Essential Quality Leads Saturday’s Belmont Stakes Betting Odds

This Saturday will begin the 2021 Belmont Stakes which will conclude the year’s Triple Crown races.

Sadly, there is no potential for a Triple Crown Champion horse this season, but 2021 Belmont Stakes betting sites haven’t slowed down to take notice because there are currently odds for this weekend’s race at all of the major online books.

2021 Belmont Stakes – Odds To Win

  • Bourbonic+1800
  • Essential Quality+225
  • Rombauer+375
  • Hot Rod Charlie+400
  • France Go De Ina+2800
  • Known Agenda+600
  • Rock Your World+425
  • Overtook+2500

Bovada has granted the edge to Essential Quality who was also the favorite horse for the Kentucky Derby. EQ was held out of the Preakness Stakes following his Derby loss, but now he’s back in the

2021 Triple Crown Results

  • Kentucky Derby – Medina Spirit* – 2:01:01
  • Preakness Stakes – Rombauer – 1:53:62
  • Belmont Stakes – TBD

*Medina Sprit tested positive for an anti-inflammatory steroid following the Kentucky Derby, and although the horse was allowed to race at the Preakness Stakes, he has been banned from participating in the 2021 Belmont Stakes.

While the field is negatively affected by not including all of the top 3-year-old horses on the planet in the race, the impact is lessened because Medina Spirit failed to capture the Preakness Stakes and earn a win in the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Horse racing betting sites have provided an option for online gamblers to select a horse that they believe will finish in the top two.

2021 Belmont Stakes – Top 2 Finish

  • Essential Quality -135
  • Rombauer +125
  • Hot Rod Charlie +130
  • Rock Your World +140
  • Known Agenda +200
  • Bourbonic +600
  • Overtook +800
  • France Go De Ina +900

This horseracing prop bet features more than one winning option and does not create an all-or-nothing scenario – an easier path to victory.

For bettors that want to narrow their chances of a failing wager, consider the following line on the Belmont Stakes which can cash in with a top-three finish – 3 out of 8 options are winners.

2021 Belmont Stakes – Top 3 Finish

  • Essential Quality -250
  • Rombauer -150
  • Hot Rod Charlie -140
  • Rock Your World -130
  • Known Agenda +105
  • Bourbonic+310
  • Overtook +425
  • France Go De Ina +475

Coverage of the 2021 Belmont Stakes will begin at 5 PM on NBC this Saturday, so make sure to get your bets in before the opening gun because there will be no live odds available at online sportsbook sites.