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Belmont Stakes
140
Where is the Belmont Stakes? Belmont Park
When is the Belmont Stakes? June 7, 2008
The 140th running of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes will be held
at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 7, with first-race post at
noon. ABC-TV and ESPN will provide live coverage of the
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The Belmont Stakes is the third and final leg of the prestigious
Triple Crown Race for top 3-year-old thoroughbreds in America.
After the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and the Preakness
Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, horse racing handicappers,
bettors, and fans focus on Belmont.
The first Belmont in the United States was not the famous stakes
race or even the man for whom it is named. Rather, the first
Belmont was a race horse that arrived in California in 1853 from
his breeding grounds of Franklin, Ohio. The Belmont Stakes,
however, are named after August Belmont, a financier who made
quite a name and fortune for himself in New York politics and
society. Obviously, Mr. Belmont was also quite involved in horse
racing, and his imprint is even intertwined within the history
of the Kentucky Derby.
Belmont
Trophy
The Belmont Stakes trophy is a Tiffany-made silver bowl, with
cover, 18 inches high, 15 inches across and 14 inches at the
base. Atop the cover is a silver figure of Fenian, winner of the
third running of the Belmont Stakes in 1869. The bowl is
supported by three horses representing the three foundation
thoroughbreds Eclipse, Herod and Matchem. The trophy, a solid
silver bowl originally crafted by Tiffany's, was presented by
the Belmont family as a perpetual award for the Belmont Stakes
in 1926. It was the trophy August Belmont's Fenian won in 1869
and had remained with the Belmont family since that time. The
winning owner is given the option of keeping the trophy for the
year their horse reigns as Belmont champion.
Quick
Facts:
Main Course: 1 1/2 Miles
Last Turn to Finish on Main Track: 1,097 feet
Widener Turf Course: 1 5/16 Miles
Inner Turf Course: 1 3/16 Miles
Attendance Capacity: 85,000 - 90,000
Parking Capacity: 18,500 Cars
Trackside Dining: 2,300
Total Seating Capacity: 32,941
Before a crowd of
46,870 under overcast skies at Belmont Park, Rags to Riches
lived up to her breeding and out-gamed favored Curlin by a head
to become the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in 102 years
and only the third Belmont Stakes winning filly. The previous
winning fillies were Ruthless in 1867 and Tanya in 1905.
Nineteen other fillies had previously run in the Belmont Stakes.
With John Velazquez as her rider for the first time, Rags to
Riches also gave trainer Todd Pletcher his first win in a Triple
Crown race. Rags to Riches completed the mile and a half trip in
2:28.74 and paid her backers $10.60 to win.
2008 Belmont Stakes Contenders |
- Big Brown Odds to Win Belmont Stakes
Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr. Jockey: Kent Desormeaux
Owner: IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr., et al
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