Triple Crown 2018: What did the Belmont Stakes trifecta and superfecta pay out?

The superfecta and the trifecta can be two of the most lucrative bets in horse racing. Here’s what they paid out at the 2018 Belmont Stakes.

To successful cash in a superfecta or trifecta bet, you have to correctly pick not only the four and three, respectively, top placing horses, you have to pick the correct order as well. And at a race like the 2018 Belmont Stakes, where one horse (ahem, Justify) is the far and away favorite, but the rest of the field is roughly wide open, that leaves a lot of room to make bold, high stakes bets with potentially huge pay-offs.

Those who chose to put money on a Justify-Gronkowski-Hofburg-Vino Rosso superfecta won a cool $1,051.50 on a $1 bet. Those who were only confident enough in the first three took home $229.74 on a $1 trifecta bet.

On Saturday morning, the odds in the Belmont Stakes field looked like this:

1. Justify (Mike Smith), 4-5
2. Free Drop Billy (Robby Albarado), 30-1
3. Bravazo (Luis Saez), 8-1
4. Hofburg (Irad Ortiz Jr.), 9-2
5. Restoring Hope (Florent Geroux), 30-1
6. Gronkowski (Jose Ortiz), 12-1
7. Tenfold (Victor Espinoza), 12-1
8. Vino Rosso (John Velazquez), 30-1
9. Noble Indy (Javier Castellano), 12-1
10. Blended Citizen (Kyle Frey), 15-1

The winnings were better than most of the other Triple Crown bets this year. At the Derby, the trifecta paid out $141.40 on a $1 bet and the superfecta paid out $19,618.20 on a $1 bet. (So, the superfecta obviously much better there.) The trifecta and superfectas at the Preakness paid out $148.30 and $372.50 on $1 bets, respectively.

Compared to last year, the 2018 Belmont Stakes payouts was less lucrative. The 2017 Belmont Stakes, the superfecta paid out $2,243 on a $1 bet while the trifecta paid out $312 on a $1 bet.

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