Jody Demling, who has nailed four of the last seven Belmont Stakes winners, reveals picks for 2025 Belmont Stakes horses like Sovereignty, Journalism and Rodriguez

The 1.5-mile race will feature racehorses Sovereignty and Journalism, the winners of the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, respectively. Journalism had been the odds favorite (4-1) heading into the Derby, while Sovereignty entered the race at 9-1 odds, but Sovereignty gained the edge in the final moments on the muddy Churchill Downs track.

The battle for the 2025 Belmont Stakes came down to the same two horses who dueled in the stretch run of the Kentucky Derby last month. And the same outcome occurred. Sovereignty - trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado - cruised past Journalism to win the 157th running of the Grade 1,