Another monster finish from Justify, which gave the undefeated horse just the 13th Triple Crown in American horse racing history, made Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert victorious at Saturday's 2018 Belmont Stakes and marked a historic win for this year's conqueror of the Apollo Curse. It didn't necessarily translate into historic payouts for wagers on the top three horses in New York, however. After $2 exacta, $1 trifecta and $1 superfecta prizes of $69.60, $141.40 and $19,618.20 at the Kentucky Derby, Saturday's latest Justify victory didn't exactly break oddsmakers' banks. The $2 exacta from the Belmont Stakes paid out $89, and the $1 trifecta paid out $229.74 -- totals that eclipsed those of both the Derby and Preakness Stakes. That was thanks in part to three of the top four horses finishing in the top four being among the favorites for the race with the lone longshot joining the bunch being Gronkowski. However, the $1 superfecta was hardly something to write home about, paying out $1,051.50.The following payout results applied to each of the top three horses, according to NBC: Justify: $3.60 (Win), $3.50 (Place), $2.80 (Show) Gronkowski: $13.80 (Place), $7.00 (Show) Hofburg: $3.70 (Show)<doc-sep>As easily as he had won his previous five races, Justify raced into history as the 13th winner of the Triple Crown on Sunday evening at Belmont. He is the second horse to win it undefeated. Breaking from post 1, Justify and Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who spent the early part of his career in New York and knows the Belmont track, made the lead and clicked off reasonable early fractions. The field didn't let him get away, but he set the pace and controlled the tempo, and as he rolled off the final turn and into the stretch, he increased his lead, leaving his rivals behind him, literally and figuratively. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert became only the second trainer in history to win two Triple Crowns. "Mike Smith deserves this," said Baffert of the 52-year-old jockey. "It's just amazing." "This horse is so gifted," said Smith. "He's sent from heaven. I can't describe the emotions going through my body right now." Even as he celebrated reaching the pinnacle of his profession, Smith was mindful of the risks that he and his fellow jockeys face every day. "I dedicate this to you, Marlon St. Julien," he said. "Get better, brother. We're praying for you." St. Julien suffered a critical spinal cord injury riding in a race at Prairie Meadows in April. If the win by Justify was hardly a surprise, that Gronkowski finished an impressive second is nothing less than a shocker. The mile-and-a-half Belmont is Gronkowski's first race on dirt; first race in the United States; and first race beyond a mile. Sent off at odds of 25-1, he lagged so far back in the early going that he was barely on the TV screen, but as he and Justify neared the wire, he loomed a serious threat to spring what would have been an unthinkable upset. Justify paid $3.60 to win. Exotic payouts: $1 exacta: $44.50 .50 trifecta: $114.87 .10 superfecta: $105.15 $1 Pick 3: $268.50 .50 Pick 4: $639.25 $2 Pick 6: $457.00 .50 Pick 5: $5,684<doc-sep>Those four horses — Justify, Bravazo, Hofburg and Tenfold — could be the foundation for your trifecta and superfecta tickets, too, especially since there is a real possibility that Justify, because of his post position on the rail, expends a lot of energy at the start of the race to avoid getting shuffled back behind horses, setting up the chance for either Bravazo, Tenfold or Hofburg to stalk the pace early with a late kick. Then look for Justify, Vino Rosso and perhaps Blended Citizen to also be around to pick up the pieces for a second or third place finish. As for the fourth place horse: your best bet is to go with the “all” button just to play it safe,<doc-sep>
The 150th running of the Belmont Stakes is over, and we have the betting and payout results for Saturday’s action. Justify won the Belmont, and in doing so earned a Triple Crown victory. The payouts for Saturday’s big race can be seen below. If you bet the $2 Exacta, it pays $89. If you bet the $1 Trifecta, it pays $229.74, and if you bet the $1 Superfecta, it pays out at $1,051.50. Justify won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, and was favored to win the Belmont Stakes all throughout the pre-race process. A second Triple Crown win for Bob Baffert, who trained 2015 winner American Pharoah. Prior to that Triple Crown victory, no horse had won it in 37 years. The $1.5 million purse for the Belmont is divided among the top eight finishers, with the winner earning $800,000, according to CNBC. Justify’s ownership group took home $1.24 million for the Derby and $900,000 for the Preakness. How that money is divided is up to the individual team of owners and the deals they have in place with trainers, jockeys and everyone else involved in getting a horse such a big victory. Typically, the jockey gets something in the neighborhood of 10 percent of what the owners ultimately collect. Second- and third-place finishers earn $280,000 and $150,000. With a 10-horse field, only two horses finished outside the prize money on Saturday. In the final odds, Hofburg took over as the sole second-favorite behind Justify and ahead of Vino Rosso and Bravazo.