Belmont At The Big A · Sunday, June 22, 2025 · Race 2 of 9

Claiming

dirt, fastOne And One Eighth MilesPurse $38,0007 ranPost 2025-06-22 13:39:00Final time 1:49.50Pool $160,361

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/23/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
11Empty Tomb
toss head1m,ins-3p,clr
Manuel Franco222211—1.25107A
E1 123 · LP 111
22BKhafre
2p-ins,clr,headed1/4
Dylan Davis1111222½2.05102A
E1 125 · LP 108
35Aula
3p1st,4-2p2nd,wknd
Christopher Elliott5333339¾9.4078A
E1 122 · LP 104
43Celestial Moon
2-3p turns,drifted out
Ruben Silvera64544410¼2.5599A
E1 117 · LP 106
51ABold Victory
2p1st,2-4p2nd,no rally
Santiago Gonzalez36666510½1.2561A
E1 106 · LP 108
62Blake B.
ins,2p out1/4,mvd out
Luis Rivera, Jr.45455613½2.0584A
E1 117 · LP 103
76Strong Light
3p turns,6p into lane
Favinho Villa Pino77777716¾19.2068A
E1 105 · LP 109

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

1234567start1/41/23/4stretchfinish2BKhafre5Aula3Celestial Moon1ABold Victory2Blake B.6Strong Light1Empty Tomb

Fractional times

Call 123.38
Call 246.92
Call 31:11.08
Call 41:36.29
Final1:49.50

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)1$4.50—
place ($2)1$2.90—
show ($2)1$2.20—
daily double ($1)3-1$8.30$55,051
place ($2)2B$3—
show ($2)2B$2.90—
exacta ($1)1-2$6.10$89,106
show ($2)5$3.10—
quinella ($1)1-2$2.60$4,365
superfecta ($0.10)1-2-5-3$2.77$21,280
trifecta ($0.50)1-2-5$12.50$44,015

Chart notes

EMPTY TOMB was hustled from the gate, sped clear in tandem with KHAFRE early, tossed his head when taken back off the pace into and early on the first turn, moved from the rail to the two path on that bend, stalked the pace on the outside, made a bid in the three path on the far turn, took the lead outside the quarter-pole, was put to a drive in upper stretch, shook clear outside the furlong marker, responded well under the crop into the final sixteenth then was placed under a hand-ride to the finish while much the best. KHAFRE broke fast then moved in while sent hard, opened up on the rest of the field in tandem with EMPTY TOMB early, moved clear in the two path early on the first turn then dropped to the inside, showed the way down the backstretch, vied inside on the far turn, was asked under heavy threat at the five-sixteenths pole, lost the advantage outside the quarter-pole then was put to the crop and was outfinished while clear for the place. AULA went around the first turn in the three path, moved closer with six furlongs to run then tracked on the outside, was roused at the seven-sixteenths pole, chased in the four path for most of the far turn, dropped to the three path then two path late on that bend, turned into the stretch under a right-handed crop, reached the rail while remaining on his inside lead in the drive and weakened but earned the show. CELESTIAL MOON brushed with a rival at the start, went around the first turn in the two path while between horses, was urged along off the pace, traveled around the far turn in the two then three path, drifted out in upper stretch and failed to threaten. BOLD VICTORY went around the opening bend in the two path, settled well back in the field, moved from the two path to the four path under urging on the far turn and failed to rally. BLAKE B. brushed with a rival at the start, settled on the inside, was roused on the far turn, moved off the rail outside the quarter-pole, angled out in upper stretch and lacked the needed response. STRONG LIGHT dropped back at the start, raced in the three path on the first turn, came under urging on the backstretch while well back on the outside, rounded the far turn in the three path, came out to the six path into the stretch and showed little.