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2025 Belmont Stakes odds, horses, field: Racing insider offers best bets, top picks for the Test of the Champion

SportsLine racing analyst Michelle Yu, who is in Saratoga Springs to cover the Belmont, has identified her picks, wagers and analysis for the race

By@SportsLinePublished: Jun 07, 2025 1:44PM UTC . 4 min read

Horse racing's Triple Crown concludes on Saturday when the starting gate opens for the final jewel, the 2025 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sovereignty won the first leg of the Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby, but his connections decided to skip the Preakness Stakes to target the Belmont. Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism won the Preakness, setting up a rematch with Sovereignty in the Belmont. Journalism is the 8-5 favorite in the 2025 Belmont Stakes odds. Sovereignty (2-1), Baeza (4-1), Rodriguez (6-1) and Hill Road (10-1) round out the top five favorites among the eight 2025 Belmont Stakes horses. Post time for the $2 million Belmont Stakes 2025 is 7:04 p.m. ET. Other Belmont Stakes contenders include Crudo (15-1) and Heart of Honor (30-1). 

With talented 3-year-old horses entering the starting gate on Saturday, you NEED to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and insider Michelle Yu, who's in Saratoga Springs to cover the race, has to say before making any 2025 Belmont Stakes picks.

Few people in racing are as well-connected as Yu. An on-air host and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders' Cup, Yu has spent a lifetime in racing. Prior to her television career, she worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She also is married to Santa Anita-based trainer Ryan Hanson.

In a wide-open Kentucky Derby in 2021, she gave out Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first, as the winner at 12-1. In Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager three years ago, she suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, which cashed at a whopping 18-1 when Rich Strike won. Join SportsLine to unlock her 2025 Belmont Stakes picks now. Use code "JOCKEY" to take 50% off!

Last year, Yu correctly called National Treasure to win the Pegasus World Cup, predicted Stronghold's upset win in the Santa Anita Derby, and smashed the exacta in the Apple Blossom Handicap. On the Belmont Stakes undercard, she nailed National Treasure's win in the Met Mile and had the winner and exacta in the Woody Stephens Stakes. She closed out the year by hitting the exacta in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

She started off 2025 by correctly going all-in on Citizen Bull to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, and she also predicted Forever Young's win in the Saudi Cup, Journalism's win in the San Felipe Stakes, Sandman's win in the Arkansas Derby and Mindframe's win in the Churchill Downs Stakes. She also hit the exacta in the Kentucky Derby. Anyone who has followed her is way up. Join SportsLine now to unlock her 2025 Belmont Stakes picks here, and use promo code JOCKEY to unlock 50% off.

For the 2025 Belmont Stakes, Yu has made her picks and constructed her bets. One surprise: She is completely fading Sovereignty, even though he is coming off a win in the Kentucky Derby. Yu is not using him in any wagers and prefers two horses more than Sovereignty. Join SportsLine now to get her full 2025 Belmont Stakes insider picks, and get 50% off using the promo code JOCKEY.

However her top pick is a horse who "has never looked better training." She also is high on a double-digit longshot to "grind out" a top-two finish! She is including these horses in her 2025 Belmont Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So which horse wins the 2025 Belmont Stakes? What longshot shocks Saratoga? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2025 Belmont Stakes picks and bets, all from the racing insider who nailed the Kentucky Derby exacta! Use promo code JOCKEY to unlock 50% off before it's gone.

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