Belmont At The Big A · Thursday, June 26, 2025 · Race 5 of 8

Maiden Claiming

turf, firmSix FurlongsPurse $52,0005 ranPost 2025-06-26 15:05:00Final time 1:09.13Pool $133,316

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
14Midnightloveaffair
2p trn,solid hand-ride
Javier Castellano11111—2.6574B
E1 92 · LP 122
23Silver Pearls
forced in brk,ins-3p
Irad Ortiz, Jr.2433251.3569B
E1 84 · LP 119
35New Issue
2p turn,chased,miss2nd
Flavien Prat522235¼2.6567B
E1 88 · LP 116
41Sheer Will
2-3p trn,4p1/4,drft1/8
Ruben Silvera455446¼5.2072B
E1 75 · LP 124
57Tafaany
drop back7/16,3p turn
Christopher Elliott3345514¼13.8038B
E1 87 · LP 108

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

12345start1/41/2stretchfinish3Silver Pearls5New Issue1Sheer Will7Tafaany4Midnightloveaffair

Fractional times

Call 123.41
Call 246.55
Call 357.86
Final1:09.13

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)4$7.30—
place ($2)4$3.80—
show ($2)4$2.20—
Pick 3 ($1)5-5-4$63.75$26,925
place ($2)3$2.80—
show ($2)3$2.10—
Pick 4 ($0.50)1-5-5-4$147.50$58,990
show ($2)5$2.20—
Pick 5 ($0.50)1$337.25$238,757
daily double ($1)5-4$14.40$18,907
exacta ($1)4-3$7.70$73,153
superfecta ($0.10)4-3-5-1$2.95$12,715
trifecta ($0.50)4-3-5$12.30$26,867

Chart notes

MIDNIGHTLOVEAFFAIR broke very fast then angled in while going clear, was taken under a snug hold then showed the way, controlled the action in the two path through the turn, responded well when asked inside the three-sixteenths pole and drew off under a solid hand-ride to prove much the best. SILVER PEARLS was forced in at the start, settled off the pace, saved ground early on the turn, moved to the two then three path while roused late on that bend, turned into upper stretch under a drive and narrowly earned the place while no match for the winner. NEW ISSUE angled in early then moved up to track the pace, was given her cue in the two path on the turn, chased the winner under a drive into the final furlong and proved no match then lost the place while able to get the show. SHEER WILL broke in at the start, was urged along at the rear, moved from the two path to the three path on the turn, spun into the stretch in the four path, drifted out some in the vicinity of the furlong marker and lacked the needed response. TAFAANY settled on the outside, dropped back near the seven-sixteenths pole, rounded the turn in the three path and came up empty.