Belmont Stakes

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There s no Triple Crown on the line in the 145 th running of the G1 Belmont Stakes, but a rematch between Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Preakness hero Oxbow, combined with 12 other sophomores, makes for a sensational betting race. And the likelihood of an off track only adds to the puzzle. Orb, the 3/1 morning line favorite, is proven over a sloppy surface on the first Saturday in May. But his dull effort in Baltimore when a well-beaten 4 th to Oxbow gives cause for concern. And Oxbow, a remarkable 6 th in the Derby despite being close to a blistering early pace, surely won t get loose on the lead again like he did in the middle jewel. Oxbow s stablemate, Will Take Charge, who finished 8 th in the Derby, is the only other entrant who also competed in the first two legs of the series. He ll reunite with pilot Jon Court after Mike Smith rode him to a 7 th -place finish in Maryland. Derby runner up Golden Soul tops the group of seven who bypassed the Preakness to take a fresh shot in New York. The Dallas Stewart trainee needed the break, having been slow to recover from a tough effort under the Twin Spires. Revolutionary, who was ridden up the rail by Calvin Borel to a 3 rd -place finish in Kentucky, regains the services of New York-based jockey Javier Castellano, who was aboard for his two graded stakes victories. Like Orb, he should benefit from an off track. Giant Finish surprised trainer Tony Dutrow by beating half the Derby field and earned a career best BRIS Speed Rating of 97 in the process. Overanalyze, one of three in the field for the Todd Pletcher/Repole Stable trainer/owner combo, gets John Velasquez back in the saddle after running 11 th in the Derby under Raphael Bejerano. Surprising Derby pacesetter Palace Malice sheds the blinkers after running off then dropping anchor last out. Frac Daddy, a dull 16 th in Kentucky, was a late addition to the Belmont after conditioner McPeek opted for this spot over an allowance. Vyjack, who beat only one horse in the Run for the Roses, will try to rebound with Julien Leparoux in the irons for the 1 st time. Unlimited Budget bids to become the 2 nd Pletcher-trained filly to win the Test of the Champion after Rags to Riches took the 2007 edition. Unlike her predecessor who won the Kentucky Oaks beforehand, this daughter of Street Sense could only manage 3 rd in that race and doesn t have nearly the stamina breeding on her dam s side. G2 Peter Pan S. victor Freedom Child has impressed onlookers with his pre-race preparations and would relish another off track like he had in his romp four weeks ago. Incognito was well behind Freedom Child in 5 th that day and would seem up against it if not for his stamina breeding and red-hot barn. Maiden winner Midnight Taboo, however, appears to be the unlikeliest of winners and the decision to jump in the deep end was made by owner Repole rather than Pletcher.


The Belmont Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse racing event that is run each year covering a distance of twelve furlongs on the left handed dirt track of Belmont Park Racetrack. This grade I stakes is open to three year old horses. The Belmont stakes is widely known as the Run for the Carnations a white blanket of carnations is draped over the winner s neck. The post parade song was Sidewalks of New York till 1996 and from the next year the custom changed a little bit. The audience was invited to sing the Theme from New York and the tradition reflects the signing of two other songs at two Triple Crown races My Old Kentucky Home at the Kentucky Derby and My Maryland at the Preakness Stakes. Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx used to organize the Belmont Stakes during the initial years. Built in 1866 by stock market speculator Leonard Jerome, the race was financed by August Belmont for whom the Belmont Stakes was named. In due course of years, the race shifted to another spot Morris Park Racecourse until the May 1905 the grand opening of the new Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, New York. Between 1911 and 1912, the race was closed as anti-betting legislation was passed in the New York State. The tradition of offering a silver bowl to the winner owner began since 1926. That beautiful silver memento was created by Louis Comfort Tiffany and donated to the organizers by the Belmont family. A slick silver figure of Fenian winner of the third running of the Belmont Stakes in 1869 is at the top of the Belmont trophy and the bowl is supported by three horses Herod, Eclipse and Matchem representing three foundation sires of the thoroughbred world. The Belmont stakes was run at a mile and five furlongs from 1867 to 1873 1 mile in 1890, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1904 and 1905 a mile and a furlong in 1893 and 1894 a mile and thee furlongs from 1896 to 1903 and from 1906 to 1925. At present the distance is a mile and half and it came in force in 1926. Belmont Stakes offers a purse of 1,000,000.

