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The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.It is run over the worldwide classic distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 furlongs; 2,414 metres).
The 2024 Belmont Stakes was the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes and the first time the event took place at Saratoga Race Course, due to renovations at Belmont Park. [1] The 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres) race was won by upset Dornoch (17-1) with a time of 2:01.64. [2]
NYRA bugler Sam Grossman plays "Call to the Post", heralding the horses as they enter the track before a race at Belmont Park. A straightaway chute leads on to the backstretch of the Main Track and permits races on the dirt up to 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles (1.8 km) long to be run with one turn. The chute used to extend further back across the training ...
And because of the configuration of Saratoga’s main track, this year’s Belmont Stakes will be run at 1 1/4 miles instead of the usual 1 1/2 miles at Belmont Park. ... only Mystik Dan will be ...
And because of the configuration of Saratoga’s main track, this year’s 156th edition of the Belmont Stakes was run at 1 1/4 miles (the same distance as the Kentucky Derby) instead of the usual ...
The distance change is temporary for the next two years before the race is set to return to remade Belmont Park in 2026, following $455 million in renovations. It is then expected to go back to ...
The 1973 Belmont Stakes was the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, held on June 9, 1973.Facing a field of five horses, Secretariat won by 31 lengths going away (had the race been longer he would have won by even more), the largest margin of victory in Belmont history, in front of a crowd of 69,138 spectators.
The 2020 Belmont Stakes was the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes and the 109th time the event took place at Belmont Park. It was run June 20, 2020, and was won by Tiz the Law, the first New York-bred winner of the event since Forester in 1882. [1] The race is one of the three legs of the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old ...