How to Bet the 2021 Belmont Stakes Online – Where to Make a Bet, What Time Does the Race Start, and How You Can Watch

• The Belmont Stakes runs on Saturday, June 5 with a 6:49 pm ET post time
• It’s the third and final leg of thoroughbred horse racing’s Triple Crown
• Everything you need to know to bet on the race is right here

The 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes is slated for Belmont Park on Saturday, June 5, 2021. When is the race? Who are the favorites? Where and how can you bet the big race? We answer this and everything else you may want to know about the third leg of the Triple Crown.

2021 Belmont Stakes Odds

Odds as of June 3 at TVG

When Is the Belmont Stakes?

The Belmont Stakes will be contested on Saturday, June 5. Post time for the race is 6:49 pm ET.

Where Is the Belmont Stakes Run?

The race is nicknamed The Test of the Champion and The Run for the Carnations.

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— Belmont Stakes (@BelmontStakes) June 1, 2021

The Belmont is traditionally held three Saturdays following the Preakness at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY.

How Can I Watch the Belmont Stakes?

The 153rd Belmont Stakes airs on Saturday, June 5 from 3-5pm ET on NBCSN and from 5-7pm ET on NBC. Coverage is also available on NBCSports.com and on the NBC Sports app.

How Long Is the Belmont Stakes?

The race’s length of 1 1/8th miles (12 furlongs) is considered the toughest test in horse racing. With its wide, sweeping turns and long homestretch, Belmont Park is thought to be one of the fairest racetracks in America. Secretariat set the Belmont record in 1973, winning in a time of 2:24.

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What Kind of Bets Can I Make on the Belmont Stakes?

The most common horse racing wagers are win, place and show. You’re picking a horse to finish the race in first, second (place) or third (show).

A win bet is self-explanatory. The horse you play must win the race in order to cash.

A place bet cashes if your horse finishes first or second, while a show bet will be a winner as long as your horse hits the wire among the top three.

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— America'sBestRacing (@ABRLive) June 3, 2021

You can also bet across the board (combining win, place and show wagers on the same horse). Exactas (correctly combining the top two finishers in a race), trifectas (correctly combining the top three) finishers in a race and superfectas (correctly combining the top four finishers in a race).

You needn’t be at the race to wager on it. TVG and others are the best Belmont racebooks to try.

Which Jockeys and Trainers Have Won the Most Belmont Stakes?

James G Rowe trained a record eight Belmont Stakes winers. With the suspension of Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher, who has a three-horse entry of Bourbonic, Known Agenda and Overtook, is the only trainer in this year’s race with a previous Belmont Stakes victory. Pletcher has sent out three Belmont winners (2007, 2013, 2017).

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— Belmont Stakes (@BelmontStakes) May 27, 2021

Jockeys Eddie Arcaro and Jim McLaughlin each won a record six Belmont Stakes. This year’s field of jockeys includes a pair of two-time Belmont winners. John Velazquez (2007, 2012) who is aboard Preakness Stakes winner Rombauer. Joel Rosario (2014, 2019) is up on Rock Your World.

How Much Does a $2 Win, Place, Show Bet Pay?

That all depends upon the odds. A $2 win bet on a horse at odds of 2-1 would return $6 – $4 for the win and your $2 stake.

Calculating place and show wagers will depend upon which other horses factor into those pools. The payout pool on a show bet factors in two horses and the place pool takes into account three horses.

If those horses are all at lower odds, the price won’t be very high. However, if there are one or two longshots as part of the pool, that price will increase exponentially.

What Is a Exacta, Trifecta and Superfecta?

Exotic bets such as exactas, trifectas and superfectas are the parlay bets of horse racing. You can win a lot with minimal risk, but the odds are long that your bet will come in.

Wheeling or boxing a group of horses – combining them all to finish in any order among the top three – will cost more money, but does increase the chances of cashing a winning ticket.

Which Horses are Favored to Win the Belmont Stakes?

Essential Quality, trained by Brad Cox, is the +200 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes. The horse skipped the Preakness after finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby.

Should I Bet Essential Quality to Win the Belmont Stakes?

Favorites have won three of the past six Belmont Stakes, including Tiz The Law, last year’s Belmont champion.

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— Belmont Stakes (@BelmontStakes) June 3, 2021

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is out. If Rombauer doesn’t win the Belmont, it will be the third year in a row and 11th time in 15 years that there were three different winners in each of the three Triple Crown races.

Which Horse Will Win the Belmont Stakes?

Due to the length of the race, tactical speed is vital to success in the Belmont Stakes. Late closers seldom win the race. Essential Quality’s only career loss was in the Kentucky Derby.

Essential Quality endured a rough trip in the Derby. That won’t be an issue in the wide-open spaces of Belmont Park.

Where Can I Bet on the Belmont Stakes?

TVG is the best-known online racebook for Belmont Stakes betting made easy.