Belmont Stakes Past Winners

Year	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Owner	Time
2015	American Pharoah	Bob Baffert	Victor Espinoza	Zayat Stables, LLC	2:26.65
2014	Tonalist	Christophe Clement	Joel Rosario	Robert S. Evans	2:28.52
2013	Palace Malice	Todd Pletcher	Mike E. Smith	Dogwood Stable (Cot Campbell)	2:30.70
2012	Union Rags	Michael Matz	John Velazquez	Chadds Ford Stable	2:30.42
2011	Ruler On Ice	Kelly J. Breen	Jose Valdivia	George and Lori Hall	2:30:88
2010	Drosselmeyer	William Mott	Mike Smith	WinStar Farm LLC	2:31.57
2009	Summer Bird	Tim Ice	Kent Desormeaux	Kalarikkal & Vilasini Jayaraman	2.27.54
2008	Da Tara	Nick Zito	Alan Garcia	Robert V. LaPenta	2:29.65
2007	Rags to Riches	Todd Pletcher	John Velazquez	M. Tabor & D. Smith	2:28.74
2006	Jazil	Kiaran McLaughlin	Fernando Jara	Shadwell Farm	2:27.81
2005	Afleet Alex	Tim Ritchey	Jeremy Rose	Cash is King LLC	2:28.75
2004	Birdstone	Nick Zito	Edgar Prado	Marylou Whitney Stables	2:27.50
2003	Empire Maker	Robert J. Frankel	Jerry Bailey	Juddmonte Farms	2:28.26
2002	Sarava	Ken McPeek	Edgar Prado	New Phoenix Stable	2:29.71
2001	Point Given	Bob Baffert	Gary Stevens	The Thoroughbred Corp.	2:26.80
2000	Commendable	D. Wayne Lukas	Pat Day	Bob & Beverly Lewis	2:31.20
1999	Lemon Drop Kid	Scotty Schulhofer	Jose Santos	Jeanne G. Vance	2:27.80
1998	Victory Gallop	Elliott Walden	Gary Stevens	Prestonwood Farm	2:29.00
1997	Touch Gold	David Hofmans	Chris McCarron	Frank Stronach	2:28.80
1996	Editors Note	D. Wayne Lukas	Rene R. Douglas	Overbrook Farm	2:28.80
1995	Thunder Gulch	D. Wayne Lukas	Gary Stevens	Michael Tabor	2:32.00
1994	Tabasco Cat	D. Wayne Lukas	Pat Day	D. P. Reynolds & Overbrook	2:26.80
1993	Colonial Affair	Scotty Schulhofer	Julie Krone	Centennial Farms	2:29.80
1992	A.P. Indy	Neil Drysdale	Ed Delahoussaye	Tomonori Tsurumaki	2:26.00
1991	Hansel	Frank Brothers	Jerry Bailey	Lazy Lane Farm	2:28.00
1990	Go And Go	Dermot Weld	Michael Kinane	Moyglare Stud Farm	2:27.20
1989	Easy Goer	Shug McGaughey	Pat Day	Ogden Phipps	2:26.00
1988	Risen Star	Louie Roussel III	Ed Delahoussaye	Louie Roussel III	2:26.40
1987	Bet Twice	Jimmy Croll	Craig Perret	Blanche P. Levy	2:28.20
1986	Danzig Connection	Woody Stephens	Chris McCarron	Henryk de Kwiatkowski	2:29.80
1985	Creme Fraiche	Woody Stephens	Eddie Maple	Brushwood Stables	2:27.00
1984	Swale	Woody Stephens	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Claiborne Farm	2:27.20
1983	Caveat	Woody Stephens	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	August Belmont IV	2:27.80
1982	Conquistador Cielo	Woody Stephens	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Henryk de Kwiatkowski	2:28.20
1981	Summing	Luis Barerra	George Martens	Charles T. Wilson, Jr.	2:29.00
