Horse racing has always been an exciting sport to watch!  This weekend is the Belmont Race, last race of the season.

As most know, American Pharoah is the heavy favorite to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first horse in 37 years to secure the Triple Crown, with 3-5 odds. The opening lines were released on Wednesday morning, along with post positions.

The leading challengers behind American Pharoah are Frosted, the fourth-place finisher at the Kentucky Derby, who received 5-1 odds on Wednesday, and Materiality, the sixth-place finisher at the Kentucky Derby, who has 6-1 odds. Neither of the top two challengers participated in the Preakness.

The field will feature only eight horses, the smallest field since 2007, after a pair were pulled from the event earlier this week.

Wednesday evening at the drawing, American Pharoah received the 5 post, which is at the middle of the field. At the Kentucky Derby, American Pharoah started far on the outside with the 17 post and won the Preakness from the inside with the 1 post.

Here is the line up for this weekends race!

1)  Mubtaahij                                        10-1

2) Tale of Verve                                   15-1

3) Made from Lucky                          12-1

4)  Frammento                                    30-1

5)  American Pharoah                       3-5

6)  Frosted                                             5-1

7)  Keen Ice                                           20-1

8)  Materiality                                      6-1