Belmont Park Race 1 Results & Payouts – Oct 24, 2026

Belmont Park Race 1 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	6 Bella KnowsManuel Franco · T: Brad Cox	$5.30	$3.24	$2.50
2	4 CravingsRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Steven Schauer	–	$3.94	$2.82
3	3 River Tay (IRE)Dylan Davis · T: Bruce Brown	–	–	$4.26

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

6 Bella KnowsManuel Franco · T: Brad Cox

$5.30

$3.24

$2.50

4 CravingsRicardo Santana, Jr. · T: Steven Schauer

–

$3.94

$2.82

3 River Tay (IRE)Dylan Davis · T: Bruce Brown

–

$4.26

Exacta 6-4: $10.33 (pool $150,865)

Superfecta 6-4-3-1: $20.59 (pool $36,395)

Trifecta 6-4-3: $25.09 (pool $69,466)

Time 1:14.81 · Track firm · Also ran: Voluntary, So Sophia (GB), Samartina (FR), Hauntress, Oklahoma Smoke, Midnightloveaffair

Race 1 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	VoluntaryMore Than Ready – Alexa Rose	12-1	Kendrick CarmoucheT: Michael Matz	123 lb
2	HauntressGet Stormy – Violent Lady	30-1	Dalila RiveraT: Antonio Arriaga	124 lb
3	River Tay (IRE)U S Navy Flag – Convocate	8-1	Dylan DavisT: Bruce Brown	126 lb	3
4	CravingsEssential Quality – Sweet Baby Girl	5-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Steven Schauer	123 lb	2
5	MidnightloveaffairMidshipman – Hurricane Kitten	3-1	Antonio FresuT: Bruce Levine	126 lb
6	Bella KnowsKantharos – Bellamy Knows	2-1	Manuel FrancoT: Brad Cox	121 lb	1
7	Oklahoma SmokeHonest Mischief – Lapsang	9-2	Flavien PratT: Jorge Abreu	126 lb
8	So Sophia (GB)ShowcasingGB – So BraveGB	15-1	Katie DavisT: Antonio Arriaga	124 lb
9	Samartina (FR)ChachnakFr – SensationFr	15-1	Jose LezcanoT: Roy Lerman	123 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 1 at Belmont Park

Top pick6 Bella Knows 2-1

The 2-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Manuel Franco has won 45 of 215 rides (21%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Brad Cox is 9-for-31 (29%) in New York, with horses in the money 55% of the time.
By Kantharos out of Bellamy Knows.

Value play9 Samartina (FR) 15-1

At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Jose Lezcano has won 18 of 163 rides (11%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Roy Lerman.
By Chachnak*Fr out of Sensation*Fr.

Longshot1 Voluntary 12-1

A 12-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Kendrick Carmouche has won 18 of 149 rides (12%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Michael Matz.
By More Than Ready out of Alexa Rose.

How our picks did

Top pick: Bella Knows (2-1) won, paying $5.30 to win.
Value play: Samartina (FR) (15-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Voluntary (12-1) missed the board.

Belmont Park Race 1 analysis: pace, price and connections

Bella Knows is the 2-1 morning-line favorite, with Midnightloveaffair next at 3-1. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Hauntress, so the board has real depth.

Antonio Arriaga sends out 2 runners (Hauntress and So Sophia (GB)), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 215 mounts.

Forecast: becoming sunny, high of 64°F.

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