1980	Temperence Hill	Joseph Cantey	Eddie Maple	Loblolly Stable	2:29.80
1979	Coastal	David A. Whiteley	Ruben Hernandez	William Haggin Perry	2:28.60
1978	Affirmed	Laz Barrera	Steve Cauthen	Harbor View Farm	2:26.80
1977	Seattle Slew	Billy Turner	Jean Cruguet	Karen L. Taylor	2:29.60
1976	Bold Forbes	Laz Barrera	Angel Cordero, Jr.	E. Rodriguez Tizol	2:29.00
1975	Avatar	Tommy Doyle	Bill Shoemaker	Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr.	2:28.20
1974	Little Current	Lou Rondinello	Miguel A. Rivera	Darby Dan Farm	2:29.20
1973	Secretariat	Lucien Laurin	Ron Turcotte	Meadow Stable	2:24.00
1972	Riva Ridge	Lucien Laurin	Ron Turcotte	Meadow Stud	2:28.00
1971	Pass Catcher	Eddie Yowell	Walter Blum	October House Farm	2:30.40
1970	High Echelon	John Jacobs	John Rotz	Ethel D. Jacobs	2:34.00
1969	Arts and Letters	Elliott Burch	Braulio Baeza	Rokeby Stables	2:28.80
1968	Stage Door Johnny	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Heliodoro Gustines	Greentree Stable	2:27.20
1967	Damascus	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Bill Shoemaker	Edith W. Bancroft	2:28.80
1966	Amberoid	Lucien Laurin	William Boland	Reginald N. Webster	2:29.60
1965	Hail To All	Eddie Yowell	Johnny Sellers	Zelda Cohen	2:28.40
1964	Quadrangle	Elliott Burch	Manuel Ycaza	Rokeby Stables	2:28.40
1963	Chateaugay	James P. Conway	Braulio Baeza	Darby Dan Farm	2:30.20
1962	Jaipur	Bert Mulholland	Bill Shoemaker	George D. Widener, Jr.	2:28.80
1961	Sherluck	Harold Young	Braulio Baeza	Jacob Sher	2:29.20
1960	Celtic Ash	Thomas J. Barry	Bill Hartack	Green Dunes Farm	2:29.20
1959	Sword Dancer	Elliott Burch	Bill Shoemaker	Brookmeade Stable	2:28.40
1958	Cavan	Tom Barry	Pete D. Anderson	Joseph E. OConnell	2:30.20
1957	Gallant Man	John A. Nerud	Bill Shoemaker	Ralph Lowe	2:26.60
1956	Needles	Hugh Fontaine	David Erb	D & H Stable	2:29.80
1955	Nashua	Jim Fitzsimmons	Eddie Arcaro	Belair Stud	2:29.00
1954	High Gun	Max Hirsch	Eric Guerin	King Ranch	2:30.80
1953	Native Dancer	Bill Winfrey	Eric Guerin	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	2:28.60
1952	One Count	Oscar White	Eddie Arcaro	Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords	2:30.20
1951	Counterpoint	Sylvester Veitch	David Gorman	C. V. Whitney	2:29.00
1950	Middleground	Max Hirsch	William Boland	King Ranch	2:28.60
1949	Capot	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Ted Atkinson	Greentree Stable	2:30.20
1948	Citation	Horace A. Jones	Eddie Arcaro	Calumet Farm	2:28.20
1947	Phalanx	Sylvester Veitch	Ruperto Donoso	C. V. Whitney	2:29.40
1946	Assault	Max Hirsch	Warren Mehrtens	King Ranch	2:30.80
1945	Pavot	Oscar White	Eddie Arcaro	Walter M. Jeffords	2.30.20
1944	Bounding Home	Matt Brady	G.L. Smith	William Ziegler, Jr.	2:32.20
