{"id":1413,"date":"2026-06-06T23:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:38:31","slug":"golden-tempo-wins-2026-belmont-stakes-with-another-late-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1413","title":{"rendered":"Golden Tempo wins 2026 Belmont Stakes with another late comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. \u2014 Golden Tempo won the\u00a0158th running of the Belmont Stakes\u00a0on Saturday, capturing the third leg of the Triple Crown five weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby and making more history for trainer Cherie DeVaux.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1411\">Woman killed by FDNY truck that was rushing to emergency in Bronx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With jockey Jose Ortiz aboard, Golden Tempo charged down the stretch at Saratoga Race Course to win the Belmont, holding off Commandment before the finish line at the historic track.<\/p>\n<p>Commandment was second and favorite Renegade third.<\/p>\n<p>The pace was not nearly as fast as it was at Churchill Downs, yet Golden Tempo still was able to close in time to win the 1 1\/4-mile race in 2:03.49.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1409\">Three Lebanese Army members, including general, killed in IDF strike that could jeopardize US-brokered truce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeVaux, after\u00a0becoming the first woman\u00a0to train a Kentucky Derby winner, is the second in four years to do so at the Belmont.\u00a0Jena Antonucci won it with\u00a0Archangelo in 2023.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This was the third and final time for the Belmont\u00a0at Saratoga\u00a0in upstate New York while its traditional home on the border of Queens and Long Island is getting\u00a0demolished and rebuilt. 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