Belmont Stakes 2025 Results & Payouts After Sovereignty's Big Win

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Nathan Dougherty | Last updated Jun 7, 2025 7:47 PM ET

The Belmont Stakes 2025 results are in: Sovereignty followed up a Kentucky Derby win with another big victory.

After a long layoff following the Kentucky Derby win, Sovereignty finished strong in Saturday's race to come in first place.

After Sovereignty, Preakness Stakes winner Journalism came in second place and Baeza in third -- the same final three as the Kentucky Derby. Rodriguez came in fourth place.

Much of the drama for Saturday's Belmont Stakes came to an early end when Sovereignty was pulled from the Preakness Stakes, ending any chance of a Triple Crown winner.

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Trainer Bill Mott said he had to do what was best for the horse, which meant skipping the short layoff between the first two races in the Triple Crown to instead focus on the Belmont Stakes.

"We want to do what's best for the horse," Mott told reporters at Churchill Downs. "Of course, you always think about a Triple Crown, and that's not something we're not going to think about."

Here's the field for the 2025 Belmont Stakes!

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The decision led prominent owner Mike Repole to offer a proposal to push the Preakness Stakes back several weeks, making the Belmont Stakes the second of the three major races.

"The Preakness being run two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, in this new day and age in racing, shows the lack of vision and leadership needed to evolve this sport," Repole wrote. "I expect the top three finishers of this year's Derby to skip the Preakness and go right to the Belmont."

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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