2025 Belmont Stakes payouts, purse, full results: Sovereignty wins

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty was the best horse in the field again on Saturday night, running to victory in the 2025 Belmont Stakes.

Sovereignty ran past Preakness Stakes winner Journalism and crossed the wire first at Saratoga Race Course in 2:00.69. (Sovereignty did not run the Preakness last month.)

Here’s a look at the basic payouts after the 157th Belmont Stakes, as well as the final finishing order.

Belmont payouts

Figures based on $2 bet (odds in parentheses)

• Sovereignty (5/2): $7 Win; $3.20 Place; $2.30 Show
• Journalism (2/1): $3.20 Place; $2.30 Show
• Baeza (7/2): $2.60 Show

Bets

• $1 Exacta (2-7): $6.60
• $1 Trifecta (2-7-6): $13.80
• $1 Superfecta (2-7-6-3): $40.50

Belmont Stakes final results

Final odds (in parentheses) and breakdown of $2 million purse

1. Sovereignty (5/2): $1,200,000
2. Journalism (2/1): $360,000
3. Baeza (7/2): $200,000
4. Rodriguez (7/1): $100,000
5. Hill Road (14/1): $60,000
6. Heart of Honor (20/1): $40,000
7. Uncaged (19/1): $20,000
8. Crudo (11/1): $20,000