Belmont Stakes 2013 Payouts: How Top Favorites and Long Shots Made out

Not only is the Belmont Stakes one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, but with a $1 million purse, it also provides one of the richest payouts on the calendar.

Palace Malice won the race by three-and-a-half lengths over the entire field, earning his owners a nice chunk of change ($600,000). 

Preakness winner Oxbow finished in second place (200,000), while Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished five lengths behind in third place ($110,000).

Not every horse that runs in the Belmont brings in a pile of cash for its owner, however. All in all, just five horses earned money. 

Here's a full breakdown of the earnings from Belmont park via TheTripleCrown.com.

Finish	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Earnings
1	12	Palace Malice	Mike Smith	Todd Pletcher	$600,000
2	7	Oxbow	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	$200,000
3	5	Orb	Joel Rosario	Shug McGaughey	$110,000
4	6	Incognito	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Kiaran McLaughlin	$60,000
5	9	Revolutionary	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	$30,000
6	13	Unlimited Budget	Rosie Napravnik	Todd Pletcher
7	3	Overanalyze	Johh Velazquez	Todd Pletcher
8	11	Vyjack	Julien Leparoux	Rudy Rodriguez
9	14	Golden Soul	Robby Albarado	Dallas Stewart
10	10	Will Take Charge	Jon Court	D. Wayne Lukas
11	4	Giant Finish	Edgar Prado	Anthony Dutrow
12	8	Midnight Taboo	Garrett Gomez	Todd Pletcher
13	2	Freedom Child	Luis Saez	Tom Albertrani
14	1	Frac Daddy	Alan Garcia	Ken McPeek

*Results provided by NBC's telecast of 2013 Belmont Stakes

While the owners of the five horses are happy to have earned money from this race, they weren't the only ones who had a stake in the race. Bettors around the world poured money into the big event, but only some walked away happy.

As Orb was a heavy favorite before the race, he didn't earn hardly as much money for bettors as did long shots Oxbow and Palace Malice. 

Here's the full payouts for the top three finishers, courtesy of the official NBC broadcast:

Palace Malice was a long shot heading into the race after finishing in 12th place at the Derby. According to ESPN Stats & Info, it was the third-worst finish by a future Belmont winner in the history of the race: 

Oxbow was an 11-1 long shot at the start of the race, despite the fact that he had won the Preakness just weeks before. After finishing in sixth place on a longer track at Churchill Downs, the thinking was that Revolutionary and some of the bigger horses would have a better shot on the mile-and-a-half track at Belmont.

Revolutionary finished in fifth place, to the disappointment of all who put money on the horse to win, place or show. 

The biggest story of the day, however, is certainly Palace Malice's brilliant run. The big win was also another feather in the cap of jockey Mike Smith, who earned his second Belmont Stakes victory with this race.

At the end of this Triple Crown season, we saw three horses win different races with different styles on different tracks. We'll all just have to wait at least one more year to see if another horse can claim the ever-elusive Triple Crown.

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