Modernist Uncle Mo—Symbolic Gesture, by Bernardini Owner: Martin and Pam Wygod Breeder: Wygod Stables LLC. (KY) Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Junior Alvarado Belmont Stakes Odds: As good as Uncle Mo wa...
Max Player Honor Code—Fools In Love, by Not For Love Owner: George E. Hall and Sport BLX Thoroughbreds Corp. Breeder: K & G Stables (KY) Trainer: Linda Rice Jockey: Joel Rosario Belmont Stakes H...
Prior to the 2016 running, bay horses had the most Belmont Stakes victories with 56. Chestnuts were close behind with 54 wins, followed by 33 dark bay or brown. Only three gray/roan horses had won the...
Belmont Stakes History There has never been a “walkover” or a race with a single participant in Belmont Stakes history. There have been five two-horse fields (1887, 1888, 1892, 1910, 1920). Unli...
The fastest Belmont Stakes in history at the classic 1 ½-mile distance was the 2:24 that the great Triple Crown winner Secretariat clocked when he won the 1973 renewal and became horse racing’s nin...
The first Belmont Stakes was contested at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York, in 1866. Jerome Park was named for Leonard Jerome, who was Winston Churchill’s grandfather and a native New Yo...
The Belmont Stakes is known as “The Test of the Champion” and will be contested for the 152nd time this year, but for the first time in over a century it won’t serve the final leg of the America...
The Belmont Stakes is known as “The Test of the Champion” and will be contested for the 152nd time this year, but for the first time in over a century it won’t serve the final leg of the Ameri...
(Note: The Belmont Stakes on June 20 is the first leg of the Triple Crown this year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the races will be run without spectators, and the order of the races has been ch...
By Ray Wallin As handicappers we are faced with tough decisions every day. Often we find ourselves agonizing over which off-the-pace horse is the better play or who might challenge the one dimensional...
