It really is Golden Tempo’s year.
The 2026 Kentucky Derby winner continued his banner run during the Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Saturday evening, where he again took the top prize after outrunning favorite Renegade and second-place finisher Commandment. The thoroughbred horse—owned by Vinne Viola, trained by Cherie DeVaux and jockeyed by Jose Ortiz—has now won two out of the three Triple Crown events after opting to sit out of the Preakness Stakes, and is also the second horse to win multiple Triple Crown races since Justify won the Triple Crown in 2018.