1943	Count Fleet	Don Cameron	Johnny Longden	Fannie Hertz	2:28.20
1942	Shut Out	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Eddie Arcaro	Greentree Stable	2:29.20
1941	Whirlaway	Ben A. Jones	Eddie Arcaro	Calumet Farm	2:31.00
1940	Bimelech	Bill Hurley	Fred A. Smith	Edward R. Bradley	2:29.60
1939	Johnstown	Jim Fitzsimmons	James Stout	Belair Stud	2:29.60
1938	Pasteurized	George Odom	James Stout	Mrs. Plunkett Stewart	2:29.40
1937	War Admiral	George Conway	Charley Kurtsinger	Glen Riddle Farm	2:28.60
1936	Granville	Jim Fitzsimmons	James Stout	Belair Stud	2:30.00
1935	Omaha	Jim Fitzsimmons	Willie Saunders	Belair Stud	2:30.60
1934	Peace Chance	Pete Coyne	Wayne D. Wright	Joseph E. Widener	2:29.20
1933	Hurryoff	Henry McDaniel	Mack Garner	Joseph E. Widener	2:32.60
1932	Faireno	Jim Fitzsimmons	Tom Malley	Belair Stud	2:32.80
1931	Twenty Grand	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Charley Kurtsinger	Greentree Stable	2:29.60
1930	Gallant Fox	Jim Fitzsimmons	Earl Sande	Belair Stud	2:31.60
1929	Blue Larkspur	Herbert J. Thompson	Mack Garner	Edward R. Bradley	2:32.80
1928	Vito	Max Hirsch	Clarence Kummer	Alfred H. Cosden	2:33.20
1927	Chance Shot	Pete Coyne	Earl Sande	Joseph E. Widener	2:32.40
1926	Crusader	George Conway	Albert Johnson	Glen Riddle Farm	2:32.20
1925	American Flag	G.R. Tompkins	Albert Johnson	Glen Riddle Farm	2:16.80
1924	Mad Play	Sam Hildreth	Earl Sande	Rancocas Stable	2:18.80
1923	Zev	Sam Hildreth	Earl Sande	Rancocas Stable	2:19.00
1922	Pillory	Thomas J. Healey	C. H. Miller	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.	2:18.80
1921	Grey Lag	Sam Hildreth	Earl Sande	Rancocas Stable	2:16.80
1920	Man O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' War	Louis Feustel	Clarence Kummer	Glen Riddle Farm	2:14.20
1919	Sir Barton	H. Guy Bedwell	Johnny Loftus	J. K. L. Ross	2:17.40
1918	Johren	Albert Simons	Frank Robinson	Harry P. Whitney	2:20.40
1917	Hourless	Sam Hildreth	James H. Butwell	August Belmont, Jr.	2:17.80
1916	Friar Rock	Sam Hildreth	E. Haynes	August Belmont, Jr.	2:22.00
1915	The Finn	E. W. Heffner	George Byrne	H. C. Hallenbeck	2:18.40
1914	Luke Mcluke	J. F. Schorr	Merritt Buxton	John W. Schorr	2:20.00
1913	Prince Eugene	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Roscoe Troxler	Harry P. Whitney	2:18.00
1910	Sweep	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James H. Butwell	James R. Keene	2:22.00
1909	Joe Madden	Sam Hildreth	Eddie Dugan	Sam Hildreth	2:21.60
1908	Colin	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Joe Notter	James R. Keene	N/A
1907	Peter Pan	James G. Rowe, Sr.	G. Mountain	James R. Keene	N/A
1906	Burgomaster	John W. Rogers	Lucien Lyne	Harry P. Whitney	2:20.00
1905	Tanya	John W. Rogers	Gene Hildebrand	Harry P. Whitney	2:08.00
