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Sierra Leone and Forever Young closed late, but were not able to catch Mystik Dan, who held on to win the race by a nose in the race's first three-horse photo finish since the 1947 Kentucky Derby. Sierra Leone and Forever Young repeatedly bumped each other down the stretch, but neither horse's jockey claimed a foul.
This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 furlongs; 2,414 m) on dirt for three-year-olds at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in different years, the last being the Kentucky Derby in 1875.
† Designates a horse that won American Horse of the Year in the same year they won the Derby. ‡ Designates a horse that was inducted in subsequent years into the National Racing Hall of Fame . ^ The race was timed to 1 ⁄ 4 second from 1875 to 1905, to 1 ⁄ 5 second from 1906 to 2000, and to 0.01 second since 2001.
April 17, 2011 – in the Maharaja Harisinghji Trophy at Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mumbai, between Sprint Star and Misschievous Trot; the first dead heat in a graded race in the history of Indian horse racing. July 16, 2011 – in the American Oaks at Hollywood Park, between Cambina and Nereid. [40]
At the Travers that year, Runaway Groom became the second horse in racing history to beat the three winners of the Triple Crown series in the same race, defeating Kentucky Derby winner Gato Del Sol, Preakness Stakes winner Aloma's Ruler, and Belmont Stakes winner Conquistador Cielo. Sun Briar was the first to do so in the 1918 Travers Stakes.
On June 5, 1993, thoroughbred racing's all-time leading female jockey, Julie Krone, became the first woman to win a Triple Crown race when she rode to victory in the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair. In 1984, Sarah Lundy became the first female trainer to saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes, sending out Minstrel Star, who finished eleventh.
The 2021 Belmont Stakes was the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes and the 110th time the event took place at Belmont Park.The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (2,400 m) race, known as the "test of the champion", is the final leg in the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds.