what horse won the belmont

The horse that won the 2025 Belmont Stakes is Sovereignty. Sovereignty won the race with a time of 2:00.69, narrowly defeating Journalism, the Preakness Stakes winner, by three lengths. Sovereignty had previously won the Kentucky Derby and skipped the Preakness, focusing on the Belmont. The race was held at Saratoga Race Course for the second year in a row due to renovations at Belmont Park. Sovereignty is trained by William I. Mott and was ridden by jockey Junior Alvarado. The winning purse for Sovereignty's owners was $1.2 million.