Belmont Stakes 2024: Full List of Competitors, Odds, Post Time, How to Watch

Belmont Stakes 2024: Full List of Competitors, Odds, Post Time, How to Watch

The 156th running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the 2024 Triple Crown, will take place on Saturday afternoon in Saratoga Springs, NY.

The race will certainly feel a little different this year in Saratoga rather than Belmont Park, as the race has temporarily moved due to a $455 million renovation to the Belmont track.

Saturday's race will have a different feel not only in location, but in distance. Since the race will take place at Saratoga Race Course, it will be a much shorter running than the usual 1.5 mile sprint.

Instead of being the longest race of the Triple Crown, it will be 1.25 miles this year, which is the same distance as the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Now that we got the background of this year's unique Belmont Stakes out of the way, here's some additional pertinent information about Saturday's race itself.

This year's Belmont will feature both the winner of the Kentucky Derby, Mystik Dan, as well as the winner of the Preakness Stakes, Seize The Grey.

However, the morning line favorite at the Belmont Stakes is neither of the two previous Triple Crown race winners. Instead, it's Sierra Leone, who is a 9-5 betting favorite.

Below is a list of all the horses competing in the 2024 Belmont Stakes, along with their morning line odds, courtesy of the Belmont Stakes' official website.

Seize The Grey: 8-1

Resilience: 10-1

Mystik Dan: 5-1

The Wine Steward: 15-1

Antiquarian: 12-1

Dornoch: 15-1

Protective: 20-1

Honor Marie: 12-1

Sierra Leone: 9-5

Mindframe: 7-2

Saturday's post time for the 156th Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is at 6:41 p.m. ET.

The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be nationally televised live on Fox.

Mystik Dan Wins 2024 Kentucky Derby in Stunning Three-Horse Photo Finish

Mystik Dan Wins 2024 Kentucky Derby in Stunning Three-Horse Photo Finish

The 2024 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs came right down to the wire.

Mystik Dan edged Sierra Leone and Forever Young by a nose on Saturday, surging ahead on the final turn and barely holding on to secure an upset victory.

The race was so close it took officials several minutes to officially proclaim Mystik Dan as the winner.

Mystik Dan, guided by jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., previously finished third at the Arkansas Derby in March and won the Grade III Southwest Stakes in February.

"Brian just did an amazing job," Mystik Dan's trainer Ken McPeek said after the race. "Just a brilliant, brilliant jockey and ride."

McPeek completed a career Triple Crown as a trainer, previously winning the Preakness in 2020 with Swiss Skydiver and the 2002 Belmont Stakes with Sarava.

Mystik Dan will have a chance to notch the second title of a Triple Crown pursuit on May 18 at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.