuel FrancoT: Rudy Rodriguez	126 lb
6	Lika Rolling StoneBustin Stones – Repreive	10-1	Christopher ElliottT: Antonio Arriaga	126 lb
7	Bam's Bliss KissSolomini – Kiska	10-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Jorge Abreu	126 lb	3
8	Furry FoxInstagrand – Marshtini	20-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Roshan Samsundar	126 lb
9	BeiraPreservationist – Deep in December	5-1	Antonio FresuT: Richard Dutrow, Jr.	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.

NY.bet picks for Race 8 at Belmont Park

Top pick4 Mursal 3-1

The 3-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Dylan Davis has won 6 of 114 rides (5%) 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 Classic Empire out of Classic Brit.

Value play8 Furry Fox 20-1

At 20-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Kendrick Carmouche has won 13 of 108 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Roshan Samsundar is 3-for-9 (33%) in New York, with horses in the money 33% of the time.
By Instagrand out of Marshtini.

Longshot7 Bam's Bliss Kiss 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Ricardo Santana, Jr. has won 21 of 154 rides (14%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Jorge Abreu is 3-for-21 (14%) in New York, with horses in the money 33% of the time.
By Solomini out of Kiska.

How our picks did

Top pick: Mursal (3-1) finished second.
Value play: Furry Fox (20-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Bam's Bliss Kiss (10-1) finished third.

How Race 8 sets up

Mursal is the 3-1 morning-line favorite, with Despo's Dream next at 7-2. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Furry Fox, so the board has real depth.

Rudy Rodriguez sends out 2 runners (Bourbon Serengeti and Despo's Dream), 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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