( CNN ) -- Palace Malice won the 2013 Belmont Stakes , the third leg of horse racing 's Triple Crown , on Saturday . The South Carolina-bred three-year-old outdueled Oxbow down the stretch to win the 1Â½ mile race . Oxbow , the Preakness Stakes victor , ended up in second . Orb -- this year 's Kentucky Derby winner and Saturday 's pre-race favorite at 2-to-1 odds -- finished third . `` It was really a sneaky good race , never took a breather one time , '' Palace Malice 's jockey Mike Smith told NBC , which broadcast the race . `` He was just enjoying the trip . '' Palace Malice had entered the 145th running of the Belmont as an underdog , at 15-to-1 odds . The colt 's last race was a 12th place finish at the Kentucky Derby earlier this spring . Trained by Todd Pletcher , Palace Malice had one previous victory in seven starts , a pair of second-place finishes and a third .
South Carolina-bred Palace Malice outduels Oxbow down the stretch to win . - The first ever World Cup of Poker bracelet is won by Phil Hellmuth at the Rio in Las Vegas. `` It was really a sneaky good race , '' jockey Mike Smith says . There were three different winners in the three Triple Crown races .