Golden Tempo won the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7, 2026 — adding a second leg to what could become a Triple Crown after the horse’s earlier Kentucky Derby win.
The Belmont Stakes, run at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, is the third and final jewel of the Triple Crown. Golden Tempo had already taken the first — the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville — setting up Saturday’s race as a direct shot at one of thoroughbred racing’s rarest achievements.
A horse must win all three races — the Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont — in the same season to claim the Triple Crown. Golden Tempo had the Derby. The Preakness result, and whether Golden Tempo ran there, wasn’t confirmed in available reports.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported the Belmont win early Sunday morning. No jockey, trainer, owner, winning time, or margin of victory was immediately available from that report.
Churchill Downs, which hosts the Kentucky Derby each May, hasn’t issued a public statement on the Belmont result as of Sunday morning.
Reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. Read the original report.
