Belmont Park Race 5 Results & Payouts – Oct 21, 2026

Belmont Park Race 5 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	4 Sir WaltaJavier Castellano · T: David Duggan	$8.12	$3.92	$2.50
2	5 Joker On FireJose Lezcano · T: Bruce Levine	–	$2.96	$2.14
3	6 RhytonFlavien Prat · T: Miguel Clement	–	–	$2.52

Pick 3 7-2-4: $77.75 (pool $36,026)
Pick 4 2-7-2-4: $203.34 (pool $62,841)
Pick 5 1-2-7-2-4: $507.42 (pool $216,100)
Daily Double 2-4: $9.72 (pool $35,161)
Exacta 4-5: $11.41 (pool $117,392)
Superfecta 4-5-6-3: $5.92 (pool $28,485)
Trifecta 4-5-6: $10.97 (pool $52,623)

Time 1:08.52 · Track firm · Also ran: B Provocateur, Racerx, Dancing Bear, Royal Browne

Race 5 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Dancing BearWar Dancer – Off the Bourbon	8-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: James Lawrence II	126 lb
2	Royal BrowneBig Brown – Mom's Kisses	8-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Fernando Abreu	124 lb
3	B ProvocateurTake Charge Indy – Barrel of Joy	5-1	Antonio FresuT: Rudy Rodriguez	123 lb
4	Sir WaltaRedesdale – Classic Melody	3-1	Javier CastellanoT: David Duggan	123 lb	1
5	Joker On FirePractical Joke – Fire Assay	9-5	Jose LezcanoT: Bruce Levine	124 lb	2
6	RhytonKantharos – Unlimited Resource	7-2	Flavien PratT: Miguel Clement	124 lb	3
7	RacerxKantharos – Tweet Street	30-1	Luis Rivera, Jr.T: M. Ferraro	126 lb
8	PeytonHonest Mischief – Colorfull Seattle	SCR	Omar Hernandez MorenT: Domenick Schettino	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 5 at Belmont Park

Top pick5 Joker On Fire 9-5

The 9-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Jose Lezcano has won 21 of 177 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Bruce Levine is 4-for-21 (19%) in New York, with horses in the money 57% of the time.
By Practical Joke out of Fire Assay.

Value play7 Racerx 30-1

At 30-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Luis Rivera, Jr. has won 2 of 56 rides (4%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer M. Ferraro is 14-for-90 (16%) in New York, with horses in the money 47% of the time.
By Kantharos out of Tweet Street.

How our picks did

Top pick: Joker On Fire (9-5) finished second.
Value play: Racerx (30-1) missed the board.

Breaking down the Race 5 field

Joker On Fire is the 9-5 morning-line favorite, with Sir Walta next at 3-1. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Racerx, so the board has real depth.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 150 mounts.

The inner turf is listed as firm. Forecast: mostly sunny, high of 64°F.

1 horse has scratched, so check the live odds before you bet.

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