Belmont At The Big A · Thursday, May 1, 2025 · Race 1 of 8

Allowance Optional Claiming

dirt, fastSeven FurlongsPurse $90,0005 ranPost 2025-05-01 13:12:00Final time 1:23.28Pool $140,567

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
16Caldwell Luvs Gold
4-5w uppr, edged away
Manuel Franco22221—2.65104B
E1 116 · LP 113
24Golden Degree
spurted away, caught
Dylan Davis1111224.9098B
E1 124 · LP 110
32Cupid's Heart
chased 4-5w, mild bid
Javier Castellano554332½0.50123B
E1 111 · LP 109
43Khali Magic
6w upper, no response
Ruben Silvera433445¾14.70111B
E1 113 · LP 103
55Bailintin
to ins 1/2, no headway
Tais Lyapustina34555738.5082B
E1 110 · LP 101

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

12345start1/41/2stretchfinish4Golden Degree2Cupid's Heart3Khali Magic5Bailintin6Caldwell Luvs Gold

Fractional times

Call 122.93
Call 245.25
Call 31:09.66
Final1:23.28

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)6$7.30—
place ($2)6$3.30—
show ($2)6$2.10—
exacta ($1)6-4$13.50$75,407
place ($2)4$4—
show ($2)4$2.10—
superfecta ($0.10)6-4-2-3$4.05$23,264
show ($2)2$2.10—
trifecta ($0.50)6-4-2$10.20$39,874

Chart notes

CALDWELL LUVS GOLD coaxed from the gate, chased two then three wide coming under coaxing at the three-eighths, angled four to five wide into upper stretch, rallied to take command forty yards from the finish and edged away to the wire. GOLDEN DEGREE established the front and showed the way in hand along the inside, spurted away into the turn taking to the two path and widened to a commanding lead, spun just off the inside into upper stretch and was roused with three-sixteenths to go, dug in under a drive under growing lone threat to the outside, grew leg weary near the sixteenth pole and was collared with forty yards to the finish. CUPID'S HEART coaxed from the start, chased four then five wide under a ride from the three-eighths pole, angled seven wide into upper stretch, offered up a mild bid. KHALI MAGIC coaxed from the gate, chased along the inside coming under prolonged urging from the half mile pole, angled six wide into upper stretch, offered no response. BAILINTIN coaxed from the start, chased three to four paths off the inside down the backstretch before tucking inside half a mile from home, came under urging at the seven-sixteenths, continued in the inside route into upper stretch and made no headway.