Overview

• The Belmont Stakes will be held at Saratoga Race Course this year due to renovations at Belmont Park.
• The race will be contested at 1¼ miles instead of the traditional 1½ miles, altering the usual dynamics.
• Sierra Leone, runner-up in the Kentucky Derby, is the morning-line favorite at 9-5 odds.
• Mystik Dan, the Derby winner, and Seize the Grey, the Preakness winner, will start from posts No. 3 and No. 1, respectively.
• Trainer Todd Pletcher has the most entries, including the promising but inexperienced Mindframe.