1904	Delhi	James G. Rowe, Sr.	George Odom	James R. Keene	2:06.60
1903	Africander	R. O. Miller	John Bullman	Hampton Stable	2:21.75
1902	Masterman	John J. Hyland	John Bullman	August Belmont, Jr.	2:22.60
1901	Commando	James G. Rowe, Sr.	H. Spencer	James R. Keene	2:21.00
1900	Ildrim	H. Eugene Leigh	Nash Turner	H. Eugene Leigh	2:21.25
1899	Jean Bereaud	Sam Hildreth	R. Clawson	Sydney Paget	2:23.00
1898	Bowling Brook	Robert W. Walden	Fred Littlefield	A. H. & D. H. Morris	2:32.00
1897	Scottish Chieftain	Matt Byrnes	J. Scherrer	Marcus Daly	2:23.25
1896	Hastings	John J. Hyland	Henry Griffin	Blemton Stable	2:24.50
1895	Belmar	Edward Feakes	Fred Taral	Preakness Stables	2:11.50
1894	Henry Of Navarre	Byron McClelland	Willie Simms	Byron McClelland	1:56.50
1893	Commanche	Gus Hannon	Willie Simms	Empire Stable	1:53.25
1892	Patron	Lewis Stuart	William Hayward	J. Stuart	2:12.00
1891	Foxford	M. Donavan	Edward R. Garrison	C. E. Rand	2:08.75
1890	Burlington	Albert Cooper	Pike Barnes	Hough Bros.	2:07.75
1889	Eric	John Huggins	William Hayward	A. J. Cassatt	2:47.25
1888	Sir Dixon	Frank McCabe	Jim McLaughlin	Dwyer Bros. Stable	2:40.25
1887	Hanover	Frank McCabe	Jim McLaughlin	Dwyer Bros. Stable	2:43.50
1886	Inspector B	Frank McCabe	Jim McLaughlin	Dwyer Bros. Stable	2:41.00
1885	Tyrant	C. Claypool	Paul Duffy	J. B. A. Haggin	2:43.00
1884	Panique	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Jim McLaughlin	Dwyer Bros. Stable	2:42.00
1883	George Kinney	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Jim McLaughlin	Dwyer Bros. Stable	2:42.50
1882	Forester	Lewis Stuart	Jim McLaughlin	Appleby & Johnson	2:43.00
1881	Saunterer	Robert W. Walden	T. Costello	George L. Lorillard	2:47.00
1880	Grenada	Robert W. Walden	W. Hughes	George L. Lorillard	2:47.00
1879	Spendthrift	Thomas Puryear	George Evans	James R. Keene	2:42.75
1878	Duke of Magenta	Robert W. Walden	W. Hughes	George L. Lorillard	2:43.50
1877	Cloverbrook	Jeter Walden	C. Holloway	E. A. Clabaugh	2:46.00
1876	Algerine	Major T. W. Doswell	Billy Donohue	Doswell & Co.	2:40.50
1875	Calvin	Ansel Williamson	Bobby Swim	Hal P. McGrath	2:42.25
1874	Saxon	W. Prior	George Barbee	Pierre Lorillard IV	2:39.50
1873	Springbok	David McDaniel	James G. Rowe, Sr.	David McDaniel	3:01.75
1872	Joe Daniels	David McDaniel	James G. Rowe, Sr.	David McDaniel	2:58.25
1871	Harry Bassett	David McDaniel	Walter Miller	David McDaniel	2:56.00
1870	Kingfisher	Rollie Colston	Edward D. Brown	Daniel Swigert	2:59.50
1869	Fenian	Jacob Pincus	C. Miller	August Belmont	3:04.25
1868	General Duke	A. Thompson	Bobby Swim	McConnell & Co.	3:02.00
1867	Ruthless	A. J. Minor	Gilbert Patrick	Francis Morris	3:05.00

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