Belmont Park Race 1 Results & Payouts – Nov 1, 2026

Belmont Park Race 1 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	5 Election HeroManuel Franco · T: Chad Brown	$4.78	$2.84	$2.10
2	6 LiveSamuel Marin · T: Todd Pletcher	–	$3.36	$2.60
3	4 Sconset BluffJunior Alvarado · T: William Mott	–	–	$3.40

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

5 Election HeroManuel Franco · T: Chad Brown

$4.78

$2.84

$2.10

6 LiveSamuel Marin · T: Todd Pletcher

–

$3.36

$2.60

4 Sconset BluffJunior Alvarado · T: William Mott

–

$3.40

Exacta 5-6: $9.12 (pool $88,735)

Superfecta 5-6-4-2: $25.44 (pool $19,576)

Trifecta 5-6-4: $22.73 (pool $34,269)

Time 1:42.10 · Track fast · Also ran: Hold'em, Captivated, Horizontal Rain

Race 1 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	CaptivatedCurlin – Cherry Lodge	5-2	Flavien PratT: Chad Brown	123 lb
2	Hold'emScalding – Cyrielle	15-1	Jose LezcanoT: William Mott	123 lb
3	Horizontal RainNyquist – Fragrance	3-1	John VelazquezT: Brendan Walsh	123 lb
4	Sconset BluffOmaha Beach – Curtain Bluff	8-1	Junior AlvaradoT: William Mott	123 lb	3
5	Election HeroEarly Voting – Sexy Dream	9-5	Manuel FrancoT: Chad Brown	123 lb	1
6	LiveLife Is Good – Plenty Awesome	7-2	Samuel MarinT: Todd Pletcher	123 lb	2

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 pick5 Election Hero 9-5

The 9-5 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 Chad Brown is 31-for-126 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 58% of the time.
By Early Voting out of Sexy Dream.

Value play2 Hold'em 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.
Trainer William Mott is 5-for-68 (7%) in New York, with horses in the money 38% of the time.
By Scalding out of Cyrielle.

How our picks did

Top pick: Election Hero (9-5) won, paying $4.78 to win.
Value play: Hold'em (15-1) missed the board.

Breaking down the Race 1 field

Election Hero is the 9-5 morning-line favorite, with Captivated next at 5-2. Prices stretch out to 15-1 on Hold'em, so the board has real depth.

Chad Brown sends out 2 runners (Captivated and Election Hero), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Flavien Prat has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 133 mounts.

The dirt is listed as fast. Forecast: partly sunny, high of 68°F.

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