{"id":9691,"date":"2025-06-29T22:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/2025-belmont-stakes-preview-morning-line-odds-post-positions-and-key-jumpers-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:23:09","slug":"2025-belmont-stakes-preview-morning-line-odds-post-positions-and-key-jumpers-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/2025-belmont-stakes-preview-morning-line-odds-post-positions-and-key-jumpers-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Belmont Stakes Preview: Morning Line Odds, Post Positions, and Key Jumpers to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Triple Crown will not have a winner, but the Belmont Stakes still promises excitement. On Saturday, the race will showcase a highly anticipated rematch between Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby champion, and Journalism, the Preakness winner. Sovereignty skipped the Preakness after finishing 1.5 lengths behind Journalism in the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n<p>Journalism, who finished 7th in the Belmont last year, is the morning line favorite at 8-5 odds, with Sovereignty close behind at 2-1. For the second year in a row, the 157th Belmont Stakes will take place in Saratoga, New York, as Belmont Park undergoes renovations. The race is scheduled for 7:04 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the morning odds, trainers, and jockeys for this final Triple Crown race:<\/p>\n<p>1. Hill Road (10-1) \u2013 Trainer: Chad Brown; Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.<br \/>\n2. Sovereignty (2-1) \u2013 Trainer: Bill Mott; Jockey: Junior Alvarado<br \/>\n3. Rodriguez (6-1) \u2013 Trainer: Bob Baffert; Jockey: Mike Smith<br \/>\n4. Casged (30-1) \u2013 Trainer: Todd Plecher; Jockey: Lewis Thirds<br \/>\n5. Crude Oil (15-1) \u2013 Trainer: Todd Plecher; Jockey: John Velazquez<br \/>\n6. Baeza (4-1) \u2013 Trainer: John Silef; Jockey: Flavien Prat<br \/>\n7. Journalism (8-5) \u2013 Trainer: Michael McCarthy; Jockey: Humberto Rispoli<br \/>\n8. Heart of Honor (30-1) \u2013 Trainer: Jamie Osborne; Jockey: Saffie Osborne  <\/p>\n<p>Fan Take: This Belmont Stakes matchup keeps the thrill of the Triple Crown alive despite no overall winner, offering fans a captivating rivalry to follow. The race&#8217;s relocation to Saratoga adds a unique twist, potentially shaping how future Belmont Stakes are approached and experienced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Triple Crown will not have a winner, but the Belmont Stakes still promises excitement. On Saturday, the race will showcase a highly anticipated rematch between Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby champion, and Journalism, the Preakness winner. Sovereignty skipped the Preakness after finishing 1.5 lengths behind Journalism in the Kentucky Derby. Journalism, who finished 7th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2443],"tags":[2955],"class_list":{"0":"post-9691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fighting","8":"tag-horse-racing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}