2012 Belmont Stakes

The 2012 Belmont Stakes was the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes and the race was won by Union Rags ridden by jockey John Velazquez. It was broadcast in the United States by NBC. The post time was scheduled for 6:35 p.m. EDT.
The race was run without a Triple Crown at stake as Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner I'll Have Another was scratched from the race due to a leg injury. The field was announced on June 8, 2012.
The official attendance was 85,811.

Payout

The Belmont Stakes Payout Schedule

Program Number	Horse Name	Win	Place	Show
3	Union Rags	US$7.50	$4.20	$3.40
9	Paynter	-	$5.10	$3.90
4	Atigun	-	-	$10.60

$2 Exacta: paid $31.40
$2 Trifecta: paid $496.00
$1 Superfecta: paid $1906.00

Field

The winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, I'll Have Another, was declared in the race but was scratched due to a leg injury. Dullahan, third in the Kentucky Derby; and Union Rags, seventh in the same race, were also declared.
Dullahan started the 5/2 favorite.

Position	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Morning Line Odds	Final Odds	Winnings
1	3	Union Rags	John Velazquez	Michael Matz	6-1	2.75	$600,000
2	9	Paynter	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	8-1	4.35	$200,000
3	4	Atigun	Julien Leparoux	Kenneth McPeek	30-1	20.50	$110,000
4	1	Street Life	Jose Lezcano	Chad Brown	12-1	9.80	$60,000
5	7	Five Sixteen	Rosie Napravnik	Dominick Schettino	50-1	19.30	$30,000
6	2	Unstoppable U	Junior Alvarado	Kenneth McPeek	30-1	11.90
7	5	Dullahan	Javier Castellano	Dale Romans	5-1	2.50
8	12	My Adonis	Ramon Dominguez	Kelly Breen	20-1	19.70
9	6	Ravelo's Boy	Alex Solis	Manuel Azpurua	50-1	27.00
10	10	Optimizer	Corey Nakatani	D. Wayne Lukas	20-1	14.40
DNF	8	Guyana Star Dweej	Kent Desormeaux	Doodnauth Shivmangal	50-1	23.30
Scratched	11	I'll Have Another	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O'Neill	4-5	—	—

Margins – neck, lengths
Time – 2:30:42
Track – Fast