Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby winner, is back for the final race of the Triple Crown season and will face stiff competition.

The track at the old Belmont Park was a mile-and-a-half oval, the only one of that length in the country and one perfectly suited to the Belmont Stakes’ 12 furlongs (a furlong is an eighth of a mile). That will remain unchanged when Belmont reopens.

Horse racing handicapper Mike Brunker breaks down Saturday’s Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and offers his exacta and trifecta tickets.