Belmont Park Race 9 Results & Payouts – Oct 17, 2026

Belmont Park Race 9 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	1 Georgia MagicManuel Franco · T: Steven Schauer	$4.46	$3.24	$2.32
2	6 Fateful LightningKendrick Carmouche · T: Gustavo Rodriguez	–	$5.98	$3.74
3	3 Sharp SwingerJavier Castellano · T: Linda Rice	–	–	$4.06

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

1 Georgia MagicManuel Franco · T: Steven Schauer

$4.46

$3.24

$2.32

6 Fateful LightningKendrick Carmouche · T: Gustavo Rodriguez

–

$5.98

$3.74

3 Sharp SwingerJavier Castellano · T: Linda Rice

–

$4.06

Exacta 1-6: $18.02 (pool $258,839)

Trifecta 1-6-3: $49.27 (pool $132,198)

Pick 3 1-1-1: $34.77 (pool $36,258)

Pick 5 5-1-1/2-1-1/8: $359.86 (pool $165,422)

Daily Double 1-1: $15.19 (pool $43,528)

Superfecta 1-6-3-5: $56.75 (pool $73,670)

Time 1:34.62 · Track fast · Also ran: Gulfy, Inexorable, Barb, Magnanimous Max

Race 9 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Georgia MagicGood Magic – Nightlife Baby	6-5	Manuel FrancoT: Steven Schauer	126 lb	1
2	BarbCandy Ride*Arg – Classic Point	10-1	Antonio FresuT: Adrianne DeVaux	126 lb
3	Sharp SwingerPractical Joke – Fitzrovia	10-1	Javier CastellanoT: Linda Rice	126 lb	3
4	Magnanimous MaxMaximum Security – Nippy	3-1	Jose LezcanoT: Linda Rice	126 lb
5	GulfyConstitution – Gulf Coast	15-1	Edgard ZayasT: Gustavo Rodriguez	122 lb
6	Fateful LightningTapit – Gamble's Ghost	12-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Gustavo Rodriguez	126 lb	2
7	InexorableOutwork – White Pants Night	8-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Michael Maker	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 9 at Belmont Park

Top pick1 Georgia Magic 6-5

The 6-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Manuel Franco has won 30 of 149 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Steven Schauer is 2-for-11 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 55% of the time.
By Good Magic out of Nightlife Baby.

Value play3 Sharp Swinger 10-1

At 10-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Javier Castellano has won 11 of 71 rides (15%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Linda Rice is 13-for-72 (18%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
By Practical Joke out of Fitzrovia.

Longshot2 Barb 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Antonio Fresu has won 11 of 100 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Adrianne DeVaux.
By Candy Ride*Arg out of Classic Point.

How our picks did

Top pick: Georgia Magic (6-5) won, paying $4.46 to win.
Value play: Sharp Swinger (10-1) finished third.
Longshot: Barb (10-1) missed the board.

Belmont Park Race 9 analysis: pace, price and connections

Georgia Magic is the 6-5 morning-line favorite, with Magnanimous Max next at 3-1. Prices stretch out to 15-1 on Gulfy, so the board has real depth.

Linda Rice sends out 2 runners (Sharp Swinger and Magnanimous Max), 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: sunny, high of 59°F.

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