Belmont At The Big A · Saturday, October 11, 2025 · Race 1 of 11

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastSeven FurlongsPurse $80,0005 ranPost 2025-10-11 12:12:00Final time 1:24.85Pool $109,600

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
14Top Player
inside,bid,edged clear
Ricardo Santana, Jr.21111—1.4091B
E1 114 · LP 114
25Pride of the Union
pressed,bid2w,2nd best
Manuel Franco122221¼2.2367B
E1 114 · LP 112
32Royal Riddle
bumped st,ins,swung4w
Christopher Elliott533334¼2.5083B
E1 110 · LP 106
46Rumblyoungmanrumbl
3-4p trn,angled in 1/4
Javier Castellano355449¾11.9658B
E1 106 · LP 97
53Hurricane Kaz
hit gate,bmpd,3-4p,wkn
Samuel Marin4445515¼8.7367B
E1 109 · LP 89

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

12345start1/41/2stretchfinish5Pride of the Union2Royal Riddle6Rumblyoungmanrumbl3Hurricane Kaz4Top Player

Fractional times

Call 122.98
Call 246.23
Call 31:11.28
Final1:24.85

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)4$4.80—
place ($2)4$2.78—
show ($2)4$2.18—
exacta ($1)4-5$8.65$72,740
place ($2)5$3.04—
show ($2)5$2.18—
superfecta ($0.10)4-5-2-6$4.72$14,906
show ($2)2$2.26—
trifecta ($0.50)4-5-2$9.05$29,840

Chart notes

TOP PLAYER vied and then set a pressured pace along the inside, then dueled for command by the three eighths marker, made a bid leaving the turn to gain a short advantage to the furlong marker and then slowly edged clear to prove best under left handed crop urging. PRIDE OF THE UNION vied for the lead early and then pressed the winner to his outside, made a two wide bid on the turn to duel for command but was out-kicked in the drive while running on gamely to the wire to be clearly second best. ROYAL RIDDLE was bumped at the start, rushed up on the inside under a hard hold, then was coaxed along by the three eighths while still towards the inside and swung out four wide leaving the turn and moved out farther nearing the three sixteenths but lacked the needed late kick while clearly besting the rest. RUMBLYOUNGMANRUMBL chased the early pace from the outside and raced three to four wide on the turn, angled in nearing the quarter pole and raced on the inside in the lane but had no rally. HURRICANE KAZ hit the gate and broke inward bumping a foe at the start, tracked the pace three wide and then was four wide by the quarter pole and came up empty.