Belmont At The Big A · Saturday, June 28, 2025 · Race 2 of 11

Allowance Optional Claiming

turf, firmOne And One Half MilesPurse $90,0005 ranPost 2025-06-28 13:39:00Final time 2:27.19Pool $254,929

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainer1/41/21m11/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
11Mutaawid
ins-2p,5p1/4,rallied
Kendrick Carmouche555531—3.6031B
E1 115 · LP 105
25Catch a Wave
out2-3p,led3/16-1/16
Manuel Franco4433121¼1.057B
E1 119 · LP 104
34Rungius
out 2p,3p1/4,bid,wknd
Ricardo Santana, Jr.2222233½15.007B
E1 124 · LP 102
42Bourbon Day
ins turns,2p1/4,empty
Javier Castellano3344546½3.0056B
E1 119 · LP 99
56Certified Loverboy
pulled,ins,headed3/16
Jose Lezcano1111458¼4.6089B
E1 128 · LP 98

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

123451/41/21m11/4stretchfinish5Catch a Wave4Rungius2Bourbon Day6Certified Loverboy1Mutaawid

Fractional times

Call 123.33
Call 247.59
Call 31:12.60
Call 41:38.09
Call 52:03.21
Final2:27.19

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)1$9.20—
place ($2)1$3.40—
show ($2)1$2.60—
daily double ($1)6-1$18.10$67,157
place ($2)5$2.80—
show ($2)5$2.30—
exacta ($1)1-5$7.60$135,443
show ($2)4$3.90—
quinella ($1)1-5$3.70$6,369
superfecta ($0.10)1-5-4-2$5.35$29,458
trifecta ($0.50)1-5-4$18$53,242

Chart notes

MUTAAWID dropped back quickly under urging while sluggish from the gate, saved ground while unhurried at the rear, raced inside to the two path on the second turn, was reserved in the two path down the backstretch, moved to the three path late on the final turn, was roused in the five path into the stretch, rallied outside to make a bid into the final furlong, gained the lead at the sixteenth-pole and prevailed under good handling. CATCH A WAVE was reserved on the outside while tucked into the two path, raced in the three path while asked on the final turn, gained in the four path into the stretch, took the lead near the three-sixteenths pole, led to just before the sixteenth-pole then was overtaken while clear for the place. RUNGIUS stalked the pace on the outside in the two path, was given his cue on the final turn, gained in the three path into the stretch then made a bid, battled with multiple foes under a drive into the final furlong, drifted in outside the sixteenth-pole and weakened but was clear for the show. BOURBON DAY settled on the inside, saved ground through the final turn, was roused in the two path at the quarter-pole, raced behind the pacesetter in upper stretch, moved in while put to the crop near the furlong marker and came up empty. CERTIFIED LOVERBOY moved in while going to the front then went clear, tugged on the bit when taken under restraint, showed the way under a snug hold on the inside, was asked late on the final turn, lost the advantage under a drive in upper stretch and gave way.