Dornoch wins first race of Belmont Stakes at Saratoga

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Dornoch won the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, making it the sixth consecutive year that a different horse has won each of the three Triple Crown races.

Dornoch hugged the rail ridden by Luis Saez and held off Mindframe to be the best in a field of 10 that included Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and Preakness winner Seize the Gray. Derby runners-up Sierra Leone finished third with Honor Marie fourth.

It’s Belmont’s first win for coach Danny Gargan and second for Saez. Dornoch is partly owned by World Series winner Jayson Werth.

Although there is no Triple Crown on the line, this is a historic Belmont as the race was held at Saratoga for the first time in the venue’s 161-year history. It returns next year while Belmont Park undergoes a massive $455 rebuild with plans to return the Triple Crown to the New York track in 2026.