Belmont Park Race 8 Results & Payouts – Oct 25, 2026

Belmont Park Race 8 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	5 Lion Lake (IRE)Manuel Franco · T: Brendan Walsh	$4.04	$2.92	$2.58
2	1 Life's DynamicMychel Sanchez · T: Arnaud Delacour	–	$5.04	$4.60
3	8 Hark TheangelssingIsmerio Villalobos · T: Michael Trombetta	–	–	$5.28

Exacta 5-1: $9.93 (pool $290,191)
Trifecta 5-1-8: $29.62 (pool $138,708)
Pick 3 6-3-5: $20.85 (pool $22,188)
Grand Slam 1/4/6/8/10-3/5/6/7-3/4/8-5: $6.35 (pool $37,528)
Daily Double 3-5: $5.65 (pool $60,276)
Superfecta 5-1-8-3: $24.43 (pool $87,717)

Time 1:20.58 · Track firm · Also ran: Flowerhead (IRE), Carolyncaroline, Pillar of Beauty, Green Sense (IRE), Catalonia, Epic Lady Luck, Amicable Farce, R Slew of Cash

Race 8 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Life's DynamicPractical Joke – Amber Isle	9-2	Mychel SanchezT: Arnaud Delacour	120 lb	2
2	Pillar of BeautyCaracaro – Port Marazion	12-1	Jose LezcanoT: William Mott	120 lb
3	Flowerhead (IRE)StarmanGB – Tuileries GardenIre	10-1	Antonio FresuT: Charlie Clover	120 lb
4	CarolyncarolineTiz the Law – Little Dipper	15-1	Paco LopezT: Lindsay Schultz	120 lb
5	Lion Lake (IRE)Dark AngelIre – UrjuwaanGB	8-5	Manuel FrancoT: Brendan Walsh	124 lb	1
6	Epic Lady LuckVekoma – Tahfeez	15-1	Edgard ZayasT: George Weaver	120 lb
7	CataloniaProtonico – Santa Trinita	30-1	Javier CastellanoT: Jose D'Angelo	120 lb
8	Hark TheangelssingMendelssohn – Questionoftheday	8-1	Ismerio VillalobosT: Michael Trombetta	122 lb	3
9	Green Sense (IRE)Starman*GB – Big Boned	12-1	Edwin GonzalezT: Saffie Joseph, Jr.	124 lb
10	Amicable FarceNot This Time – Rubilinda	6-1	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Chad Brown	120 lb
11	R Slew of CashKnicks Go – Dynaslew	20-1	Dylan DavisT: Saffie Joseph, Jr.	120 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 pick5 Lion Lake (IRE) 8-5

The 8-5 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 Brendan Walsh is 1-for-15 (7%) in New York, with horses in the money 33% of the time.
By Dark Angel*Ire out of Urjuwaan*GB.

Value play7 Catalonia 30-1

At 30-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Javier Castellano has won 17 of 105 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Jose D'Angelo.
By Protonico out of Santa Trinita.

Longshot6 Epic Lady Luck 15-1

A 15-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Edgard Zayas has won 21 of 130 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer George Weaver is 11-for-57 (19%) in New York, with horses in the money 40% of the time.
By Vekoma out of Tahfeez.

How our picks did

Top pick: Lion Lake (IRE) (8-5) won, paying $4.04 to win.
Value play: Catalonia (30-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Epic Lady Luck (15-1) missed the board.

How Race 8 sets up

Lion Lake (IRE) is the 8-5 morning-line favorite, with Life's Dynamic next at 9-2. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Catalonia, so the board has real depth.

Saffie Joseph, Jr. sends out 2 runners (Green Sense (IRE) and R Slew of Cash), 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.

The turf is listed as firm. Forecast: sunny, high of 66°F.

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