Belmont Park Race 3 Results & Payouts – Oct 28, 2026

Belmont Park Race 3 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	7 Sultan HassanKendrick Carmouche · T: Horacio De Paz	$9.74	$4.98	$3.92
2	6 KarstenFlavien Prat · T: Jorge Abreu	–	$3.20	$2.72
3	3 Bitter BankerRocco Bowen · T: Marvin Richards	–	–	$11.74

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

7 Sultan HassanKendrick Carmouche · T: Horacio De Paz

$9.74

$4.98

$3.92

6 KarstenFlavien Prat · T: Jorge Abreu

–

$3.20

$2.72

3 Bitter BankerRocco Bowen · T: Marvin Richards

–

$11.74

Pick 3 4-2-7: $109.50 (pool $44,771)

Daily Double 2-7: $68.23 (pool $23,008)

Exacta 7-6: $17.06 (pool $119,503)

Superfecta 7-6-3-4: $183.64 (pool $35,163)

Trifecta 7-6-3: $166.26 (pool $56,635)

Time 1:14.37 · Track firm · Also ran: Daisy Doo, Story of Rory, Lolimo, Runcot

Race 3 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Story of RoryHonest Mischief – Ballacolla	7-2	Samuel MarinT: Amelia Green	123 lb
2	RuncotMendelssohn – Sugarille	12-1	Edgard ZayasT: H. James Bond	123 lb
3	Bitter BankerCentral Banker – Bitter Gold	20-1	Rocco BowenT: Marvin Richards	126 lb	3
4	Daisy DooCentral Banker – Birthday Gift	4-1	Javier CastellanoT: Robert Ribaudo	123 lb
5	LolimoYaupon – Fiftyplustip	4-1	Manuel FrancoT: Philip Bauer	123 lb
6	KarstenMendelssohn – Speightful Lady	3-1	Flavien PratT: Jorge Abreu	123 lb	2
7	Sultan HassanCairo Prince – Light in the Sky	7-2	Ricardo Santana, Jr.T: Horacio De Paz	123 lb	1

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.

Who we like in Belmont Park Race 3

Top pick6 Karsten 3-1

The 3-1 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Flavien Prat has won 28 of 133 rides (21%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Jorge Abreu is 4-for-36 (11%) in New York, with horses in the money 36% of the time.
By Mendelssohn out of Speightful Lady.

Value play2 Runcot 12-1

At 12-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Edgard Zayas has won 21 of 130 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer H. James Bond is 2-for-21 (10%) in New York, with horses in the money 33% of the time.
By Mendelssohn out of Sugarille.

Longshot3 Bitter Banker 20-1

A 20-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Rocco Bowen has won 1 of 18 rides (6%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Marvin Richards.
By Central Banker out of Bitter Gold.

How our picks did

Top pick: Karsten (3-1) finished second.
Value play: Runcot (12-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Bitter Banker (20-1) finished third.

Breaking down the Race 3 field

Karsten is the 3-1 morning-line favorite, with Story of Rory next at 7-2. Prices stretch out to 20-1 on Bitter Banker, so the board has real depth.

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

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

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