2025 Belmont Stakes odds, draw, and post positions: Journalism the favorite, just ahead of Sovereignty

The field for the 2025 Belmont Stakes — which will be run for the second straight year at Saratoga Race Course as Belmont Park undergoes renovations — is set.There are eight horses in the field for the final leg of the 2025 Triple Crown, but there are two clear headliners: Journalism and Sovereignty.No.7 Journalism, fresh off an electrifying win at the Preakness as an even-money favorite, was installed as the 8-5 favorite on the morning line, just ahead of No.

2 Sovereignty, the 2025 Kentucky Derby champion.“Looking at where we’re drawn, there’s a little bit of speed inside of us,” Journalism’s trainer Michael McCarthy said.“Obviously, the horse on outside [Heart of Honor] was a little rambunctious [in the gate] in the Preakness.

I see us running into the first turn — all these Triple Crown races have a very honest pace — and I think we’ll be forwardly placed.”Sovereignty, who skipped the Preakness after upsetting Journalism to win the Run for the Roses, was tagged with 2-1 odds for the Belmont.“He’s improved — as many of these horses have,” Sovereignty’s trainer, Bill Mott, said.“This entire group, if you look at their form and the way they’ve developed over the course of this year, I think they’ve made steady progress.

It should be an interesting race on Saturday.”While you can expect Sovereignty and Journalism to attract the lion’s share of the betting attention at Saratoga on Saturday, there are a couple of other entrants that were priced as contenders on the morning line.No.6 Baeza, who ran an impressive third as a trendy late entry at the Derby, is the third favorite at 4-1, just ahead of Bob Baffert’s Rodriguez.No.

3 Rodriguez (6-1) sat out the first two legs of the Triple Crown with an injury to his foot, but has been cleared for the trip to Saratoga.His last start was a win at the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.You can expect plenty of exotics tying Baeza and Rodriguez to one, or both, of the favorites, but don�...