The race marked a kind of replay of the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty finished in first, Journalism ended up in second again and Baeza was third — the same 1-2-3 as the Derby.

Sovereignty surges ahead of Journalism to win the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes in a similar repeat of how the race unfolded in the Kentucky Derby.

For the first time since Justify won the Triple Crown back in 2018, a horse has won two jewels of the Triple Crown in the same year.Sovereignty, who stunned Journalism in the Kentucky Derby before sitting out the Preakness,