Dornoch won the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, beating a handful of contenders widely believed to have a greater chance of winning.

“It was perfect,” jockey Luis Saez said of Dornoch’s run to fend off Mindframe, who finished second. Sierra Leone finished third.

Trainer Danny Gargan got his first victory in a Triple Crown race with the 3-year-old colt, the brother of 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage.

Dornoch found his stride early, dispatching one of the favored entries,…