I also think Tapit Trice will be favored - would not be surprised to see Forte drift a bit.

In the last nine editions of the Belmont Stakes run in at 1.5 miles, two sires have accounted for half of the exacta finishes and almost half of the trifecta finishes. Tapit has four winners, two seconds and two thirds, while Curlin has a first, two seconds and a third in the same time period. Note that a horse by Tapit has finished in the money in every 12f Belmont Stakes since 2014 except in 2022 (where there was no horse entered by Tapit). Also, Awesome Again has had a couple in the money finishes in the last seven years. Sires of recent Belmont trifecta finishers have been the following:

2022 - Uncle Mo, Curlin, Exaggerator
2021 - Tapit, Oxbow, Twirling Candy
2020 - pandemic version omitted
2019 - Awesome Again, Tapit, Shanghai Bobby
2018 - Scat Daddy, Lonhro, Tapit
2017 - Tapit, Curlin, Union Rags
2016 - Tapit, Giants Causeway, Tapit
2015 - Pioneerof the Nile, Tapit, Curlin
2014 - Tapit, AP Indy, Dynaformer
2013 - Curlin, Awesome Again, Malibu Moon

*Note two horses, Tapit Shoes and Tapit Trice are by Tapit. Four horses this year have Tapit as the damsire - Arcangelo, Il Miracolo, Hit Show, and Red Route One.